Associated Press Published 6:07 AM EDT Aug 12, 2020 Toronto — By the time he launched the last shot, Brayden Point was just trying to do anything he could to end the fourth-longest game in NHL history. “I just see a rolling puck and I just throw it on net,” Point said after scoring 10:27
The Detroit News Published 11:21 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Detroit’s Everett Fitzhugh, the first Black NHL team broadcaster with the expansion Seattle Kraken, is the guest on this week’s “OctoPulse” podcast. Ted Kulfan also his predictions for the first round of the NHL playoffs, including upset victories by Columbus, the Islanders and the Flames.
Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 4:23 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Jamie Samuelsen used to intercept the magazine at the mailbox. It was People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue. He would print out a picture of himself and paste it on the cover, right over whoever had won that year. Then, he’d hide it
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 11:19 AM EDT Aug 11, 2020 The NHL made a mockery of the draft lottery this year, rewarding a team that was deemed good enough to partake in the 2020 playoffs. The New York Rangers, who finished with 79 points, won the right to make the first selection,
Associated Press Published 6:24 PM EDT Aug 10, 2020 The Hockey Hall of Fame has postponed its 2020 induction because of the pandemic. The ceremony was to have taken place Nov. 16 in Toronto. The 2020 class was announced in June and featured forward Jarome Iginla, winger Marian Hossa (a former Red Wing), defensemen Kevin
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 4:21 PM EDT Aug 10, 2020 Detroit — So what can the NHL do after that? The qualifying round turned out to be full of major upsets, memorable comebacks and the hockey world getting to know some new stars. However, with Pittsburgh, Edmonton and Toronto all having been eliminated, a
Mark Falkner The Detroit News Published 12:47 PM EDT Aug 10, 2020 Detroit native Everett Fitzhugh can’t wait for the expansion Seattle Kraken to play the Detroit Red Wings for the first time at Little Caesars Arena in the 2021-22 season. Fitzhugh, who was named the first Black NHL team broadcaster by the Kraken last week,
The Detroit News Published 5:24 AM EDT Aug 10, 2020 The Detroit Red Wings signed winger Evgeny Svechnikov to a one-year contract extension on Sunday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but Svechnikov was scheduled to become a restricted free agent after the season. Svechnikov, who was the Red Wings’ first-round pick in 2015, missed the entire
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:20 PM EDT Aug 9, 2020 Evgeny Svechnikov and the Detroit Red Wings agreed on a deal that makes the most sense. The Wings extended their first pick in the 2015 draft for one year, the team announced Sunday afternoon. It’s been a turbulent five years since the
Mark Falkner The Detroit News Published 6:00 AM EDT Aug 9, 2020 The Detroit Red Wings have loaned another top prospect to a European hockey team to continue their development during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward Filip Zadina, the sixth overall pick in 2018, will play for HC Ocelari Trinec of the Czech Extraliga, the highest-level hockey league in
Associated Press Published 6:02 AM EDT Aug 9, 2020 Edmonton, Alberta — Alex Tuch scored 4:44 into overtime, Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday to earn the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. The Golden Knights will face Chicago in the first round
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 7:54 PM EDT Aug 8, 2020 As the qualifying round of the 2020 NHL playoffs concludes, teams with a great deal of talent have emerged as contestants for the next stage of the draft lottery. That’s the subject of this edition of the Detroit Red Wings mailbag. Reader
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 12:12 PM EDT Aug 7, 2020 General manager Steve Yzerman holds 10 picks in the 2020 draft, four of them in the first two rounds. The NHL draft has changed over the years, expanding and contracting to where it is today as a seven-round, two-day event. At the first
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:21 PM EDT Aug 5, 2020 He seems to be figuring out just how dominant he can be on a more consistent basis and how crucial his play will be in the rebuild. In this edition of “Detroit Red Wings Fast Forward,” a series that projects how a player will
The Detroit News Published 5:14 PM EDT Aug 4, 2020 Top Red Wings’ prospect Moritz Seider talks about his future in the organization and the growth of German hockey on this week’s OctoPulse podcast. The 19-year-old German defenseman was loaned to the Mannheim Eagles in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany’s top-tier men’s league. Seider will be
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 1:10 PM EDT Aug 3, 2020 Concern over the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the Detroit Red Wings to loan Moritz Seider to his old German club. He’s not the only prospect who may have a change of address for the 2020-21 season. Seider, who was general manager Steve
Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 12:02 PM EDT Aug 3, 2020 About 20 minutes before sunrise Monday morning, a voice came on the radio, cracking through the darkness. “Good morning, everyone,” Mike Stone said at the start of the “Jamie and Stoney” show on WXYT-FM (97.1). “Usually we start on Mondays, especially when Jamie was
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 4:30 PM EDT Aug 1, 2020 What is it worth paying to jettison an underachieving player? That’s the topic of this edition of Detroit Red Wings mailbag. The NHL’s 32nd club, the Seattle Kraken, will stock its roster next June from a list of players made available by 30
July 31 is full of big names. One of the greatest undrafted players in the history of the National Hockey League signed with the team where he became a Hall of Famer. One of the greatest goaltenders of all-time returned to where he had great success. Plus, the best coach in league history took a
Not since Petr Mrazek have the Detroit Red Wings had a goaltending prospect that screams NHL potential. While the organization does have a few goalies in the system that fans should keep their eyes on, there isn’t that standout blue-chip kid that looks like a difference-maker. Then you consider the unpredictability of goaltender development and