All Entries Tagged With: "Detroit"
Vokoun explains decision to join the Caps
My belief is this team’s got a better chance to win than Detroit does and they showed a lot more interest. They’re comparable teams, but Detroit has won the Stanley Cup three times and Washington has never won it. I think that’s a lot better challenge for me and for the teamto do something special. [...]
Get out of the way! A Game 3 postmortem.
Once again, the Detroit Red Wings are down 3-0 to San Jose. Once again, the Red Wings played better in this game than the last one. And once again, the Red Wings lost by one goal, due to a bizarre tip that should never have happened. For those of us who watch Coach’s Corner, there [...]
Five Questions with Willie Mitchell of the LA Kings
One of the many stories surrounding the Kings 5-0 shutout of the Red Wings on Monday night was the return of defenseman Willie Mitchell. LA hadn’t played all that will without him, including a 1-5 road record. Prior to the game (his 600th in the NHL), he gave an exclusive interview to The Mayor, where they talked about trying to find positives in missing games, milestones and a Kings rookie blueliner.
XI Makes XXV Memorable
The Kings #11, Anze Kopitar, had another big goal in their 25th game of the year. He scored with less than a minute to go in overtime to down the Red Wings. In this article you’ll get post game notes on Dustin Brown, Mike Modano, Jonathan Quick, Chris Osgood, Drew Doughty and more.
Kirk Maltby To Retire
The Red Wings have called a 5:30 pm press conference to announce the retirement of longtime Wing Kirk Maltby. Maltby, 37, has been a member of the Wings organization since 1996. Acquired from a trade with Edmonton, Maltby quickly endeared himself to Red Wings fans as a member of “The Grind Line” with Kris Draper [...]
Season Preview w/ Kelly Hrudey of HNIC
Get opinions from former NHL goaltender and current Hockey Night in Canada personality Kelly Hrudey – should goalies be named captain, will Turco work in Cihicago, is San Jose better in goal this year, should Dan Ellis return to twitter, Price vs. Halak, Bernier vs. Quick, will Anderson fade again for the Avs, will Howard slump in Detroit, plus East/West predictions.
BREAKING NEWS: RED WINGS’ MIKE ILITCH TO BUY PISTONS
In the long run of Detroit sports history, today could be the start of something big. Per a report in Crain’s Detroit Business this morning, Detroit Red Wings and Tigers owner Mike Ilitch will be the next owner of the Detroit Pistons, and the final terms of the deal are now being negotiated. This deal [...]
A Plus/Minus Plus: The Nielsen Ratings
by Brenna Solop Every year there seems to be an Islander who flies under the radar, which is quite impressive considering this is a pretty stealth team as a whole. Amongst these gritty blue collar players and learn-as-you-go rookies, Frans Nielsen has emerged as an impressive two-way player. The quiet, unheralded Nielsen has built one [...]
Reeling Pens look to get back on track against 1st place Caps
In a five to ten second span on Monday evening during the middle of the second period at Detroit, a sequence by the surging Red Wings in the Penguins’ zone stood out as a microcosm of the problems plaguing Pittsburgh over its past seven games. Henrik Zetterberg took a pass in the far circle from Nicklas Lidstrom, [...]
Back to the scene of the triumph: Penguins at Detroit, 7 pm
“… They drop it; and it got to the right point. Here’s Rafalski shooting … never got through. Loose puck, now to the net! Save made, rebound. Oh! Big save by Fleury … and it ends!! That’s it!! The Pittsburgh Penguins have won this hockey game!! The Penguins have won the Stanley Cup, and Looorrd Stanley, scratch [...]
Burger Line carries Sharks through two-game trip
Someone keeps heating the grill. The San Jose Sharks “Burger Line,” accounted for four of the five goals scored on the recent two-game road trip. The result was two wins over Pacific Division foes Los Angeles and Phoenix. Dany Heatley scored once in Los Angeles, and then followed that with a goal and an assist [...]
OBSERVATIONS & CATCHING UP: Live As ISles Pull Wings Off Detroit 6-0
Ok, first some catching up: It is hard to gauge Rick DiPietro’s first NHL game comeback. We can thank a horrific defense and sloppy game for that. Marty Turco almost made us believe that somehow he and changed places, looking shaky and tight for Dallas who has their own trouble this season. But, it was [...]
Ranking The 9 Red Wings Teams From The Past Decade
1. 2001-2002: 116 points, 1st place in Central Division, 1st place in the Western Conference, Stanley Cup Champions -This team was full of Hall of Famers and was perhaps the best NHL team ever assembled. With addition of the Salary Cap it is likely that we will not see a team this good again. 2. [...]
Detroit Red Wings All-Decade Team
This past decade has been very good to the Detroit Red Wings. With three Western Conference Championships and two Stanley Cups since we all filled our underground bunkers with Chef Boyardee and waited for the world to explode rang in the year 2000. With all the great Red Wings teams you would think that this [...]
YouTube Classics – Gordie Howe’s 65th Birthday
In 1993, Gordie Howe celebrated his 65th birthday. The Howes embarked on a 65-city tour of North America, for fans to meet Gordie and for charity fundraising purposes. The tour culminated in a ceremony at the Joe Louis Arena on March 29th, 1993.A program from the tour is listed on eBay here. This is the [...]
You Win Gary
Dear Gary, That is it, we’re waving the white flag, we give up, you win. It has been well known for years now that you and your friends at the NHL offices in New York don’t care for our favorite hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings. First, you stick Detroit in the Western Conference so [...]
Gameday – Red Wings/Bruins, 2009.
There’s some games every year that I look for on the schedule. I look to see when my annual birthday Red Wings game will be in late-March, I look for what weeks the Wings will be on Hockey Night In Canada…and I look for the Original Six. With eight decades of history between the teams, [...]
A Month in Review (October 2009)
To mark the end of the first month of NHL hockey, I’d like to take this time and write a little something about each team, and my general thoughts heading into November. October has proven to be an eventful month full of shocks, surprises, excitement, and disappointment. I’m sorry that all teams won’t get equal [...]
Detroit 2020 = New Wings’ Arena?
Joe Louis Arena has been home to the Detroit Red Wings since 1979. Not only has the Joe been the home of the Wings but it has hosted the 1980 NHL All-Star Game, three Frozen Fours, Detroit Pistons, Shock, and Drive games, the 1980 Republican National Convention, WWE/WWF wrestling, concerts, college hockey and basketball, and [...]
Wings Bounce Back
Now that’s more like it. After a shaky, or at least shaky start by Detroit Red Wings standard (if we were the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-3 record would be cause for a parade down Yonge St. ), the Red Wings beat a good young Los Angeles Kings teams 5-2 last night. Eight months ago [...]