Injuries, key offseason departures and a change to the system played major roles in the Detroit Red Wings’ surprisingly slow start. Utter domination of a Central Division rival may have been just what they needed to prove they’re still capable of being a force in the Western Conference.
The Red Wings look to build on one of their best performances of the season Thursday night when they host the Vancouver Canucks, who are expected to Continue reading ‘Luongo likely in net vs. Wings Thursday’
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The injury trend continues in Detroit as the Red Wings will be without centre Valtteri Filppula for six to eight weeks with a broken right wrist.
The injury was suffered in Thursday’s 6-5 shootout loss at Edmonton when Filppula was hit by the Oilers’ Gilbert Brule in the second period.
“I feel terrible, but nothing I can do now,” Filppula said of the injury. “When it’s your arm, you can Continue reading ‘Red Wings’ Filppula lost for 6-8 weeks’
BY WEB STAFF
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The injury trend continues in Detroit as the Red Wings will be without centre Valtteri Filppula for six to eight weeks with a broken right wrist.
The injury was suffered in Thursday’s 6-5 shootout loss at Edmonton when Filppula was hit by the Oilers’ Gilbert Brule in the second period.
“I feel terrible, but nothing I can do now,” Filppula said of the injury. “When it’s your arm, you can Continue reading ‘Red Wings’ Filppula lost for 6-8 weeks’
DETROIT — Forward Jason Williams is returning to Detroit.
The Red Wings announced Thursday that Williams has signed a one-year contract worth US$1.5 million.
The 28-year-old free agent played 233 games with the club between the 2000-2001 season and the 2006-2007 season, posting 49 goals and 67 assists.
The native of London, Ont., last season played with the Atlanta Thrashers and Columbus Blue Jackets. He also has played Continue reading ‘Wings sign Williams to 1-yr deal’
By MARK SPECTOR
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???They were coming after us and we didn’t show enough poise with the puck.???
And get this: It was the Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom who said it.
Poise is the stock and trade of this veteran, savvy Detroit team, especially on the blue line. It is the great separator between the Red Wings and everyone else they play, so if the Penguins have truly put a dent in that Red Wings Continue reading ‘Spector: Wings need another gear’
Coach Dan Bylsma is pleased because Malkin is laughing at his dry-humor witticisms. Sidney Crosby doesn’t have a goal in the Stanley Cup finals, yet he’s smiling, too.
The yuk-it-up Penguins trail the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 going into Game 4 on Thursday night, but it was difficult to tell from their off-day levity that they weren’t ahead.
They’re not acting at all like they did when they were down a game Continue reading ‘Wings face surging Malkin in GM 4′
DETROIT — The “Spirit of Detroit” statue in downtown Detroit is decked out in an oversized Red Wings jersey.
A crew put the jersey on the 26-foot-tall bronze statue outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building ahead of tonight’s opening game of the Stanley Cup final.
The statue is a few blocks from Joe Louis Arena, where the defending champion Red Wings are playing the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The statue in the past Continue reading ‘‘Spirit of Detroit’ gets Wings jersey’
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DETROIT — The talk was all of bounces after the Detroit Red Wings got the jump on the Pittsburgh Penguins to open the Stanley Cup final.
Brad Stuart and Johan Franzen took pucks off the lively end boards at Joe Louis Arena and beat Marc-Andre Fleury as the Red Wings downed the Penguins 3-1 on Saturday night.
The two teams will continue the best-of-seven series in Game 2 at Joe Continue reading ‘Ailing Wings get the jump on Pens’
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DETROIT — Playing without stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk, the Detroit Red Wings needed help from two unheralded players to reach their second straight Stanley Cup final.
Darren Helm scored in 3:58 into overtime and Dan Cleary had a third-period goal as the Red Wings eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 2-1 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference final Wednesday night.
Continue reading ‘Wings finish off Hawks in overtime’
CHICAGO — Marian Hossa’s short-handed goal got the short-handed Detroit Red Wings started Sunday.
And once they got rolling, the defending champions overpowered the frustrated Chicago Blackhawks and moved within one win of a return trip to the Stanley Cup final.
With injured stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk sidelined, Hossa and Henrik Zetterberg had two goals each, sending the Red Wings to a convincing 6-1 victory Continue reading ‘Short-handed Wings bury Hawks’
