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Wings Fall to Predators in Shootout
Another close game escaped the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night as the Predators used two third period goals to force overtime. Niklas Kronwall opened the scoring for both teams in the 1st period on a powerplay goal. Kronwall received a pass from Henrik Zetterberg and fired a slapshot past...
11/19 Quick Hits
Some Red Wings and NHL news from around the blogosphere and MSM: Darren McCarty cleared waivers earlier today. GM Ken Holland had placed him on waivers to make sure the Wings could call up Jimmy Howard if a goaltender got injured or if they needed to call up a defenseman due to an injury. You...
Six Wings make the NHL All-Star Ballot
Last week, the NHL released its 2009 All-Star ballot. Two teams had a league-leading six players named to the ballot (Montreal and Detroit). Okay, so we have six players on the ballot. That's 26.1% of the 23 man roster. We as Wings fans should be impressed that our team garnered that many players...
Answering Burnside's questions about the Wings
ESPN's NHL columnist Scott Burnside posed these questions in his Western Conference preview regarding the Red Wings: • Does Hasek have another season left in him like last season, when he went 38-11-6? • Can Kronwall stay healthy for an entire season and prove he's the star material the Red Wings...
Wings participate in informal practice
Over a dozen Red Wings players and two other NHL players took the ice at Troy Sports Center for an informal practice yesterday morning. Not only were recently signed players Brian Rafalski and Dallas Drake there, but Igor Grigorenko made his first appearance in North America. GM Ken Holland,...
Kronwall to see a lot more playing time
The Detroit Free Press' Helene St. James interviewed Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock about the upcoming season including lines and defenseman Niklas Kronwall's playing time. Given Lidstrom will play with Rafalski, who will be Kronwall's defensive partner?"Probably (Andreas) Lilja. The...
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