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  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 28

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 28

    Rough night for the Wings. Detroit started their back-to-back West Coast games last night, and could only muster up a fluky goal from Kyle Quincey in a 2-1 loss. Bright spots in the game were the return of Quincey, Brendan Smith and Johan Franzen…poorly-lit spots were the two goals they gave up in the third to lose…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 27

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 27

    Happy Snow Day (if you had one). The Red Wings take on the defending Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings tonight out in Cali. The game will feature the return of Johan Franzen to the Wings’ line-up, yet they will be losing Valtteri Filppula at the same time. The NHL officially website has shared the realignment…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 26

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 26

    Tuesday edition of Shaved Ice. More and more is coming out about the proposed NHL realignment, with Detroit moving to the “East”. ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun has reported that he obtained a copy of a league memo which outlines the proposed conference changes. It was originally reported by CBC’s Elliotte Friedman on Saturday. As a refresher,…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 25

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 25

    Big weekend for the #RedWings. Well we spent the majority of our weekend at Joe Louis Arena, and it proved to be worthwhile visits on Saturday and Sunday. The Red Wings ended a five-game losing streak by beginning what might be a new winning streak. On Saturday, Jimmy Howard and the Wings shut out the…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 22

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 22

    Happy #Miracle Day. The Red Wings fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 3-2 yesterday. Follow this link to see our photo gallery from the game, and some comments from Canton native James Wisniewski on returning to his home state and leaving with a win. In a scary play during the second…

  • Special DElivery: Darren Eliot’s power rankings after one period of play

    Special DElivery: Darren Eliot’s power rankings after one period of play

    By Darren Eliot –  With a third of the condensed regular season already behind us, here is where I have the Western Conference teams. Our Red Wings are in for a fight, unable to get a consistent roster together due to injuries – this after already knowing that this was going to be a season…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 21

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 21

    Wings take on the Jackets tonight. The Columbus Blue Jackets come to town tonight to take on the Detroit Red Wings. We’ll be there to see how Jack Johnson and Co. fare against a depleted Red Wings line-up. The Star is reporting that the Wings/Leafs Winter Classic is still a go for next year, along with…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 20

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 20

    Heard the Red Cross will be setting up an outpost in Hockeytown. The Red Wings fell to their division rivals the Predators last night in Nashville, losing 4-3 in overtime. Jimmy Howard had to leave the game early due to ‘blurry vision‘ where he couldn’t see the other end of the ice, Mikael Samuelsson missed…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 19

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 19

    Wings take on those Predators tonight. Detroit visits Nashville tonight in a Central Division clash. It’s the first trip back to his old barn for Jordin Tootoo after he left Nashville for Hockeytown during the off-season.  Jonas Gustavsson has returned to the Wings’ locker room, but since they’ve had a bit of a breather, there’s…

  • Shaved Ice – Feb. 18

    Shaved Ice – Feb. 18

    Hope everybody enjoyed Hockey Day in Michigan 2013 and Hockey Weekend Across America. We had quite the weekend, with it being a hockey holiday and all. There’s plenty more Warrior Hockey Day in Michigan coverage coming throughout the next few days, but here’s a few of the highlights… That’s only a small part of what…