Category: Blogs
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 22
Happy DRW home-opener day, everyone. Welcome to Hockeytown, Damien Brunner. The new Red Wing made an early bid for goal of the year when he pulled a Pavel Datsyuk-like move in the shootout last night to get Detroit their first win of the 2013 season. Click the link to read our game recap, and to…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 21
Happy Martin Luther King Day, everyone! And welcome back NHL. The Red Wings got off to a disappointing start to the 2013 season Saturday night. We don’t need to talk about that anymore. The club gets a chance to redeem themselves tonight in Columbus, but they are already fighting the injury bug. Jonathan Ericsson got…
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From The Crease: The Winning Goaltender
By Jeff Lerg – Being an active goaltender and an avid hockey watcher, I have come to realize that the goalies that have made it to the NHL or other levels of professional hockey all have one skill in common: winning. It is an actual skill to know how to win. The best goalies do…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 18
One day ’til NHL puck drop. The Red Wings were finally able to return to The Joe yesterday. Click here, or on the image below, to see our photo gallery from their 7 p.m. skate. We have been keeping an eye on Michigan alum Mike Knuble, who has been skating with the team at training…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 17
Happy Thursday, everyone. Tonight the Red Wings host a special 7 p.m. practice at Joe Louis Arena, with an open skate held for the fans at the conclusion of the event. Are you going down to the Joe? We are. Last night Plymouth Whalers forward Ryan Hartman caught the attention of another top prospect at…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 16
Captain Zetterberg, ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday was a special day for Hockeytown, as Henrik Zetterberg was officially announced as the successor to Nick Lidstrom as leader of the Red Wings (our photo gallery is here). Ken Holland said that he told Zetterberg the news over a round of golf during the summer, and acknowledged that…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 15
Exciting time of year, isn’t it? We spent some more time at Compuware today, and we were glad to see Pavel Datsyuk back on the ice in a Winged Wheel jersey. Here’s our photo gallery from the third day of camp – we’ll have more coming throughout the day, obviously. There is a press conference…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 14
The Red Wings are back, the Red Wings are back. We’ve been living at Compuware for the last few days (hence the blog showing up a little later than usual). That means plenty of photos for everybody who wasn’t fortunate enough to make it down to the Whalers’ home to see the Red Wings in…
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Caples: My frustration with the phrase ‘hockey is back’
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By Michael Caples – Last Sunday was a good day for hockey fans. Everybody – including yours truly – woke up to discover that the top professional hockey league was back in business. The NHL and the NHLPA had finally stopped their petty arguing, and it was time to get the show back on the…
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Shaved Ice – Jan. 11
Friday is finally here. Central Collegiate Hockey Association games are back in full swing after the holiday break. Here’s the games to watch (spoiler alert: we’ll be at Yost and Munn tonight): Lake Superior at Western Michigan Notre Dame at Michigan State Ohio State at Ferris State Alaska at Michigan Miami at Northern Michigan The…