Category: Blogs
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 5
Welcome back, everybody. Hope you had a good weekend. Quick hits The Wings lost a close one to the Avalanche last night, ending their winning streak. Ryan O’Reilly’s two goals helped power Colorado to a 4-2 win. Johan Franzen and Dan Cleary scored for the Wings, while Ty Conklin made 26 saves. The loss stops…
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 2
Congrats, you’ve survived another work week. Quick hits Here’s a look at what your favorite teams will be doing this weekend. The Red Wings head to Buffalo, where they will face Ryan Miller and the Sabres. The Wings are 8-2 over their last 10 games, while Buffalo is 4-5-1. Michigan native Chris Conner has been…
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Shaved Ice – Dec. 1
Thanks for another great month, hockey fans. MiHockeyNow.com is doing great, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our new site. Quick hits If you’re following us on Twitter, then you know that I was in charge of picking the three stars for the Red Wings game last night. It’s the…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 30
There’s snow outside… Quick hits Tonight the Red Wings welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Joe Louis Arena. That means a homecoming celebration for Stevie Y. The Red Wings icon – now the GM of the Lightning – returns to the Joe for the first game since taking over in Tampa. According to DRW.com’s Bill…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 29
Good morning on this dreary Tuesday morning. It’s making it a little harder to wake up. I apologize for any typos that may come as a result. Quick hits Well, I included about 10 games in yesterday’s blog, which may have been of poor strategy; there’s no games to write about today. Plymouth Whalers goaltender…
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What’s not to love about high school hockey?
I’ve always had a soft spot for high school hockey. It goes back to my sophomore year at Riverside High in Windsor. I made the team and entered into a realm of hockey I hadn’t anticipated – playing in front of crowds. Up until then, it had been youth hockey in front of parents mostly,…
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Larionov leaves his legacy in red wings’ lore
In a feature article for our magazine, we debated who was the greatest Red Wing of all-time. Fan response was tremendous, as you voted Steve Yzerman as being worthy of that description. But as USA Today’s Kevin Allen and our very own editor Mike Caples eloquently stated, Gordie Howe and Nick Lidstrom are greats in…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 28
Welcome back to the work week, friends. I hope that you enjoyed Thanksgiving, and that you managed to turn it into an extended weekend. Quick hits The Red Wings have reported that Patrick Eaves will need surgery for a fractured jaw after the forward was struck by a puck in Saturday’s win over Nashville. Here…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 25
Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. And that you have some great leftovers over the next few days. Quick hits The Red Wings take on the Boston Bruins this afternoon in the inaugural NHL Thanksgiving Showdown. Puck drops at 1 p.m. We’ll be in…metro Detroit for the game, but I’ll be on Twitter so we…
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Shaved Ice – Nov. 23
Now don’t eat too much turkey tomorrow if you’re going to be playing hockey after. It would be like tying weights to your skates. Quick hits We’re in the closing stages of the big ‘High School Preview’ edition of the magazine – I think you’re all going to like it. A special ‘HS Captains’ slideshow…