Category: For Fans
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Red Wings announce third annual Street Hockey Summer Tour at Meijer locations across Michigan
By @StefanKubus – The Detroit Red Wings announced Tuesday the details surrounding its third annual Street Hockey Summer Tour. Starting July 16, the Red Wings will travel to Meijer parking lots throughout the state of Michigan to host clinics. Children ages 7-12 of all skill levels and hockey experience can sign up to participate in…
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Last chance to donate to Centre Ice Arena’s campaign in quest to keep Red Wings, NHL events
By @StefanKubus – Every September, both the Detroit Red Wings – and later the NHL’s top prospects – converge on Traverse City to signal that the start of a new NHL season is near. But recently-implemented NHL safety standards require that every ice rink hosting events involving NHL players perform extensive rink renovations. Centre Ice…
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Drummond Island kids leave at 3 a.m. for Detroit field trip with Justin Abdelkader
By @MichaelCaples – DETROIT – Stacy Geyer said her students were excited to see the traffic heading into Detroit Thursday morning. When you live on an island in the Upper Peninsula, you don’t often trucks crowding four-lane highways. Geyer, a first and second-grade teacher at Drummond Islander Elementary, orchestrated a school-wide participation in the “Red…
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Griffins coach Todd Nelson joining Dallas Stars as assistant coach
By @StefanKubus – He played on the inaugural Grand Rapids Griffins team in the 1996-97 season and led them to a Calder Cup 20 years later as a coach. Now, Todd Nelson is heading back to the NHL. Nelson, 49, is set to join the recently-hired Jim Montgomery on the Dallas Stars’ bench as an…
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Red Wings sign prospect Gustav Lindstrom
By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings have officially signed their prospect with an eye-catching name for the Hockeytown crowd. Gustav Lindstrom has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Wings, the NHL franchise that drafted him in the second round of last year’s NHL Draft. Between being the No. 38 overall pick and having a…
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Red Wings annual equipment and memorabilia sale set for June 2
By @StefanKubus – If you’re looking to get your hands on some Red Wings game-used memorabilia or autographed items, mark your calendars for Saturday, June 2. That’s when the Red Wings will host their annual equipment and memorabilia sale at Hockeytown Authentics in Troy, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The one-day sale will include…
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Red Wings, Chevrolet team up to surprise DPSCD students with nearly 500 new bikes
By @MichaelCaples and @StefanKubus – DETROIT – Close to 500 second-grade students from ten schools within the Detroit Public Schools Community District received quite the surprise Tuesday morning. The students believed they were simply having a year-end type of assembly at Little Caesars Arena to learn about road safety. At the end of the assembly,…
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Michigan names team captains for 2018-19 season
By @StefanKubus – The University of Michigan named its next leadership core on Monday. Senior defenseman Joseph Cecconi will serve as the Wolverines’ captain for the 2018-19 campaign, the 99th captain in team history. A native of Youngstown, New York, Cecconi set career-high marks during the 2017-18 campaign in goals (five), assists (22) and points…
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Memorabilia from Red Berenson’s personal collection up for auction
By @StefanKubus – If you’ve ever wanted to own some legendary pieces of hockey history from Gordon “Red” Berenson, now’s your chance. Various pieces of memorabilia from Berenson’s personal collection are being auctioned off online through Classic Auctions, from game-worn jerseys to signed lithographs. Items currently range in price from $200-$3,000. Some of the highlights…
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Team USA falls to Finland as preliminary play wraps up in Men’s World Championship
By @StefanKubus – It wasn’t the ideal way of ending preliminary play and entering elimination territory, but perhaps it was a wake-up call. Team USA fell 6-2 to Finland on Tuesday to finish second in Group B with four regulation wins, two overtime wins and one loss. Captain Patrick Kane potted a goal and an…