Category: For Fans
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Red Wings release updated development camp roster
The Red Wings announced 21 additions to their development camp participation roster today, featuring their latest draft picks and camp invitees. Read more about the Red Wings’ development camp in Traverse City right here. 2013 Detroit Red Wings Development Camp Roster *Indicates recent roster additions Player Position 2012-13 Team Acquired Darren Helm F …
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Red Wings prove they can still attract free agents in landing Alfredsson, Weiss
By Nick Barnowski – After missing out on Zach Parise and Ryan Suter last summer, critics questioned whether the Red Wings had the same appeal to free agents as they used to during the 1990s and 2000s. Today, they won’t have much to talk about. In what Red Wings general manager Ken Holland called…
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Stephen Weiss returns to Michigan, signs five-year deal with Red Wings
By Nick Barnowski – A player with Michigan ties is returning to the state where his hockey career first began to take off. After playing three seasons with the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League from 1999-2002, Stephen Weiss is coming back to Michigan, signing a five-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings. Weiss…
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Daniel Alfredsson signs with the Red Wings for 2013-14 season
By Nick Barnowski – After spending 17 seasons with the Ottawa Senators, forward Daniel Alfredsson has decided to continue his career with the Detroit Red Wings. The 40-year-old forward has signed a one-year deal with the Red Wings, marking the beginning of what could be a very busy day for general manager Ken Holland and…
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Shaved Ice – July 3
Hope everybody has a great Fourth of July weekend. We have been grinding out coverage of the NHL Draft all week as we try to highlight all the Michigan natives and connections that moved one step closer to their ultimate goal. Click on the images below to read our articles about certain NHL draftees.…
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Whalers’ Hartman drafted by hometown Blackhawks
By Matt Mackinder – Kids in Michigan dream of one day playing for the Red Wings just like Canadian kids have dreams to play NHL hockey in Canada. Ryan Hartman grew up in the Chicago area idolizing hulking Blackhawks’ forward Eric Daze, hoping one day he’d be able to don the jersey of his…
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Future Wolverine J.T. Compher one of many NTDP products drafted in Jersey
By Mark Burns – NEWARK, N.J. — In the 2013 NHL Entry Draft this past weekend in Newark, New Jersey, there was no shortage of draftees from the U.S. National Team Development Program; in all, 17 players affiliated with the Michigan-based program heard their names called at the Prudential Center. One of those individuals was…
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Winnipeg Jets select Wolverines forward and Ann Arbor native Andrew Copp
By Michael Caples – When the puck drops to open the Michigan Wolverines’ season next fall, it will be the first time in a decade that Andrew Copp and Jacob Trouba won’t be taking the ice together as teammates. Yet somewhere down the road, they might just be reunited in the NHL. Copp, an Ann…
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Report: Red Wings cut ties with former first-round pick Thomas McCollum
By Michael Caples – MLive’s Ansar Khan is reporting that the Red Wings have cut ties with former first-round pick Thomas McCollum, and will not be offering him a new contract this off-season. McCollum, 23, was selected 30th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft by the Red Wings, just weeks after the club’s last…
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Calumet native Ben Storm continues rise through hockey ranks, selected by Colorado at 2013 NHL Draft
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By Bryan Fongers – June 30, 2013 is a day that will live in the back of Ben Storm’s mind for the rest of his life. It was like any other ordinary day for a hockey player in the summertime as Storm spent his Sunday at a usual place – the golf course. Little…