Category: For Fans
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Bearded Ice – April 20
The time has finally come for Game 5. Quick hits The Wings try to live to see another day when they take on the Predators tonight in Nashville. The Wings are on the brink of their shortest playoff run since 2006. Here’s the official game notes to help you get ready for the opening face-off.…
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Big Ten hockey coming to Detroit
Hockey fans in Michigan can still expect to see the Spartans and Wolverines skate at the Joe in March. The Big Ten announced today that they will alternate between the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit for their postseason tournament when the league begins play in 2013-14. The…
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Bearded Ice – April 18
Rough night for Red Wings fans… Quick hits The Red Wings are now on the brink of elimination. After dominating the first two periods of play, they ended up falling 3-1 to the Predators Tuesday night at Joe Louis Arena. Here’s our recap of the game, in case you’ve been living under a rock or…
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Red Wings post 41 shots but fall to the Preds in Game 4
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – When Mike Babcock was asked if he thought the difference in Game 4 was the opposition’s goaltender, because that is what it seemed, the Wings coach didn’t need to elaborate when he said, “I agree.” Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped 40 of 41 shots in Game 4 of…
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Bearded Ice – April 16
Welcome back to the work week. At least the playoffs are on. Quick hits Well, clearly it’s not what Hockeytown was hoping for. With an opportunity to take control the series on home ice, the Red Wings were beat 3-2 by Nashville in Game 3 of their Western Conference quarterfinal match-up. Here’s our recap/photo gallery…
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Red Wings can’t solve Rinne, fall in Game 3
By Michael Caples – DETROIT – The Red Wings dominated play in the third period of their Game 3 match-up with the Nashville Predators. There was only one problem – they couldn’t crack Pekka Rinne. The Predators goaltender stopped 41 shots – 18 in the third period alone – to lead Nashville to a 3-2…
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Red Wings vs. Predators – Game 2
By Michael Caples – In Game 1, the Red Wings were on the wrong side of the ‘puck-luck’ bounces. However, Game 2 turned out to be a little different for Detroit. A shot from Brad Stuart that bounced into the Nashville goal after hitting Johan Franzen’s leg turned out to be the difference-maker in a…
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Miller and Abdelkader: Michigan’s own helping the Wings
By Dave Waddell – The popular parlance is to call players like Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader plumbers. They’re the hard-working, blue-collar types that fix holes in your line-up. Detroit GM Ken Holland has another word he feels better describes the value of the two former Michigan State Spartans to the Wings. Glue. “They’re guys,…
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Bearded Ice – April 13
In case you missed the memo yesterday, there’s a temporary name change for the blog in honor of the playoffs. Hope you all enjoy how I was able to grow an impressively thick beard, and take the same exact photo for the updated graphics. Quick hits Wings. Predators. Game 2, tonight. Here’s what happened in…
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Bearded Ice – April 12
Figured since everybody throws away their razors this time of year that we needed a temporary name change for the blog… Quick hits Bad bounces and a whole bunch-a penalties were the themes of the Red Wings’ series-opener in Nashville last night. Detroit lost 3-2 to start their playoff campaign in an early hole. However,…