Category: For Players
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Red Wings hosting food collection drive Sunday to benefit Forgotten Harvest
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By @StefanKubus – With the holiday season among us, the Detroit Red Wings will be hosting a food collection drive on Sunday to help fight hunger. The Wings announced Friday that they have partnered with Forgotten Harvest for the drive, which will take place during the Sunday, Nov. 20 home game against the Calgary Flames at…
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Rent The Joe event creates memories, raises money for Michigan Warriors
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By @MichaelCaples – DETROIT – Josh Franzen and his wife flew all the way from Houston to participate. When it’s your last opportunity to skate at Joe Louis Arena, you do what you gotta do. Franzen (yes, that’s how he actually spells his last name) and hundreds of Red Wings fans from across North…
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Saginaw Spirit, Windsor Spitfires excited for ‘Farewell to the Joe’ game on Dec. 4
By @MichaelCaples – The Saginaw Spirit and the Windsor Spitfires held a joint press conference at Joe Louis Arena Thursday morning to discuss their ‘Farewell to the Joe’ game on Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. The game will serve as the OHL’s last inside the historic hockey building, and it will feature numerous events…
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Tyler Bertuzzi called right back to Detroit
By @MichaelCaples – Tyler Bertuzzi must be getting pretty familiar with that drive between Detroit and Grand Rapids. One day after being assigned back to the Griffins, the Red Wings have recalled the 21-year-old forward once again – due to the Darren Helm injury. The drive wasn’t a waste for Bertuzzi; he scored a…
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Darren Helm out for “minimum of six weeks” with shoulder dislocation
By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings will be without one of their forwards for a significant period of time. Darren Helm, injured last night in a hit from Tampa Bay’s Nikita Nesterov, will be out a minimum of six weeks, per Jeff Blashill in a tweet from the Red Wings. Coach Blashill says…
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USA Hockey video promoting special hockey shines spotlight on Michigan
USA Hockey just posted a new promotional video for its Special Hockey Program, celebrating the fact that hockey is for everyBODY. The video is wonderful on its own, but its Michigan flavor makes it even better. The footage is from last year’s Disabled Festival in Fraser, and the video features Michigan teams – most notably,…
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PHOTOS: Bauer World Invite girls’ tournament
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Last weekend, 124 girls teams from across North America gathered in Metro Detroit for a massive girls’ hockey tournament once again. The Bauer World Invite and 200×85 combined to run the Bauer World Invite event from Nov. 11-13. “The Bauer World Hockey Invite serves as an annual event to bring some of the best girls’…
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NHL Central Scouting’s November players to watch list released
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By @MichaelCaples – NHL Central Scouting has released its November ‘players to watch’ list for the 2017 NHL Draft, and there are plenty of Michigan names appearing on the list. The list is an update from Central Scouting’s preliminary watch list, which was released in October. An ‘A’ grade suggests a first-round draft pick,…
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PHOTOS: Red Wings vs. Lightning for Military Appreciation Night at The Joe
The Detroit Red Wings hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning for a Tuesday night contest at Joe Louis Arena that also served as the Original Six franchise’s annual Military Appreciation Night. Check out our photos from the game, which featured a Red Wings’ third-period comeback before a late goal gave the Lightning a 4-3 win. (Photos…
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Check out Zach Werenski’s latest goal
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By @MichaelCaples – Zach Werenski has more points than Auston Matthews. Sure, it might not stay that way by the end of the season, but Werenski’s play so far this season has him firmly in the talk for Calder Trophy nominees as top rookies in the NHL. At the moment, the Grosse Pointe native…