Category: Pro
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Scenes from the Red Wings’ first home playoff game
The Detroit Red Wings hosted their first playoff game of the 2016 postseason Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena. Check out some of MiHockey’s photos from the pregame festivities, as the Wings celebrated their 25th consecutive playoff appearance. Also included is a look at the pregame show from inside The Joe. (Photos by MiHockey’s Michael…
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Red Wings fall to Lightning in Game 2
By @MichaelCaples – The good news is that the Red Wings return home for their next game. The bad news is that they trail the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in their best-of-seven series. On two third-period goals from Tyler Johnson, the Lightning recorded a 5-2 victory Friday night in Tampa Bay, assuming a commanding…
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Flint Firebirds owner Rolf Nilsen releases statement about OHL sanctions
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By @MichaelCaples – Flint Firebirds owner Rolf Nilsen has released a statement about the sanctions placed upon him and his OHL franchise by the major junior league. On April 6, the OHL suspended Nilsen for five seasons and assumed day-to-day operation of the Firebirds’ franchise. In his statement, Nilsen says he has accepted the…
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Tampa Bay takes Game 1 with 3-2 win over Red Wings
By @StefanKubus – Last year’s Game 1 between Tampa Bay and Detroit ended with a 3-2 final. But this time, the home team came away with the win, as the Lightning topped the Wings in Game 1 Wednesday night. Nikita Kucherov had a pair of goals, Alex Killorn scored the game-winning marker and Ben Bishop…
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All eyes on Jimmy Howard as Red Wings begin playoffs
By Dave Waddell – It’s not usually a recipe for playoff success when you enter the first round still not sure about what version of your team will show up from game to game, who should be slotted where and even who should be your starting goaltender. Despite all that, the Detroit Red Wings…
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Red Wings vs. Lightning series schedule announced
By @MichaelCaples – Now that the NHL regular season has officially come to a close, the league has announced its schedule for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Detroit Red Wings and the Tampa Bay Lightning kick off their first-round series on Wednesday, April 13 in Florida. The first home game…
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Report: Datsyuk confirms his plans to leave NHL after season
By @MichaelCaples – Sounds like those rumors were right – Pavel Datsyuk is indeed planning on leaving the NHL at the end of this season. In an exclusive interview with the Detroit Free Press’ Mitch Albom, the Red Wings superstar said that he plans on returning home to Russia with one year still left…
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Red Wings reach NHL playoffs for 25th straight season
By @MichaelCaples – It may have been by a margin slimmer than the bottom of a hockey skate blade, but it doesn’t matter – the Red Wings are heading to the playoffs. Detroit fell to the Rangers 3-2 in New York today, but the Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 6-1, which gives the…
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Athanasiou a model of efficiency for Red Wings
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – Watching Andreas Athanasiou’s shorthanded goal from Detroit’s Wednesday-night win over the Philadelphia Flyers, it looked like that of a veteran who sees top forward minutes. The explosive 21-year-old rookie forward took advantage of a Philadelphia miscue in his own zone, took off on a breakaway, pulled away from the defenders and beat Flyers netminder Steve Mason…
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Howard, Red Wings shut out Flyers as playoff push races on
By @StefanKubus – DETROIT – The Joe Louis Arena crowd was in playoff form Wednesday night, but the concept of playoff form is nothing new to the Red Wings. The Wings continued their march toward the postseason with a 3-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers, a team fighting with Detroit for one of the few remaining Eastern…