Category: Pro
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NHL Prospect Tournament, Red Wings training camp details, dates announced
By @StefanKubus – For the 21st season, the NHL Prospect Tournament will once again return to Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City. The eight-team tourney will run from Friday, Sept. 6 through Tuesday, Sept. 10. Joining Detroit will be the Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple…
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Red Wings begin 2019 Street Hockey Tour at Chevy Plaza outside Little Caesars Arena
The Detroit Red Wings kicked off the team’s annual Street Hockey Summer Tour Tuesday morning right outside Little Caesars Arena. Set up within the confines of the Chevy Plaza, the kick-off event of the fourth annual street hockey series of events welcomed youth players of all skill sets to downtown Detroit. Participants took part…
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Former Red Wing, longtime NHL veteran Greg Johnson passes away
By @StefanKubus – Former Red Wings forward Greg Johnson passed away Monday in Detroit. The news was first reported by The Chronicle-Journal, a daily newspaper that serves Johnson’s hometown of Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario. Johnson, 48, broke into the NHL with Detroit in 1993 after leaving the University of North Dakota as the…
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NHL Free Agency: Michigan names in new places
By @StefanKubus – While big names like Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky and Joe Pavelski have all found new homes this summer, a number of names with Michigan ties will also have new jerseys heading into the 2019-20 campaign. Here’s a look at those players either from or played in the Mitten and where they’ll…
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VIDEO: Red Wings’ 3-on-3 Tournament at 2019 Development Camp
The Red Wings held a 3-on-3 tournament on the Friday evening of the team’s annual development camp; check out MiHockey’s video highlights from the high-scoring affair.
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MiHockey’s 2019 NHL Team Development Camp Watch List
The MiHockey team has been compiling a list of all the Michigan names receiving invitations to NHL team development camps this offseason. While not all teams have announced their rosters yet – looking at you, New Jersey and Chicago – here is the list we have so far. If we’re missing anyone, please let…
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Yzerman brings practicality, small moves to first July 1 as Wings GM
By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings added one name to the three position groups during the ‘free agent frenzy’ that comes with July 1. None of the players took up much time on the NHL Network live show, however. That’s how Steve Yzerman wanted it, as he settles into his new role as general…
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Red Wings’ departures: Witkowski signs in Tampa, Frk to L.A.
By @MichaelCaples – The Detroit Red Wings welcomed Valtteri Filppula, Patrik Nemeth and Calvin Pickard to Hockeytown today, while letting other players exit the organization. Hometown forward/defenseman Luke Witkowski is returning to Tampa Bay, while longtime Red Wing prospect/forward Martin Frk has signed with Los Angeles. Gustav Nyquist has also found a new permanent home;…
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Tyler Spezia signs with Griffins
By @MichaelCaples – Tyler Spezia made the most of his first year of pro hockey, and he’s moving up the ranks in the process. The Clinton Township native signed with the Grand Rapids Griffins today, a one-league bump-up from his first pro contract with the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye last August. Spezia, 26, recorded 39…
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Red Wings sign defenseman Patrik Nemeth
By @MichaelCaples – The Red Wings are adding some depth on the blue line during the first day of free agency. Detroit has signed defenseman Patrik Nemeth to a two-year deal. A 27-year-old native of Stockholm, Sweden, Nemeth was a second-round pick of the Dallas Stars in 2010. In 2017-18, he joined the Colorado…