Category: Pro
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Red Wings announce promotions and giveaways calendar for “Farewell Season at The Joe”
By @MichaelCaples – The 2016-17 season will be the Red Wings’ final campaign at Joe Louis Arena, and the team is going out with a bang – at least in the promotions and giveaways department. Check out some of the items fans will be able to collect at JLA this season during the “Farewell…
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Johan Franzen compares Dylan Larkin to character from “The Office” and hilarity ensues
By @MichaelCaples – In case you didn’t know, Johan Franzen’s Instagram account is a thing of beauty. He’s been using his time away from the rink to find hilarious ways to poke fun at his Red Wings teammates, and today’s postings require us to share the situation. Franzen has been comparing Dylan Larkin to Mose…
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Red Wings draftee Filip Hronek commits to Saginaw Spirit
By @MichaelCaples – The Saginaw Spirit announced today that they will have a Red Wings prospect on the roster for the upcoming season. Filip Hronek, the Spirit’s 2016 CHL Import selection and second-round pick of the Wings during the 2016 NHL Draft, has officially committed to Saginaw for the 2016-17 season. “We are pleased…
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Check out Petr Mrazek’s World Cup mask
By @MichaelCaples – King Kong meets Peter Griffin. Thanks for this one, Petr Mrazek. The Red Wings netminder almost always includes Peter Griffin, the fictional patriarch of the Griffin family from the TV show “Family Guy.” For his World Cup of Hockey-created goalie mask design, however, Mrazek and creator DaveART mixed Griffin with King Kong.…
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Fox Sports Detroit announces Red Wings broadcast schedule
By @MichaelCaples – Fox Sports Detroit announced today the network’s broadcast schedule for the upcoming 2016-17 Red Wings season. FSD will broadcast 71 regular-season games, as well as three preseason games, for the Wings’ “Farewell Season at The Joe” campaign. Regular-season broadcasts begin with the Oct. 13 season opener in Tampa Bay. There will be…
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District Detroit Preview Center gives an exciting look at the future of Hockeytown
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By @MichaelCaples and @StefanKubus – DETROIT – We get it, we get it. You don’t like the name of the building. After a tour of The District Detroit Preview Center, however, that would be the last thing on your mind. A select group of Red Wings writers were given a tour of the preview…
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Check out this ridiculous commercial for Pavel Datsyuk’s new KHL team
By @MichaelCaples – We now know why Pavel Datsyuk left for the KHL – epic commercial spots. OK, obviously there’s more to it than that, but The Magic Man is featured in this promo for SKA St. Petersburg’s upcoming season…along with guns, a guy chomping on liver and another guy taking a sledgehammer to…
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Check out the latest edition of MiHockeyMag
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In this issue of MiHockeyMag, we take a look back at the National Junior Evaluation Camp in Plymouth, which brought some of the best Under-20 players in the world to Metro Detroit. We also share how four Michigan natives spent their days with the Stanley Cup, look at what’s coming for the Red Wings, and…
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Griffins release 2016-17 AHL schedule
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By @StefanKubus – The Grand Rapids Griffins released their 2016-17 schedule on Monday. This season marks the Griffins’ 21st as a franchise, 16th in the American Hockey League and 15th as the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings. The Griffins will open their 76-game season at Van Andel Arena for the 11th time in…
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Original Stix announces new clothing line with Red Wings defenseman, Michigan native Danny DeKeyser
By @MichaelCaples – Original Stix, a Michigan-based company that turns broken hockey sticks into phone cases, has a big-name partner joining the team. Earlier this week, Original Stix announced a new clothing line with Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser. The DeKeyser Apparel line, which Original Stix has been creating with the Clay Township native…