Category: Red Wings
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Jimmy Howard enjoying time with family, but ready to get back to work
By Michael Caples – LIVONIA – Jimmy Howard stopped by the Perani’s Hockey World store in Livonia today to spend time with fans during a Warrior Hockey demo day event. The Red Wings’ goaltender, along with his new crease partner Jonas Gustavsson, spent multiple hours greeting hockey fans, signing autographs, and posing for photos. Warren-based…
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Another lengthy lockout could mean the end for veteran NHLers
By Dave Waddell – Time isn’t only ticking down on an NHL season rapidly approaching its third month of a lockout, it’s also ticking down on careers. After the lockout of 2004-05, over 200 players who had played in the previous NHL season retired when the league re-launched in the fall of 2005. Among them,…
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Manny Legace named new goaltending coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks
By Michael Caples – The Muskegon Lumberjacks just added a former Red Wing and Stanley Cup champion to their coaching staff. Manny Legace, who won a Cup with the Red Wings in 2002, will be joining the Lumberjacks’ organization as their new goaltending coach. Legace played 11 seasons in the NHL, six of which while…
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Jurco finding his ‘Sea’ legs in Grand Rapids
By Kyle Kujawa – To say that Grand Rapids Griffins forward Tomas Jurco had a successful junior career would be a massive understatement. From a statistical standpoint, Jurco flourished. He scored over 25 goals in all three of his seasons with the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs and went off for 97 combined points between…
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Winter Classic cancellation a crushing blow to Detroit, and to the players as well
By Dave Waddell – The National Hockey League executed the classic kill Nov. 2, ensuring a winter of discontent among Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf fans. In a short written statement announcing the cancellation of the Winter Classic, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly removed any doubt the game schedule for Jan. 1 at…
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Red Wings announce scheduling changes and ticket info in wake of Winter Festival cancellation
The Red Wings just announced a series of updates in regards to the cancellation of both the NHL Winter Classic and the Hockeytown Winter Festival. In regards to your tickets purchased: “The Red Wings will communicate with each of their original ticket purchasers via email by Tuesday, November 6 and provide the option of a.)…
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Red Wings and MAHA to host Try Hockey For Free event in Plymouth this Saturday
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The Detroit Red Wings Foundation and the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association will be hosting a Try Hockey For Free event on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Plymouth Cultural Center. The event is being held in conjunction with USA Hockey’s Try Hockey For Free Day; hockey’s national governing body, along…
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Griffins add Spiros Anastas to coaching staff
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By Michael Caples – The Grand Rapids Griffins announced today that they have hired former Western Michigan assistant coach Spiros Anastas as their new analytics and advanced scouting coach. Anastas, 27, spent the 2011-12 season as a volunteer assistant/video coach for the Broncos, helping lead them to a CCHA championship – just the second in…
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If the Winter Classic is canceled, so is the Hockeytown Winter Festival
By Michael Caples – A source close to the situation has told MiHockey that if the NHL Winter Classic is canceled, the Hockeytown Winter Festival at Comerica Park will be canceled, as well. The NHL canceled all games through Nov. 30 today, and ESPN’s John Buccigross tweeted shortly after that a source expects the Winter…