Category: Red Wings
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Griffins roster takes shape after free agency
By Kyle Kujawa – Although they weren’t players in the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter sweepstakes, the Grand Rapids Griffins went a long way to filling out their 2012-13 roster with several key free agent acquisitions. To be more accurate, it’s the Detroit Red Wings who made the splash on the Griffins’ behalf. With full…
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Ken Holland tries to navigate an off-season of unease in Hockeytown
By Dave Waddell – It’s hard to know if Detroit Red Wings’ general manager Ken Holland is familiar with Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem “If”, which starts with the virtues of keeping one’s head while all around are losing theirs. With Wings’ fans clearly feeling unease about their team having seen Nick Lidstrom, Brad Stuart and…
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Red Wings ink Jurco to three-year deal
By Ben Fleck – The Detroit Red Wings announced today that 19-year-old Tomas Jurco has been signed to a three-year entry-level contract. A native of Kosice, Slovakia, the 6’2”, 193-pound forward was drafted by the Red Wings in the second round – 35th overall – of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but has spent the…
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Abdelkader guest stars at Red Wings Youth Camp
By Ryan Zuke and Ben Fleck – DETROIT – Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader remembers how exciting it was to have special players or coaches running hockey summer camps when he was young. Now, he gets to return the favor. On July 26, the former Michigan State Spartan and Grand Rapids Griffin served as a…
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Red Wings, Kyle Quincey agree on new two-year deal
By Michael Caples – The Red Wings announced via their official Twitter account today that they have re-signed defenseman Kyle Quincey for two seasons. Quincey, 26, was reacquired by the Red Wings from the Colorado Avalanche on Feb. 21 during a three-team trade that saw Detroit unload their 2012 first-round pick. The Lightning received the…
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Red Wings announce two alumni games for Hockeytown Winter Festival
By Stefan Kubus – DETROIT – The SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival, kicking off December 15th and ending December 31st, will include everything from NCAA and OHL hockey to a pair of NHL alumni games. Yes, you read that right. Red Wings GM Ken Holland announced Wednesday at Comerica Park that there will, in fact, be…
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Mike Modano one of three selected for U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
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By Stefan Kubus – Mike Modano, a Michigan native and perhaps the greatest American-born forward to play in the National Hockey League, will officially have his name immortalized in the world of United States hockey. After 21 NHL seasons, Modano joins New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello, and former Pittsburgh Penguin Ed Olczyk as the…
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Team Lidstrom tops Team Zetterberg on Ferraro’s shootout goal
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – The boys of summer weren’t on a baseball diamond on July 10 – they were in a hockey rink instead. The Detroit Red Wings development camp continued Tuesday with a scrimmage at Centre Ice Arena. Following an afternoon where the club honored fallen prospect Bryan Rufenach, Team Lidstrom…
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Jeff Blashill returns to his roots
By Kyle Kujawa – In a way, when the Grand Rapids Griffins officially introduced Jeff Blashill as their new head coach on June 28, it was a homecoming for the now-former Detroit Red Wings assistant. In another sense, virtually the entire state of Michigan is “home” for Blashill. Born in Detroit and raised in Sault…
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Checking in from the Red Wings’ development camp in Traverse City
By Nick Barnowski – TRAVERSE CITY – While the red and white jerseys of the Detroit Red Wings normally don’t see an ice rink until the end of summer, there is an exception this week as 41 prospects have invaded Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City for a development camp. The week of practices, scrimmages,…