Around the Rink – February 26 Edition

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Winter Olympics Update

USA will face off against Finland later this afternoon at 3 p.m. EST on NBC. Wings’ defenseman Brian Rafalski and the rest of the American squad are only focused on the Finns, which include Wings’ forward Valtteri Filppula.
Fans attending the MSU hockey game Friday evening at Munn Ice Arena [...]

Around the Rink – February 24 Edition

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Winter Olympics Update

Team Canada squared off against Germany yesterday to fight for the right to play Russia in the quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday. They weren’t disappointed, routing Germany 8-2 to set up the showdown between two NHL superstars — Sidney Crosby (Russia) and Alexander Ovechkin (Russia).
Wings’ GM Ken [...]

Around the Rink – February 22 Edition

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USA Hockey vs. Team Canada

The two unbeaten teams in Group A faced off Sunday evening in preliminary play in what would be an exciting showdown televised on MSNBC to determine which team would get an automatic bye into Wednesday’s quarterfinals. It was USA hockey who pulled the upset to remain undefeated [...]

Around the Rink – February 19 Edition

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USA vs. Norway

The United States took a 3-0 lead by the second period and ended the contest up 6-1, outshooting Norway 39-11 in preliminary play. The Red Wings’ lone player representing the USA, defenseman Brian Rafalski, scored the last two U.S. goals including one with the man-advantage. Norway’s Ole [...]

Around the Rink – February 17 Edition

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Winter Olympics Update

USA Hockey had its first game of group play, defeating Switzerland 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver. Former Spartan Ryan Miller thwarted 14 shots by the Swiss for the win. By comparison, USA unleashed 21 shots on Jonas Hiller, the Anaheim Ducks’ goalie who was tending net [...]

Around the Rink – February 15 Edition

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The Detroit Red Wings snagged a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday evening to head into the 2010 Winter Olympics on a positive note. The goal scorers for Detroit were Kirk Maltby, Pavel Datsyuk, Dan Cleary, and Johan Franzen, who scored an empty-net goal with 49 seconds [...]

Around the Rink – February 12 Edition

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San Jose avoided a series sweep this season at the hands of Detroit, snagging a 3-2 shootout victory despite the Wings peppering the SJ net with a season-high 52 shots on goal. In his first game back at Joe Louis Arena since suffering a torn ACL in October, forward [...]

Around the Rink – February 10 Edition

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Blues Beat Wings in Shootout
The Detroit Red Wings rallied from a 3-1 deficit last night to force overtime in St. Louis, but the Blues beat Detroit 4-3 in the shootout. Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk, and Valtteri Filppula scored the goals for Detroit. Rookie netminder Jimmy Howard turned away 42 [...]

Around the Rink – February 3 Edition

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Once again, the Detroit Red Wings rose to the challenge and beat the San Jose Sharks, 4-2, for a third straight time this season. The team rallied from a two-goal deficit with goals from forwards Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg to pull even with San Jose at 2-2. A [...]

Around the Rink – February 1 Edition

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Detroit falls to Penguins in shootout

The Detroit Red Wings were edged out, 2-1, by the defending Stanley Cup champs, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the shootout at Mellon Arena in a matinee game on Sunday in front of a national audience on NBC. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby put Pittsburgh up first [...]