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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 [...]
February 26, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings, Winter Olympics . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Brian Rafalski, Kirk Maltby, Nick Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman, Valtteri Filppula, Winter Olympics . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: Leave a Comment
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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 [...]
February 24, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings, Winter Olympics . Tags: Brian Rafalski, Henrik Zetterberg, Nick Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall, Tom Wilson, Winter Olympics . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: Leave a Comment
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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 [...]
February 22, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings, Winter Olympics . Tags: Ken Holland, Nick Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk, Steve Yzerman, Winter Olympics . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: Leave a Comment
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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 [...]
February 19, 2010
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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 [...]
February 17, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Brian Rafalski, Johan Franzen, Mike Babcock, Nick Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula, Winter Olympics . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: 2 Comments
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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 [...]
February 15, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Johan Franzen, Kirk Maltby, Tomas Holmstrom . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: Leave a Comment
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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 [...]
February 12, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Brian Rafalski, Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall, Steve Yzerman, Winter Olympics . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: Leave a Comment
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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 [...]
February 10, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom, Patrick Eaves, Tomas Holmstrom, Tomas Tatar . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: 5 Comments
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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 [...]
February 3, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Derek Meech, Johan Franzen, Jonathan Ericsson, Justin Abdelkader, Niklas Kronwall, Patrick Eaves . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: 4 Comments
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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 [...]
February 1, 2010
Categories: Around the Rink, Detroit Red Wings . Tags: Andreas Lilja, Chris Osgood, Jason Williams, Jimmy Howard, Johan Franzen, Justin Abdelkader, Landon Ferraro, Tomas Holmstrom . Author: Christy Hammond . Comments: 3 Comments