The Detroit Red Wings were going to have their hands full in round 2 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Game 1 emphasized that, and more. Chicago took the lead in the best-of-7, Western Conference Semi-Final with relative ease, winning by a score of 4-1. If this game was a preview of what we are going to ...
There is nothing like old school playoff hockey. The purists had to be smiling when they found out that the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings will renew acquaintances in the Stanley Cup semifinals. The latest meeting between the Original Six rivals is historic on so many levels. The series will be the first ...
This years Red Wings team has already exceeded expectations. The future looks very promising for this team, regardless of the results of the next series.
With the departure of future Hall-of-Famer Nicklas Lidstrom and Thomas Holmstrom to retirement, this shortened season was supposed to be the Detroit Red Wings’ year of rebuilding. Scratch that “rebuilding” talk. When the shortened season resumed on January 19, none of the so-called hockey experts gave the Red Wings a chance to crack the top ...
On June 4, 2008 Daniel Cleary made history with the Detroit Red Wings when he became the first player from Newfoundland and Labrador to get his name on the Stanley Cup. This feat was accompanied by five more years of success in Detroit, however that time in the winged wheel may soon be coming to an end for ...
After a hard-fought and gritty game seven in Anaheim, the Detroit Red Wings emerged victorious over the Ducks. This series was a treat to watch for fans of both teams, and had all the elements of a series to remember. A tough Detroit team expected to be played hard and physically by the number two ...
The Detroit Red Wings’ backs are up against the wall for the second time in as many weeks. Just a few weeks ago, the Red Wings were on the brink of being eliminated from contention in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, and from ending their streak of 21-straight years having qualified for the post-season. They ...
It is now a best-of-3 series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Anaheim Ducks. After having won one of two games at Honda Center in Anaheim, home-ice advantage had shifted in favor of the Detroit Red Wings in their Western Conference Quarterfinal playoff series with the Ducks. With the next two games played at ...
For the NHL Central Division, the Stanley Cup playoffs have been a mixed bag of results, to say the least. The Chicago Blackhawks looked to be in cruise control when they took a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Wild, but they were beat in nearly every area of the game in a Game 3 ...
I wasn’t familiar with Justin Abdelkader‘s name until this year; his fifth year in the league. That’s because his production and ice-time have gone up in small increments with every season and he hasn’t done much damage to any specific team. Now he has changed that, as the winger is a household name in Anaheim ...
