Tony Wolak
Tony Wolak is based in the Washington D.C. area and covers the Detroit Red Wings for THW. As a former junior and college hockey player, Tony has a unique perspective on Red Wings topics.
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Red Wings Rebuild: Three Years Into the Future
September 17th, 2019 With the 2019-20 NHL season on the horizon, now is a great time to evaluate the roster and organizational depth of the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings Rebuild series will do just that – projecting Detroit’s future roster and analyzing the progress of Hockeytown’s makeover. Red Wings Rebuild: Two Years Into the...
8 Unbreakable Detroit Red Wings Records
September 13th, 2019 Throughout the history of the Detroit Red Wings franchise, countless legends and hockey icons have donned the winged wheel. Those stars have gone on to set some impressive franchise records while playing for the Detroit Cougars, Falcons, and Red Wings. Which team records are truly unbreakable in today’s—and tomorrow’s—NHL?...
Red Wings Rebuild: Two Years into the Future
September 10th, 2019 With the 2019-20 NHL season on the horizon, now is a great time to evaluate the roster and organizational depth of the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings Rebuild series will do just that – projecting Detroit’s future roster and analyzing the progress of Hockeytown’s makeover. Heading into the 2021-22 season, the Red Wings...
The Grind Line: Intriguing Red Wings at the NHL Prospect Tournament
September 6th, 2019 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. Josh Bell, Devin Little, and Tony Wolak are the muckers who makeup THW’s forechecking unit and sound off on Red Wings...
The Rise And Fall Of Andrew Raycroft
September 4th, 2019 Sixteen years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston's fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on Interstate 95 between Boston and Providence. In fact, a majority of Raycroft's early professional career in the AHL, playing in...
7 Biggest NHL Players in Today's Game
September 4th, 2019 In today’s NHL, speed dominates. No longer can teams roster slow, hulking defensemen capable of obstructing opponents into submission. But, if a player has speed and size, they can be lethal. According to Hockey-Graphs, the average NHLer stands six-foot-one and weighs 201 pounds (as of the 2014-15 season). When compared to the...
