Last Red Wings to Win Each NHL Award Tony Wolak | June 19, 2021 On Sunday night, I realized that it had been a few years since a member of the Detroit Red Wings had won a major NHL award. Previously, it was an…
Best NHL Team of All-Time Brackets: 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings Declan Schroeder | May 10, 2021 A car crash that ended the career of one of the powerful Russian Five. A scoring star absent for most of the season. The pressure of high expectations in Hockeytown.…
Today in Hockey History: Feb. 14 Greg Boysen | February 14, 2021 Valentine’s Day has been quite an eventful date in National Hockey League history. One of the greatest goal-scorers to ever skate experienced some highs and lows. The fans in Motown…
Red Wings 12 Days of Hockeymas: 7 Art Ross & 7 Frank J. Selke Trophies Patrick Brown | December 18, 2020 The “12 Days of Christmas” is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down…
They Wore It Once: Ducks Players and Their Unique Numbers Eddy Jones | August 27, 2020 The Anaheim Ducks have had several iconic sweater numbers throughout their 26-year history. At the top of that list are Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermayer, with their numbers,…
A Look Back at RFAs and Offer Sheets Brandon Share-Cohen | June 28, 2020 The history of offer sheets in the NHL is a long one. While there hasn’t been a successful offer sheet since the Edmonton Oilers signed Dustin Penner to one in…
Red Wings’ Top 20 Goal Scorers of All-Time Tony Wolak | June 3, 2020 Over the course of their history, the Detroit Red Wings have scored 19,904 regular season goals. That’s a lot of goals. Since the franchise arrived in Detroit, quite a few…
‘The Russian Five’ More Than Just a Hockey Documentary Tony Wolak | June 3, 2019 When my wife and I first started dating, she admitted to not knowing very much about hockey, let alone the Detroit Red Wings. Flash-forward six years. Both of us were…
Ducks 25th Anniversary: A Look Back & Ahead Anthony Ciardelli | October 9, 2018 It’s been exactly 25 years since Anaheim Mighty Ducks center Anatoli Semenov lined up against his countryman Sergei Fedorov to take the first regular-season faceoff in franchise history. Fedorov won…
Fedorov or Datsyuk: Retiring the Russians’ Numbers? Rachel Anderson | July 27, 2018 Aside from being inducted into the Hall of Fame, retiring a number in professional sports is kind of like the icing on an athlete’s cake. The great ones are hoisted…
Francois Beauchemin: Once (Thrice) a Duck, Always a Duck Tom Dianora | May 7, 2018 The unfortunate and abrupt end to the Anaheim Ducks’ season brought with it a fair number of question marks moving forward. One thing that was known, however, was the retirement…
Can Red Wings’ Zetterberg Score 400? Jacob Messing | March 7, 2018 On Feb. 24, Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg scored the 335th goal of his career, placing him in a tie with Ted Lindsay for fifth all-time in goals scored…
