Posts About "Sergei Fedorov"
Top 10: Detroit Red Wings Pop Culture References
September 16th, 2015 Over the past quarter century, Detroit Red Wings fans have witnessed success that only a few teams in certain eras of the NHL can parallel. With that sustained prosperity comes team popularity across different demographics. More than a few celebrities are known to be Red Wings fans, helping to spread the team’s story to their fans....
The Detroit Red Wings' Alumni Dream Team: Centers
August 24th, 2015 Earlier this month, it was announced that the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche would engage in one more epic battle: an alumni game featuring the stars of their rivalry that spanned from 1996 to 2002. The alumni game is scheduled to take place the day before the February 17th NHL Stadium Series game featuring the current...
Red Wings & Flyers Will Dominate 2015 HHOF Class
June 23rd, 2015 The Draft is always an extremely exciting time in the hockey world at the end of June. It's the first thing to get excited about once the season ends and represents the highlight of the season for the teams picking at the top. Then there's July 1, aka the Free Agent Frenzy. The free agent crop this year doesn't look as strong as some...
It's Time For Fedorov to Join Detroit's Elite
February 16th, 2015 This past Thursday, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inducted Sergei Fedorov into their ranks. It is a deserving honor for a player who meant so much to the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan. Yet, it feels as if there’s something missing - an even greater honor that Sergei has earned. It’s time for Fedorov’s jersey to hang...
Next Into The Hall Of Fame
December 2nd, 2014 Mike Modano,Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake, Dominic Hasek, referee Bill McCreary and the late Coach Pat Burns, were ceremoniously entered into the Hockey Hockey Hall of Fame on November 17th, 2014. Because of their individual accomplishments, championships and awards, every single one of them deserved to be in the mecca hockey shrine. Each of...
Hockey Hall of Fame 2015?
November 18th, 2014 With the 2014 Hockey Hall of Fame induction in the books, it's time to turn an eye to the potential class of 2015. It is quite the extensive list and fairly astonishing that only four will make the cut. One wonders how a player can be delayed if said player is a virtual lock right off the rip. This is how we end up with a Pat Burns...
Catching Up With Sergei Fedorov
October 26th, 2014 In this interview originally taken on the popular Russian radio station Radio FM, Sergei Fedorov, now GM of the CSKA Moscow of the KHL, talked about the Russian Five, discussed his trades, and shed some light on the Red Wings golden era. - You left Russia in 1990. Weren't you scared about leaving? Another country, different people, a...
Analyzing Detroit's Draft History - Are the Red Wings Really the Best?
May 11th, 2014 Aside from the eight teams remaining in the playoffs, the rest of the NHL has shifted their focus to the offseason. For the Detroit Red Wings, the offseason brings several difficult decisions regarding their free agents. The offseason also brings about the NHL draft. Since Mike Ilitch purchased the team in 1982 and tabbed Jim Devellano...
Red Wings: Future Numbers Among the Rafters
October 16th, 2013 It’s not often you see a player’s number raised into the rafters of arenas around the National Hockey League. Players are honoured quite often by teams for their contributions to the club, but it’s a special feeling for players to have their number retired by any given franchise. Usually, it’s career players - guys who have...
Putin's Russia And Gangsterism In The KHL
July 31st, 2013 "Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Winston Churchill This quote would impress an intelligent high school senior. It's the most banal statement about Russia that a person can encounter, and I say this as a lover of quotes, an admirer of Winston Churchill and a student of the former Soviet Union....
Lockout 2012: Will We Move to a Multi-League Model?
November 5th, 2012 As the NHL lockout of 2012 drags on, feelings among fans range from apathy and indifference to frustration and anger. There's those who support the NHLPA, others support the NHL. Some are fed up with rich people squabbling over how to divvy up piles of money, others don't care how things get settled so long as there's NHL hockey back...
Sergei Fedorov Sends Detroit His Best
October 29th, 2012 Few things are as frustrating as seeking out news, attention and acknowledgment, and coming up with nothing. Silence isn't deafening, it's deadening. Hockey fans have become familiar with this feeling. This staleness is what made the sentimental Tweeting this morning from Yahoo! NHL writer, Nick Cotsonika, a welcomed gesture: Nick...
