Detroit Red Wings forward Bobby Ryan has been through a lot in the past year. He took a leave of absence from the Ottawa Senators last season in order to deal with personal issues stemming from alcohol abuse. But he completed his recovery, and scored a hat trick for good measure with Ottawa in his … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings were determined for a better outcome against the Carolina Hurricanes than their sluggish 3-0 loss on Thursday night. And thanks to some key playmaking, they enjoyed their first victory of the season. Robby Fabbri scored the game-winning goal late in the 3rd period, Dylan Larkin tallied twice (including an empty netter … Read more
Detroit Red Wings forward Robby Fabbri hit the crossbar late in the 3rd period. And moments later, he wouldn’t miss a second opportunity to give his team the lead. Fabbri scored his first goal of the season on a pretty setup from Filip Zadina, beating goaltender Petr Mrazek with a shot directly in front of … Read more
The Carolina Hurricanes scored early in the 3rd period to knot the score up 1-1, but it wouldn’t be long before the Detroit Red Wings would un-tie the score. Just 18 seconds later, forward Dylan Larkin tallied his first of the season, and his first as captain, giving Detroit the 2-1 lead. Larkin took the … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings experienced a 310-day layoff between games, and it showed during tonight’s home-opening loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at Little Caesars Arena. Carolina outshot the Red Wings 43-14 en route to a 3-0 victory. Their tight forechecking prevented any serious offensive pressure from Detroit, who had to shake off some noticeable rust. … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings had plenty of new faces in the lineup and a brand new captain to kick off the 56 game 2020-21 NHL Season at Little Caesars Arena. However, not much else looked different from last season for the Red Wings. The Carolina Hurricanes badly outshot Detroit en route to a season-opening 3-0 … Read more
It may have taken almost two periods but we finally had our first Detroit Red Wings fight of the 2020-21 season as Sam Gagner took on Dougie Hamilton of the Carolina Hurricanes after Gagne drilled Jordan Staal into the boards. Take a look as the much smaller Gagne (5-11, 200-pounds) more than holds his own … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings are just over 24 hours from kicking off their 95th season in the National Hockey League, and this campaign will be a unique one. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no fans in attendance at any game at Little Caesars Arena, and the team will be playing a shortened … Read more
The Detroit Red Wings made the decision to move on from goaltender Petr Mrazek at the 2018 NHL Trade Deadline. And after a short stint with the Philadelphia Flyers, he’s emerged as the starting goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes. And they’re sure glad that they have him. After helping lead Carolina to the Eastern Conference … Read more
The champagne and beer was flowing in the Detroit Red Wings locker room at Joe Louis Arena shortly after putting the finishing touches on a historic season capped off with the franchise’s 10th Stanley Cup victory. A 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals in front of a … Read more
For today’s Game of the Day, we go back to June 13, 2002, when the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. With the win, the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup and the city of Detroit went bonkers! Here is a video of the full game … Read more
After being eliminated in the first round the previous season by the Los Angeles Kings, the Detroit Red Wings had an extremely sour taste in their mouths. During the off-season, general manager, Ken Holland would go out and add three big pieces to the Wings’ roster in goalie Dominik Hasek and forwards Brett Hull & … Read more
By now, you’ve likely seen our countdown of former Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland’s most regrettable trades. But as we also counted down his worst moves, we’ve also highlighted his best moves during his time here. Let’s take a look back at the best trades that he made while GM of the Red … Read more
Former Detroit Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan was known for his goal scoring abilities and toughness, but he was also known as being one of the funniest guys in the dressing room. His humor could also be brutally honest, as a female fan of the Carolina Hurricanes found out during the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals. … Read more
Former Detroit Red Wings forward Igor Larionov was affectionately known as “The Professor” to teammates and fans alike with his masterful play on the ice. The biggest goal of his career came in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, where he ended a marathon triple-overtime Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes to give the Red Wings … Read more
Former Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames late last year after reports surfaced of past racial insensitivity towards a former player. Embed from Getty Images Nigerian-born defenseman Akim Aliu alleged that Peters used racial slurs against him when the two were with the AHL’s Rockford Ice … Read more
