First, it was Anthony Mantha putting the Detroit Red Wings on the scoreboard. Then, Tyler Bertuzzi decided to get in on the fun.
Bertuzzi buried a loose puck past goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, giving the Red Wings the 2-1 lead:
Tyler Bertuzzi gives the Red Wings a 2-1 lead at 16:59 of the first period. Troy Stecher and Marc Staal with the assists. #LGRW pic.twitter.com/RKJQeN8TYE
— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) January 31, 2021
Bertuzzi leads the Red Wings with a team-high five goals on the season, overtaking Bobby Ryan.
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Former Red WIngs defenseman Aaron Ward details abuse at UM at hands of Dr. Robert Anderson
Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Aaron Ward came forward to reveal that he was a victim of the disgraced late Dr. Robert Anderson at the University of Michigan while a student athlete at the school.
Ward spent three years playing for the Wolverines from 1990 to 1993.
While speaking during an interview on TSN 690 in Montreal, Ward admitted the abuse he suffered contributed to a gambling problem he’d suffer later in life.
“When I was in college and I was 17 and 18, I was sexually abused by a doctor who was at the University of Michigan who’s currently publicly under investigation,” said Ward, later confirming Dr. Anderson’s identity. “Listen, I was married 20 years and my ex-wife did not know that, not an ounce of that. But you come to a place of realizing that when you finally let go of these things and when you share with people, whether you deem them embarrassing, whether you can’t come to grips with the reality, if you take the chance and you verbalize it, you can quickly find out that people can either kind of relate to what you’re going through or they can just be there (for you).
“So as I admit that on radio, that I was sexually abused by a doctor in a professional environment at the University of Michigan and suppressed it forever, it is liberating as you drop these things from your conscience. I spent, since I was 17 years old when that happened, trying to figure out why I gambled since I was 17. That’s not the only reason, but it’s a contributing factor.”
