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The Dynasty That Ate Itself

It was a year of mourning for the Red Wings. Their beloved owner, Mike Ilitch, died. So did Joe Louis Arena, the old barn on the Detroit River where the Wings dominated in the mid-to-late ‘90s and early aughts, winning four Stanley Cups, six Presidents’ Trophies, and making the playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons. The…

Riley Sheahan Avoided Historically Sucking

Red Wings center Riley Sheahan, best known for his brief role as “super-drunk” Tinky Winky, had gone the entire season without scoring a goal. The effort was there, as Sheahan had 106 shots on goal going into Detroit’s final game, but he just hadn’t finished any of them. His luck changed Sunday against the Devils.

The Detroit Red Wings Appear To Have Signed A 13-Year-Old

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Joe Louis Arena Was Crude And Perfect

Whenever I feel exhausted or beat down, I hop on Youtube and watch Darren McCarty drop a natural hat trick on Patrick Roy.

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg knocked over a dude’s beer, but made it up to him with a signed

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg knocked over a dude’s beer, but made it up to him with a signed stick. Seems like a nice guy. [Ottawa Citizen]

March 26 will mark 20 years since that brawl.

March 26 will mark 20 years since that brawl. Kris Draper, whose broken face at the hands of Claude Lemieux lit the powder keg a year earlier, shares what he remembers, and what he doesn’t. [The Players’ Tribune]

Mike Ilitch Was No Saint

If you only went by what you read in the Detroit papers this week, you’d think Mike Ilitch—the pizza baron and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers who died last week at the age of 87—was a god incarnate. And for the last three decades, if you’d asked anyone in Michigan, you’d have gotten the sense he was revered…

The NHL Will Give Gustav Nyquist A Few Days To Think About What He Did

The Red Wings have missed the playoffs just twice in my lifetime, and I’m old. But now, at 22-24-10 and dead last in the Eastern Conference, they appear bound for the reckoning/rebuild that they’ve somehow escaped so many times over the decades. It is, for the first time since 1990, a lost season in Detroit.

Mike Ilitch, Owner Of The Tigers And Red Wings, Dead At 87

Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch died this afternoon. He was 87 years old.

Red Wings Force Centennial Classic Overtime With Buzzer-Beater Goal

The hockey buzzer-beater is a rare event, but the Red Wings pulled it off as Anthony Mantha poked in Detroit’s second goal of the final two minutes—and the seventh of the third period—to force overtime at today’s outdoor Centennial Classic at Toronto’s “Exhibition Stadium.”

One Player Helped Get Both Goalies Knocked Out Of The Red Wings-Lightning Game

It’s not a good night for goalies in Tampa. First came an injury to Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, on a seemingly routine save of a shot from rookie Nick Jensen in the first period. Though the play seemed innocuous enough, Bishop soon left the game, and the team later announced that he was out with a lower-body injury and would not return.

Red Wings-Hurricanes Game Canceled Due To Poor Ice Condition

Tonight’s Red Wings-Hurricanes game in Raleigh has officially been postponed, nearly two hours after the scheduled puck drop, because the ice at PNC Arena is unplayable. It’s actually pretty cold in Raleigh tonight! But the word on the street is a broken compressor is the culprit.