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Dave King Can't Quit Hockey

You can take Dave King out of the Olympics, but you can never quite take the Olympics out of Dave King. The former long-time head of Canada's Olympic hockey program has found another "Mission Impossible" as an assistant coach with the surprising Phoenix Coyotes. With a shaky financial situation and limited talent other...

NHL Trade Deadline: Detroit Red Wings

You never know what wily Red Wings general manager Ken Holland will do at the trading deadline. But chances are he will keep a low profile. Detroit is a classic example of a team that builds from within, and Holland only has $570,000 to spend. Since veteran goaltender Chris Osgood is insisting he will back from sports...

Nicklas Lidstrom Back in Norris Form

SAN JOSE -- Nicklas Lidstrom wasn't a Norris Trophy finalist last season. That led to speculation: At 40, were his best seasons behind the six-time Norris winner? Apparently not. Like the Red Wings themselves, Detroit's captain just shrugs off digs about age every season, and he's now right back in line for more...

This Could Be Nicklas Lidstrom's Farewell to Detroit

DETROIT -- "I don't even want to think about it," said Kris Draper, but the reality exists. Game 4 on Thursday night could be the final game in Detroit in the extraordinary career of Nicklas Lidstrom. The future Hall of Fame defenseman from Sweden, who turned 40 last week, politely declined to shed any insight into his...

Baker's Goal Still Has Bite 16 Years Later

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Chris Osgood scampered back into the net a moment too late. Sharks forward Jamie Baker had already halted the Detroit Red Wing goalie's clearing attempt and sent it into the net for the decisive goal in Game 7, a tally that completed an upset that saw a team in its third season of existence dispatch...

Kris Draper News From the Web

05/08/12 Retirement Is Toughest Step For Pro Athletes Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI Kris Draper knows he could win a key faceoff or dig one more puck out of the corner.
05/07/12 Retirement Is Toughest Step For Pro Athletes Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI Kris Draper knows he could win a key faceoff or dig one more puck out of the corner.
05/03/12 Scarborough's Draper feted by old high school after... Source: InsideToronto.com Kris Draper, who on the occasion of the last of his four Stanley Cup wins, in 2008, brought the venerable trophy back home to his parents' Port Union home for what turned into a truly memorable block party, headed back to his old high school this week.
04/23/12 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Memorable Moments from... Source: Bleacher Report The Devils all but secured their first Stanley Cup title by besting the visiting Detroit Red Wings by a 5-2 count in Game 3 to take a 3-0 series lead.

Background on Kris Draper

Kristopher Draper (born May 24, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Draper is a four-time winner of the Stanley Cup, a Frank J.

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