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By the Numbers: What Detroit Is Really Losing With Its Free Agency Exodus

It's been a one-way street out of Detroit this offseason, as the Red Wings have watched Marian Hossa, Mikael Samuelsson, Ty Conklin and Tomas Kopecky sign with rival teams in the Western Conference, while Jiri Hudler attempts to make a jump to the KHL (even though the NHL isn't all that happy about it). Such losses would...

Joel Quenneville Blames Referees for Ruining Good Hockey Game

Following Niklas Kronwall's hit on Martin Havlat Friday night, there's been plenty of discussion about the officiating in the Western Conference final. Actually, there's always a lot of discussion about officiating in the NHL, and following Detroit's 6-1 dismantling of Chicago on Sunday afternoon, Blackhawks head coach...

Pavel Datsyuk a Game-Time Decision; Small Break for Chicago?

UPDATE: DATSYUK OUT FOR GAME 3 One of the more confusing story lines in this year's playoffs has been the sudden disappearance of Pavel Datsyuk's offensive production. In Detroit's 13 postseason games, the Hart Trophy finalist has recorded just one goal to go with six assists after putting up his second consecutive...

Wings Still Focused on Nash

In hockey, the home team gets the last line change before a faceoff. This typically means the coach of that team will be able to pick the line-on-line matchups throughout the game.For a team like Columbus, one that only has one really lethal line, this can be a major deal. While Rick Nash was shut down in the first two...

Red Wings Use Skill, Bounces to Win

When they're on, there's no doubt the Detroit Red Wings are among the best teams in the NHL. More often than usual this season, the Wings were a tad less than adequate defensively, leaving their goaltenders in impossible positions and generally giving up too many goals.The playoffs are different, however, and the...

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05/20/12 Red Wings at the Worlds, medal round: Czechs capture... Source: Kukla's Korner Well, Red Wings prospect Petr Mrazek was able to learn from Czech pros and NHL'ers, hang out with his buddy Jakub Stepanek (who is dating Mrazek's sister), and earn a Bronze medal, anyway.
05/19/12 Datsyuk, Russia beat Filppula, Finland for spot in... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI HELSINKI Russias Evgeni Malkin scored three goals to lead his team to a 6-2 win today over Finland in the semifinal of the world championship.
05/18/12 Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk, Valtteri Filppula to face... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Red Wings Valtteri Filppula and Pavel Datsyuk will face off for a shot at gold at the world championship.
05/17/12 Red Wings at the Worlds, Quarterfinals: Filppula,... Source: Kukla's Korner Team USA stopped playing and started trapping halfway through the third period of a game they led 2-1 over Finland, and despite nothing less than valiant goaltending from one Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, the Americans were lulled into trying to beat the Finnish trap by trying to replicate it, and were defeated by it.
05/16/12 Red Wings at the Worlds: catching up with the Wings... Source: Kukla's Korner Prior to taking a three-day break due to what I can best describe as the equivalent of post-concussive migraines, the World Championships' round robin stage was still underway in Stockholm and Helsinki.