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2010-11 Detroit Red Wings Preview: Climbing the Mountain Again

Something strange has happened this fall. The annual "are the Red Wings too old?" questions have subsided, and Detroit is the trendy pick in the Western Conference in many corners. Well, the Red Wings certainly have not endured the kinds of offseason losses that sliced away at the champion Blackhawks. Plus, Detroit should...

Ruslan Salei Signs With Detroit

The Detroit Red Wings added some veteran depth to their blue line on Monday, signing 35-year-old Ruslan Salei to a one-year contract to round out their top-six, which also includes Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall, Brad Stuart and Jonathan Ericsson. The deal is reported to be worth $750,000, plus another...

Penguins Get Timely Efforts in Huge Win

Without actually facing elimination, the Pittsburgh Penguins couldn't have faced a bigger must-win than they did Tuesday night. While Detroit hasn't truly dominated the Penguins in the opening two games of the Stanley Cup finals, they have played well enough to win both. Since there isn't much in hockey that's more...

Penguins Improvement in Face-Off Circle Still Not Enough

One of the key factors in Pittsburgh's Game 1 loss was Detroit's dominance in the face-off circle, leading to puck possession, scoring opportunities and, ultimately, goals. The Penguins showed considerable improvement in this area in Game 2, but it still wasn't enough as the Red Wings managed to take a 2-0 series lead as...

Red Wings Follow Familiar Formula, Go Up 2-0 in Finals

Echoing last year's Finals and mixing in some hints of Game 1, the Red Wings kept up the brand of hockey that took them to the title in 2008. For the second consecutive year, Detroit has taken the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals against Pittsburgh. On Sunday, it was some of the lesser lights who gave the Red...

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05/15/12 Wings' Filppula scores 2 goals, 2 assists in Finland... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula finished his preliminary preparation for the world championship in fine fashion Monday, using four points to lead his Finns to victory.
05/10/12 Red Wings' Jonathan Ericsson (back) out for Swedish... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Sweden keeps cruising at the World Championship thanks to several Red Wings, but the contingent is losing defenseman Jonathan Ericsson.
05/08/12 Red Wings morning report: Ericsson remains sidelined... Source: Kukla's Korner Updated 2x at 9:53 AM : As an addendum to The " early overnight report ": the closest thing to a team of Red Wings is running into the injury bug at the World Championships.
05/07/12 Red Wings overnight report: Ericsson injury news,... Source: Kukla's Korner If you're keeping score at home: Kyle Quincey will make his debut in the Canada-France game; Petr Mrazek is technically on the Czech roster, but he won't be playing in goal; Jimmy Howard and Justin Abdelkader play for the U.S., though I'm not sure whether Howard will start as he's played two games already; and Jonathan Ericsson (he's injured and won't play), Johan Franzen, Calle Jarnkrok and Henrik Zetterberg play for Sweden.
05/06/12 Rd Wings overnight report: Worlds, day 2 wrap-up, on... Source: Kukla's Korner Updated with an excellent article about Gustav Nyquist at 7:43 AM : After two very busy days at the World Championships (see last overnight report and Saturday post for news and, surprisingly enough, mysterious links to web streams that just might help the geo-blocked watch the Worldsâ¦how did those get in there?) the Red Wings' participantsâwhich now number an even dozen players with Kyle Quincey joining Team Canadaâwill receive something of a "slow day" as the six-game slate only includes two Wings players participating in games in Valtteri Filppula (Finland) and Pavel Datsyuk (Russia).

Background on jonathan ericsson

Jonathan Ericsson (born March 2, 1984) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who now plays for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

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