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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...

Henrik Zetterberg Muses on Chris Osgood, Winter Classic, Injuries

Henrik Zetterberg, the NHL's second star of the week, will have to let his play speak for itself. On a national conference call on Tuesday, Zetterberg's seven points in three games weren't a topic of discussion. Neither was the Red Wings' zoom back to the top of the Western Conference. Instead, Zetterberg fielded a...

Chris Osgood Records 400th Career Win

Thanks to Detroit's 4-3 overtime win in Colorado on Monday night, veteran goaltender Chris Osgood recorded the 400th victory of his 17 year NHL career that has seen him make two different stops in the motor city, as well as brief stints with the New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues. Osgood was sensational on the night,...

Dan Cleary Out With Fractured Ankle

The injuries are starting to pile up a bit for the Detroit Red Wings, as they lost leading goal-scorer Dan Cleary to a fractured ankle during Sunday's 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild. The injury occurred when Cleary was hit with a shot from teammate Brad Stuart. The injury also comes less than a week after the Wings...

Mike Modano Out After Surgery for Severed Tendon in Wrist

It's been business as usual for the Detroit Red Wings this season, winning 14 of their first 20 games and currently on top of the Central Division. They're in the middle of a big home-and-home series with the Columbus Blue Jackets, winning the first leg on Friday by a 2-1 margin at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. It was also...

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06/01/12 Roenick, Modano talk final beard adventure Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA Is this the end of the Funny or Die-fueled playoff beard adventures from retired NHL stars Jeremy Roenick and Mike Modano?
05/23/12 Exclusive: How to fake a playoff beard Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA Last week, we showed you the intense beard-off between former hockey stars Jeremy Roenick and Mike Modano.
05/17/12 #NHL ESPNs Colin Cowherd vs. NHL writers; longest game... Source: LetsGoKings.com Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
05/17/12 Philips Norelco Presents "The Playoff Beard Follies,"... Source: PR Newswire STAMFORD, Conn. , May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- No one takes beards more seriously than pro hockey players and their fans, who toss their blades each April when the playoffs begin.
05/04/12 Coming and Going: Americans dismiss Mullins and... Source: Plano Star When the Allen Americans failed to win a postseason playoff series for the first time in franchise history by falling to the Texas Brahmas in the Berry Conference Semifinals, it stood to reason the franchise would make some changes.

Background on mike modano

Michael Thomas Modano, Jr. (; born June 7, 1970) is a retired American professional ice hockey player, who most notably played for the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise.

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