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Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators: Game Preview (Updated)
April 14th, 2013 at 7:00 AM
What: Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators When: 8 p.m tonight Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee TV: Fox Sports Detroit, NBC Sports Network Records: The Red Wings are 19-15-7; the Predators are 15-19-8 Coaches: Mike Babcock is 440-235-19-89 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 371-173-74 in his eighth season with the Red Wings. Barry Trotz is 518-443-60-87...

Detroit Red Wings Rooting Interest to Make the Playoffs
April 13th, 2013 at 4:32 PM
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are around the corner, and the next two weeks are going to be dicey as teams try to get in. The Detroit Red Wings currently sit in eighth place in the Western Conference, two points ahead of the Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and Columbus Blue Jackets. Throughout...

Detroit Red Wings Come up Short in Classic Duel with Chicago Blackhawks
April 13th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks have played each other 725 times since 1926. Meeting #725 was definitely one of the more memorable. The Blackhawks would prevail 3-2 in a shootout that took five rounds to settle. Nine of the last ten meetings between both teams have been decided by one...

Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks: Game Preview
April 12th, 2013 at 7:54 PM
  What: Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks When: 8:30 p.m. tonight Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois TV: Fox Sports Detroit Plus, NHL Network, RDS Records: The Red Wings are 19-15-6, the Blackhawks are 30-5-4 Coaches: Mike Babcock is 440-233-19-89 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 371-169-74 in his eighth season with the...

Detroit Red Wings Salvage a Point Against the Sharks
April 12th, 2013 at 6:22 PM
The Detroit Red Wings were hoping to increase their cushion over ninth place in the West and pick up a win over the San Jose Sharks. They only accomplished the first half of their plan, as they fell 3-2 in a shootout to the Sharks Thursday night. The Wings were able to...

Detroit Red Wings Vs. San Jose Sharks: Game Preview
April 11th, 2013 at 5:46 PM
What: San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings When: 7:30 p.m. tonight Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan TV: Fox Sports Detroit Records: The Red Wings are 19-15-5; the Sharks are 20-12-7 Coaches: Mike Babcock is 439-232-19-88 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 370-172-73 in his eighth season with the Red Wings. Todd McLellan is 214-104-48...

Detroit Red Wings Bringing European Prospects to America
April 10th, 2013 at 7:43 PM
The Detroit Red Wings are continuing to groom some of their prospects for North American hockey. After assigning Calle Järnkrok to the Grand Rapids Griffins, the club has announced that they have assigned European prospects Teemu Pulkkinen and Alexei Marchenko to the Griffins. They also assigned North American prospects Jake Paterson and Richard Nedomlel to Grand...

Mike Babcock Shuffles Detroit Red Wings Lineup to Spark Offense
April 10th, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is looking to give his offense a boost. He already moved Johan Franzen to second-line center, and Henrik Zetterberg to first line wing. Now Valtteri Filppula will move to third-line center beginning with Thursday's game against the San Jose Sharks. Babcock said that Filppula will center...

Darren Helm Likely Won’t Play for the Rest of the Season
April 10th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
If the Detroit Red Wings are going to make the playoffs this season, they will have to do so without Darren Helm. Helm has missed all but one game this season with back problems. While he has been skating on his own, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock isn't expecting him back...

Detroit Red Wings Wind up on Wrong End of Goaltending Duel
April 8th, 2013 at 2:44 PM
The Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues played their final meeting as division rivals on Sunday. The game would go down as a goaltending duel between Detroit's Jimmy Howard and St. Louis's Brian Elliott, with Elliott being on the winning side of a 1-0 win. The win was the first shutout...

Detroit Red Wings Vs. St. Louis Blues: Game Preview
April 7th, 2013 at 7:00 AM
  What: St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings When: 12:30 p.m Sunday Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan TV: NBC  Records: The Red Wings are 19-14-5; the Blues are 6-5-1 Coaches: Mike Babcock is 440-231-19-89 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 371-169-73 in his eighth season with the Red Wings. Ken Hitchcock is 596-379-88-83 in his 16th...

Detroit Red Wings Recall Riley Sheahan from AHL
April 6th, 2013 at 5:33 PM
The Detroit Red Wings have recalled forward Riley Sheahan from the Grand Rapids Griffins, MLive's Ansar Khan reports. The move has been done in the event of another injury, per GM Ken Holland. The Griffins are playing in Abbotsford, British Columbia, so it would not have made sense to wait until Sunday...

Pavel Datsyuk Helps Detroit Red Wings Bury Colorado Avalanche
April 6th, 2013 at 5:14 PM
During the late 1990s, there were plenty of fireworks when the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche played each other. The rivalry between both teams seemed to die down after the turn of the century, as many of the players had retired or took their talents elsewhere. Friday night marked the last...

Detroit Red Wings at Phoenix Coyotes: Game Preview
April 4th, 2013 at 7:16 PM
What: Detroit Red Wings at Phoenix Coyotes Where: Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Arizona When: 10 p.m. tonight TV: Fox Sports Detroit, NHL Network. Records: The Red Wings are 18-13-5; the Coyotes are 15-15-6. Coaches: Mike Babcock is 440-230-19-88 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 371-170-73 in his eighth season with the Red Wings....

Three Questions: Dead Tradeline, Last Quarter of the Season, and Playoff Scenarios
April 4th, 2013 at 6:03 PM
1. Q: The Detroit Red Wings were quiet at the trade deadline. Mistake or smart move by Ken Holland? A: I have heard both sides of this arguement. Many are siding with Graham Hathway of Winging It In Motown in saying the prices were too high for certain players, or the...

Detroit Red Wings Remain Quiet at Trade Deadline
April 4th, 2013 at 5:07 PM
The day of the NHL Trade Deadline was relatively quiet until about an hour before 3:00 p.m. EDT when multiple trades went down. A full list can be found here (via TSN). The Detroit Red Wings, however, stood pat at the deadline, keeping the roster intact for the remainder for the...

Detroit Red Wings Earn Confidence Boosting Win Over Colorado Avalanche
April 2nd, 2013 at 6:58 PM
A day after getting ran out of their own building by the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock wanted to see how his players would respond. They responded with a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche, led by Damien Brunner ending a 15-game goal drought, and a strong...

Detroit Red Wings Vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game Preview
April 1st, 2013 at 6:24 PM
What: Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings When: 7:30 p.m. tonight Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan TV: Fox Sports Detroit, NBC Sports Network, TSN2 Records: The Red Wings are 17-13-5; the Avalanche are 12-18-4 Coaches: Mike Babcock is 437-230-19-88 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 368-170-73 in his eighth season with the Red...

Detroit Red Wings Take on Chicago Blackhawks in One of NHL’s Most Classic Rivalries
March 31st, 2013 at 6:00 AM
What: Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings When: 12:30 p.m. Sunday Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan TV: NBC Records: The Red Wings are 17-12-5; the Blackhawks are 25-5-3. Coaches: Mike Babcock is 437-229-19-88 in his tenth season as a head coach, and 368-169-73 in his eighth season with the Red Wings. Joel Quenneville is 649-387-77-83 in his 16th season as...

Detroit Red Wings Trade Kent Huskins to Philadelphia for 2014 Draft Pick
March 30th, 2013 at 2:11 PM
The Detroit Red Wings have made their first pre-trade deadline move. The club has traded defenseman Kent Huskins to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a conditional seventh rounder in the 2014 draft. Huskins was signed to the team in January due to a rash of injuries. Now with nearly every defenseman healthy...