Red Wings lose to Dallas Stars on controversial shootout goal

Sometimes it’s easy to think that the Red Wings’ management team is just shopping around for pity, working the refs out whenever they can. Why? That’s been a part of hockey for a long, long time. And the Wings have done it so well for so long.

Then there are other times, [...]

Memo to Hossa: So long, nice working with you

Wings fans should be neither surprised or dejected at the loss of “Mister October” Marion Hossa. Hossa’s one-year stint with the Wings proves that desire alone will not propel a player, or a team, to an NHL championship. Instead, those championships are won by a combination of talent, grit, perseverance, a lack of [...]

The Captain, Brett Hull and Lucky Luc to join the Hall together

Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille were teammates on the 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings. And now they’ll join the Hockey Hall of Fame together. The induction ceremony is on Nov. 9 at the Hall in Toronto.

Yzerman, Hull and Robitaille become Hall of Famers | Freep.com | Detroit [...]

Datsyuk wins Selke, Byng; Lidstrom stiffed on Norris

Why does it seem ironic that Pavel Datsyuk, whose unfortunately-timed playoff injuries helped bring down the big red winged machine, wins this year’s Selke (Best Defensive Forward) and Lady Byng (Most Gentlemanly Player) Trophies?

And Nicklas Lidstrom was certainly stiffed by the league’s voters in his efforts to bring home a fourth-straight [...]

It’s all over … Penguins take the Cup on our ice

It’s been a long season and yet if we could have had another 10 minutes or so … maybe it would have been different.

The Red Wings were stoned by Marc Andre Fleury and the crossbar, and they came up short against the wunderkind of the NHL, Sidney Crosby and his [...]

No Joe Vision? Can we blame that on Bettman too?

We’ve got another casualty in 2009’s War on Everything Detroit, and this time it has nothing to do with the auto industry.

For the first time in more than 15 seasons, fans of the Red Wings will not be able to watch a Red Wings playoff game at Joe Louis Arena, a [...]

Journey might suck, but don’t stop believin’

I wanted to point you to some coverage in today’s New York Times Hockey Blog about the economic chaos that surrounds us in Detroit amidst the Stanley Cup Finals.

Oh, and will somebody else please second me … Journey sucks.

At the Joe, Detroiters Sing “Don’t Stop Believin’ “ – [...]

Yahoo! Sports comments on the joke that has become the NHL rules committee

Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports makes some good points about how the NHL’s decision to give a pass to last-minute-instigator Evgeni Malkin makes a joke of the league’s rules and undermines the credibility of the rule makers.

NHL uses only rules that are convenient – NHL – Yahoo! Sports

Two down, two to go. Wings need one more win to put the penguins on the brink.

I think it’s notable that the NBC and NHL Network suits find it necessary to continually pump up the value of Sidney Crosby and last-minute-puncher Evgeni Malkin. Their memes (bouncy boards, lucky rookies) suggests that the Wings are nothing more than an underclass team who’s getting lucky against the best two hockey players [...]

Wings get the win in game one, everyone talks about the Joe’s boards

I’ll update more during tonight’s game, but the one thing that’s been driving me crazy about the coverage from last night’s game is the obsession that the sportswriters have had with the boards at the Joe.

Boards frustrate Pens as pucks bounce Wings’ way – NHL – Yahoo! Sports