Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Draft-day trade gives Wings flexibility

DETROIT – With his clever draft-day trade of Pavel Datsyuk's cap space to the Arizona Coyotes, Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced his team would be a player in free agency. There's no bigger, more coveted fish in the free agen...

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Finally, Vachon receives hall induction

DETROIT – Chris Osgood was passed over in his third year of eligibility for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. But his omission from the 2016 induction class doesn’t mean the Red Wings will be completely left out of November’s i...

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Miller accepts Wings one-year contract

DETROIT – With the NHL’s free agency period starting this Friday, the one thing Drew Miller didn’t want to do was explore his options outside of the Red Wings. “I wanted to stay a Red Wing,” Miller said. “Obviously I’ve been here for seven...

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

By The Numbers: Tomas Tatar

By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2015-16 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on forwa...

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Deep defensive draft helps Red Wings

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Red Wings stuck to a defensive script during the second day of the annual NHL draft and in doing so managed to do something they haven’t done in 23 years. For the first time since 1993, the Red Wings took four defensemen in ...

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Smith brings grit to Wings' draft class

BUFFALO, N.Y. – For Red Wings fans who want to see their team get a little more nasty, their first second-round pick should make them quite happy. The Wings took forward Givani Smith from Guelph of the Ontario Hockey League with the 46th overal...

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Friday, June 24, 2016

Wings draft defenseman

BUFFALO, NY -- Before this past season, Dennis Cholowski wasn't among the players projected to go in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. But the Detroit Red Wings made a draft-day trade with the Arizona Coyotes, sending Pavel Datsyuk's cap...

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Holland trades Datsyuk's cap space

BUFFALO, N. Y. – Phew! You could almost see the relief billowing out of Ken Holland after the Red Wings unloaded Pavel Datsyuk’s $7.5 million salary cap hit in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes during the first round of the NHL draft Friday nigh...

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Coaches convene for first time at draft

BUFFALO, N.Y. – While the Red Wings’ amateur scouting staff prepared for this weekend’s NHL draft at First Niagara Center, coach Jeff Blashill took the opportunity to assemble his staff, including new assistants Doug Houda and John Torchetti. “...

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

DeKeyser represents WMU

DETROIT -- Danny DeKeyser was representing his team Wednesday night at Comerica Park. Only it wasn't his professional hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings. Instead, DeKeyser was representing his college team, the Western Michigan University B...

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GRIFFINS ADD BARRE

The Griffins have signed forward Jack Barre (BAIR-ree) to a standard player’s contract for the 2016-17 season.

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A new Russian for Wings?

The Red Wings have a few needs as they head into this weekend's NHL draft in Buffalo, New York. One of those is a top young defenseman to hold down the blue line for years to come. The problem with that is defensemen like that rarely last pa...

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

By The Numbers: Darren Helm

By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2015-16 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on cente...

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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Heading home

ORCHARD LAKE, Mich. -- It was an agonizing decision but in the end, Pavel Datsyuk decided it was time to return home and the Red Wings agreed to let him go. Datsyuk, who turns 38 on July 20, made it official Saturday after the morning session a...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

INAUGURAL GRIFF'S SLED HOCKEY CAMP TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND

The Grand Rapids Sled Wings, in association with USA Disabled Hockey, will host the inaugural Griff’s Sled Hockey Camp this Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19 at Griff’s IceHouse at Belknap Park. One of only three camps of its kind in the nation, it will feature 50 athletes from eight states.

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

NHL to honor Gordie Howe

The NHL is catching its breath after a an eventful week that saw the passing of the legendary Gordie Howe at age 88 and the Pittsburgh Penguins winning their fourth Stanley Cup championship. On Wednesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deput...

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WINGS SIGN LASHOFF TO EXTENSION

The Detroit Red Wings on Thursday signed defenseman Brian Lashoff to a one-year contract extension.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Youngest son pays tribute to Mr. Hockey

DETROIT – Murray Howe recalled the time he asked his famous father what he wanted him to say when it came time to deliver the hockey icon’s eulogy. “Say this,” Gordie Howe told his youngest of four children, “finally … the end of the third peri...

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Special honor

DETROIT -- Among the many hockey dignitaries who came to Detroit for Gordie Howe's funeral, there was a local man who played a special role. Deacon Bill Jamieson is not only from the east side of Detroit, he grew up a hockey fan and eventually ...

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SWEET 16

Thanks to the Pittsburgh Penguins' 4-games-to-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Finals, center Kevin Porter will become the 16th former member of the Griffins to have his name engraved on the most famous trophy in sports.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Murray Howe: 'I know how much they love him'

DETROIT -- The apples didn't fall far from the tree when it came to Gordie and Colleen Howe's children. Their four children, Mark, Marty, Murray and Cathy and their families arrived at Joe Louis Arena early Tuesday morning for the public visita...

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Kaline, Yzerman share Howe memories

DETROIT – Two stars that played their entire pro careers in Detroit – a combined 44 seasons – were among the earliest to arrive at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday to pay their respects to Gordie Howe and his family during a public visitation for the ho...

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Fans show in droves to pay respects

DETROIT – Ryan Schaff was just three years old when his dad took him to meet Gordie Howe at a booking signing in Flint, Michigan. The memory of that encounter had such long-lasting implications that the boy – now 29 and living in Arizona – was ...

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Gretzky: Howe was my idol

DETROIT -- Even the Great One has a hero and that hero was and will always be Gordie Howe. That is why Wayne Gretzky came to Joe Louis Arena very early Tuesday morning, so he could pay his respects during the public visitation and serve as a pa...

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Visitation is personal for Howe's fans

DETROIT – As a Red Wing, Gordie Howe never skated at Joe Louis Arena but the hockey icon will take his final shift inside the 37-year-old building on Tuesday. It’s expected that thousands will file by his casket to pay their final respects...

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Sunday, June 12, 2016

By The Numbers: Kyle Quincey

By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2015-16 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on defen...

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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Red Wings and Howe family to hold public visitation for Gordie Howe at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday, June 14

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings and the Howe Family will hold a public visitation for Gordie Howe on Tuesday, June 14 at Joe Louis Arena from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., honoring Howe’s iconic sweater number while allowing fans to pay their respects t...

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Friday, June 10, 2016

What they've said about Mr. Hockey

DETROIT – Today is truly a sad day, not only in Hockeytown, but around the hockey world, especially for those who got to know Gordie Howe during his 88 years. An incredibly competitive spirit, Mr. Hockey is known global as an ambassador for the...

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Red Wings legend Gordie Howe dies

DETROIT –A teenage prodigy, Michigan’s all-time greatest pro athlete, a soft-spoken Hall of Famer and international sports treasure, Gordie Howe was one of a kind. The greatest goal scorer of his generation – as well as being one of the toughes...

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BIKE HELMET GIVEAWAY KICKS OFF 13TH SUMMER OF "PUT A LID ON IT!"

Two hundred children will receive a new bike helmet at no cost this month when the Griffins and Safe Kids Greater Grand Rapids host a pair of events to kick off the 13th summer of the Griffins’ "Put A Lid On It!" bike helmet safety program. The fun begins with the ninth annual “Lids at the Library,” a two-day event held at branches of the Grand Rapids Public Library and the Kent District Library. GRPL's West Side Branch (713 Bridge St. NW) will be the site on Tuesday, June 14 at 2 p.m., while KDL's Grandville Branch (4055 Maple St. SW) will host the event on Tuesday, June 28 at 2 p.m.

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

BORKOWSKI, CAITO JOIN GRIFFINS

The Griffins have signed forward Mike Borkowski and defenseman Matthew Caito to standard player’s contracts for the 2016-17 season.

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Wings add Torchetti to coaching staff

DETROIT – The Red Wings filled their final coaching vacancy, announcing Tuesday they’re adding more experience to a whole new staff. John Torchetti has signed a two-year contract with Jeff Blashill’s coaching staff, joining two other recent hi...

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

By The Numbers: Jimmy Howard

By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2015-16 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on goali...

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Red Wings Season Ticket Holders receive high-tech, red carpet reseating experience

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings and Olympia Entertainment are taking a highly customized approach in transitioning Season Ticket Holders from Joe Louis Arena to the new Little Caesars Arena—including a new form of virtual reality. To make the re...

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Red Wings forward gains speed in IndyCar ride

DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin claimed the fastest skater title at the NHL All-Star Game but he found an even faster gear Thursday on Belle Isle. Larkin is this year's Grand Marshal of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix and with that honor co...

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