Packers' Lang pays friends a visit

DETROIT – More than 700 season-ticket holders gathered to watch the Red Wings’ open practice Thursday, though one person definitely stood out in the crowd at Joe Louis Arena. Green Bay Packers lineman T.J. Lang, who grew up in Oakland Coun...

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Defensive priorities

DETROIT -- Earlier in the season, the Wings were having trouble scoring and wanted to be able to score a little more without giving too much up. In March, things have swung a little too far the other way. The Wings have been scoring, includi...

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McCOLLUM NAMED GRIFFINS' 2015-16 IOA/AMERICAN SPECIALTY AHL MAN OF THE YEAR

The Griffins are proud to announce that Tom McCollum has been named the team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to the Grand Rapids community during the 2015-16 season.

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RETRIEVING WALLEYE

The Griffins on Wednesday recalled defenseman Joel Chouinard from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.

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Post-Game Quotes at Montreal

HENRIK ZETTERBERG Does this loss sting more than most? “Yeah, yeah, obviously, it’s a big game, important points on the line and find a way to claw back in the game with the power-play goals and then turned back around.” How frustrating w...

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MILWAUKEE ICED

The Griffins dropped their fourth straight game, falling to the Central Division-leading Milwaukee Admirals 4-1 on Tuesday at BMO Harris Bradley Center.

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ON THE ROAD HOME

The Griffins are hitting the home stretch of the campaign as just 10 games remain in the regular season. Seven of those games will be played on foreign ice, including four this week. With their magic number down to seven for a berth in the playoffs, Grand Rapids is zeroing in on its fourth consecutive postseason appearance.

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HARVARD INFLUENCE

The Griffins on Tuesday signed forward Kyle Criscuolo (krihs-COO-loh) to an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2015-16 season and to a standard player’s contract for 2016-17.

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Post-Game Quotes vs Buffalo

RILEY SHEAHAN When you started deep in your own zone did you think you would take it end to end and score? “I just tried to get up ice and I saw a little bit of room to skate. I keep kind of just kept going and kept going and made my way thr...

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Happy birthday, Gordie

DETROIT -- There's no relationship more special than the one that Gordie Howe shares with the city of Detroit and with Red Wings fans. Howe made a rare appearance at Joe Louis Arena Monday night as the Wings held a celebration in honor of Howe'...

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Datsyuk nominated for Masterton

DETROIT -- Pavel Datsyuk has a chance to add another honor to his resume. The Detroit chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association nominated Datsyuk for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, given to the player who demonstrates persever...

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GRIFFINS' SEVEN-GAME HOME STREAK SNAPPED

The Lake Erie Monsters built a 4-0 lead over the game’s first 23 minutes en route to a 5-2 victory over the Griffins on Saturday at Van Andel Arena.

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Post-Game Quotes vs Penguins

HENRIK ZETTERBERG How do you explain a performance like today’s game? “Well, I thought we got the first goal in the game and then in the second they really, really took it over from the beginning. They scored some quick ones, 4-1, ended up 4...

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Shooting star

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. -- There's a famous Wayne Gretzky quote that says, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." Red Wings rookie Dylan Larkin has apparently taken those words to heart. In Thursday night's game, Larkin had s...

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Rookie's goal was family's second big one

DETROIT – Andre Pronovost’s fondest Motor City hockey memory occurred nearly 60 years ago. That is until Thursday when his grandson scored his first career goal as an NHL rookie. Anthony Mantha’s first goal – on the power play at 17:27 of the s...

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BACK TO THE POND

The Detroit Red Wings have reassigned goaltender Jake Paterson to the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye from the Griffins.

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SAARIJARVI IN TOWN

The Detroit Red Wings have reassigned defenseman Vili Saarijarvi (VIH-lee SAH-ree-YAHR-vee) to the Griffins from the OHL’s Flint Firebirds. 

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Post-Game Quotes vs. Canadiens

BRENDAN SMITH Did the physical tone that you were a part of get the Wings going a little tonight? “I thought we were playing pretty good from the get go but sometimes that sparks the boys and I’m glad he (Stefen Matteau) was out there at the...

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Wings prospect stars in WHL

DETROIT -- Joe Hicketts may not have been drafted but he has done nothing but impress since signing an entry-level contract with the Red Wings in September of 2014. Hicketts, the captain of the Victoria Royals, was just named the Western Hockey...

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Mantha's excited for home debut

DETROIT – If Anthony Mantha thought he was nervous in his NHL debut last week, the tension will be ratcheted tonight when the Red Wings’ rookie makes his home debut with his grandfather in the crowd at Joe Louis Arena. The game also carrie...

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Glendening's UM looks for redemption

DETROIT – It's always big whenever Michigan plays Notre Dame, no matter which sport. Last week, Notre Dame got the best of Michigan in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But the Wolverines have a chance for a bit of revenge as t...

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GRIFFINS WELCOME NEW STAFF MEMBER

The Griffins on Wednesday announced the hiring of Steve Horstmann as ticket operations manager.

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ROCKY ROAD

Tom McCollum turned aside 30 shots, but his individual seven-game winning streak was snapped as the Grand Rapids Griffins fell to the San Antonio Rampage 2-1 on Tuesday at AT&T Center.

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Post-Game Quotes at Tampa Bay

HENRIK ZETTERBERG The two-man advantage took it out of you? "Yeah, it did. Two 5-on-3s back to back doesn't help your cause." How much of it had to do with getting down two early and playing catch-up hockey? "Well, I thought both teams...

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Kronwall's importance down the stretch

TAMPA, Fla. – He’s not among the team’s leading scorers, and his plus-minus rating isn’t something to crow about, but Niklas Kronwall’s importance to the Red Wings has never meant more than it does now as they look to increase their postseason str...

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SPRINGING FORWARD

Sitting atop the Central Division, the Griffins are nearing closer to their fourth consecutive playoff berth. Grand Rapids rounds out a season-high five-game roadtrip against San Antonio on Tuesday before returning home to face Lake Erie on Saturday.

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Mrazek's recovering, Howard starts in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. – Petr Mrazek has recovered enough from a flu bug that he’ll dress as a backup but not start for the Red Wings when they play the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday at Amalie Arena. “We still got to talk here, but we might send Jared (Core...

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COREAU COMES BACK

The Detroit Red Wings on Monday assigned goaltender Jared Coreau to the Griffins.

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TWO FOR TANGO

The Detroit Red Wings on Monday signed forward Eric Tangradi to a two-year contract extension.

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RAGING BULLS

Spencer Martin stopped all 31 shots he faced as the Griffins had their 13-game winning streak come to an end, falling to the San Antonio Rampage 2-0 on Sunday at AT&T Center.

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LUCKY 13

Goals from Mitch Callahan and Jeff Hoggan 10 seconds apart erased a two-goal third-period deficit before Eric Tangradi scored 42 ticks into the extra session as the Griffins won their 13th straight game, defeating the Texas Stars 6-5 on Saturday at Cedar Park Center.

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Post-Game Quotes at Florida

DYLAN LARKIN Can you take us through you tying goal and then the tiebreaking goal? “Yeah, I think the tying goal where I scored was a set play, faceoff play, D-to-D one timer and Big E did a good job of getting it through. I got a fortunate ...

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Kronwall hopes to play against Panthers

SUNRISE, Fla. – Eleven. That’s the number of regular-season games remaining for the Red Wings, who likely won’t know their playoff fate before the final weekend. It’s that urgency that perhaps is driving Niklas Kronwall to return to the line...

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PATERSON REASSIGNED TO GRAND RAPIDS

The Detroit Red Wings on Friday reassigned goaltender Jake Paterson to the Griffins from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.

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Raise the roof fans: the first roof truss is up

For fans of hockey, music and more—this week brought super news for those looking forward to the Detroit Events Center opening. The arena’s roof began to take shape with the first super truss going into place on the building’s Woodward-facing sid...

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Post-Game Quotes at Columbus

HENRIK ZETTERBERG You guys talked about starting on time and had that today, scoring first? “We needed a solid game, two points. We wanted to have a little better start than we have lately. I thought we had a good first period. Got the first...

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GRIFFINS TO COLLECT WATER FOR FLINT ON APRIL 13

The Griffins, in partnership with Michigan Office Solutions and Pepsi, will hold a Water for Flint collection drive at their game on Wednesday, April 13, asking fans to donate cases of water for our neighbors in need on the east side of the state.

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Mrazek sick, Howard starts in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If there were ever a must-win game … it’s tonight. The Red Wings woke up this morning to find themselves on the outside of the playoff picture looking in after Philadelphia went to Chicago and beat the Blackhawks 3-2 Wednesday....

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ROZIE THE RED WING

The Detroit Red Wings on Thursday recalled goaltender Jared Coreau from the Griffins.

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STAR POWER

Tom McCollum turned aside 40 of 41 shots as the Griffins won their 12th straight game, defeating the Texas Stars 4-1 on Wednesday at Cedar Park Center.  

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BEWARE, BEWARE THE GRIFFINS IN MARCH

The Central Division-leading Griffins have won 11 straight games, marking the second time this season Grand Rapids has rattled off a double-digit winning streak. Grand Rapids continues its season-long five-game road trip this week with a trip to Texas to battle the Stars and the Rampage.

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Red Wings to unveil Mantha in Philly

DETROIT – A few months ago, Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill took a trip to Cleveland to watch his former minor-league team and to evaluate some of the club’s young prospects playing in the American Hockey League. The takeaway that evening for Bla...

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MANTHA TO MOTOWN

The Detroit Red Wings on Monday recalled forward Anthony Mantha from the Griffins.

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CHOUINARD RECALLED

The Griffins have recalled defenseman Joel Chouinard from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. 

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Post-Game Quotes vs Maple Leafs

PETR MRAZEK That was a strange play on the goal, what did you see from your perspective? “He had a breakaway, just tried to make a first save and you know, it went off my pads straight on his leg or (butt) and went in with him. So I didn’t s...

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GRIFFINS LEAD CENTRAL DIVISION, WIN 11TH STRAIGHT

Martin Frk netted a pair of goals while Jared Coreau stopped all 45 shots he faced as the Grand Rapids Griffins captured first place in the Central Division with their 11th straight win, blanking the Chicago Wolves 4-0 on Sunday at Allstate Arena.

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DOUBLE-DIGIT DOMINATION

Behind 32 saves by Tom McCollum, the Griffins completed a weekend sweep of the Manitoba Moose on Saturday with a 5-1 win at a sold-out Van Andel Arena, moving within .003 percentage points of first place in the Central Division with their 10th consecutive victory.

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Post-Game Quotes vs NY Rangers

DARREN HELM Can you sum up this win, especially the overtime finish? “I think everybody dug in deep tonight. An amazing job to stick with it even going down that late in the game to find a way to battle back, get bodies in front of the net, ...

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NASTASIUK RETURNS

The Detroit Red Wings on Saturday reassigned forward Zach Nastasiuk to the Griffins from the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.

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Kronwall leaves game with leg injury

DETROIT – The Red Wings were dealt a serious blow Saturday afternoon when veteran defenseman Niklas Kronwall suffered what appeared to be a knee injury. The 35-year-old Kronwall left the game against the New York Rangers midway through the...

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TANGO CASHES IN

Eric Tangradi’s five points powered the Griffins to their ninth straight victory, a 7-2 thrashing of the Manitoba Moose on Friday at Van Andel Arena.

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Consistency is key for Wings down stretch

DETROIT -- The Red Wings know that in order to be successful, they will have to play a more consistent 60-minute game. They have had excellent stretches, including the second period in Chicago last Sunday, allowing the Blackhawks just three sho...

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Post-Game Quotes vs Jets

JUSTIN ABDELKADER Can you take us through your game-winning goal? “Tats kind of came down 1 on 3 there, got the puck deep and I just tried to get on the forecheck as quick as I could. Great turnover, came to the point and cycled it back down...

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RENOUF JOINS GRIFFINS

The Griffins on Thursday signed defenseman Dan Renouf (re-NUFF) to an amateur tryout.

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GRIFFINS ASSIGN CHOUINARD TO TOLEDO

The Griffins on Thursday assigned defenseman Joel Chouinard to the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. 

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Classic rematch

DETROIT -- The Red Wings will have a chance to avenge their loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium. The NHL announced Wednesday that the Wings will play the Leafs on Jan. 1, 2017 in the Centennial Classic at T...

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Gadsby was grateful to live an incredible life

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Hall of Fame defenseman Bill Gadsby, who finished out a brilliant 21-season career with the Red Wings as a player and then as a head coach in the 1960s, died Thursday at Beaumont Hospital after a very long battle with thr...

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Maple Leafs will host Red Wings for the 2017 NHL Centennial Classic

NEW YORK (March 9, 2016) – The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings will face-off in an outdoor regular-season game at BMO Field in Toronto on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in the first-ever NHL Centennial ClassicTM, the NHL® announced today. In 2...

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Post-Game Quotes at Columbus

HENRIK ZETTERBERG Is it disappointment or frustration after a game like tonight? “Probably a little bit of both. I thought they were a lot faster, stronger in the first, even thought we had some chances, it was pretty tight. But then they got ...

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MARCHING ON

The Griffins extended their winning streak to eight games, thanks to last weekend's road sweep of the Charlotte Checkers. Locked in an über-competitive Central Division race, Grand Rapids is tied for second in the league in wins with 36 and places third in the division with a 0.638 winning percentage. After a pair of home games against Manitoba on Friday and Saturday, Grand Rapids heads to Chicago on Sunday to kick off a season-long five-game road trip.

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Red Wings have a sense of urgency

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Wings have actually gotten used to this, the late push in the season to make the playoffs in the salary-cap era. Monday night the Philadelphia Flyers snapped the Tampa Bay Lightning's nine-game winning streak to pull withi...

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Howard's opportunity

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jimmy Howard is getting another opportunity. Howard will start in goal in Columbus Tuesday night. "I think Jimmy’s proven through numerous different occasions in his career that he is an elite goalie in this league," Wings ...

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Post-Game Quotes at Chicago

HENRIK ZETTERBERG How odd was that game? “We got a rough start. But after that I thought we worked ourselves in the game again. Second period we played really well, created a lot of chances, a lot of shots on net, then they scored two quick ...

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FIGURE EIGHT

The Griffins used a pair of first-period shorthanded goals and 36 saves from Tom McCollum to win their eighth consecutive game, holding off the Charlotte Checkers 2-1 on Saturday at Bojangles’ Coliseum.

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Crunch time

CHICAGO -- It's getting down to crunch time. With just 18 games left in the regular season, the Red Wings know they're going to have to improve to make the playoffs for the 25th straight season. "It's been like this most of the year, but eve...

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SEVEN UP

Behind a trio of second-period goals and Jared Coreau stopping all 29 shots he faced, the Grand Rapids Griffins won their seventh consecutive game, blanking the Charlotte Checkers 4-0 on Friday at Bojangles’ Coliseum.

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UD's Kopicki is answer to JLA trivia

DETROIT – Before St. Louis forward Brian Sutter scored the first goal at Joe Louis Arena, there was a 19-year-old from Macomb County who became the correct answer to “Who was the first player to ever score at JLA?” Sutter is a correct answer – ...

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Smith could return

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. -- If things go the way they were in practice Friday, Brendan Smith will return to the lineup Sunday. Smith practiced in a pair with Mike Green at Grosse Pointe Woods' University Liggett School while Alexey Marchenko ...

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CHOUINARD SIGNED TO STANDARD PLAYER'S CONTRACT

The Griffins on Friday signed defenseman Joel Chouinard to a standard player’s contract.

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Post-Game Quotes vs Blackhawks

PETR MRAZEK How did you feel in you first game back? “I felt pretty good. It was good so I was really excited for the game but we didn’t have any points there.” Was the first goal one that you thought you should have stopped? “Yeah, th...

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FRIED PORK

It was just another day, another third-period rally, another overtime power play goal and another win for the Griffins on Wednesday, as they beat the Central Division-leading Rockford IceHogs 2-1 at Van Andel Arena for their sixth consecutive victory.

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Seven Wings make initial World Cup rosters

DETROIT – He worked his way into the No. 1 role in Detroit this season, and now Petr Mrazek seems to be the favorite for the Czech Republic team that will compete in the World Cup of Hockey in September. Mrazek, who has been near the top o...

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CORKS, PUCKS AND BREWS SET FOR MARCH 8

The Griffins and Easter Seals Michigan are teaming up for the fifth annual Corks, Pucks and Brews, a wine and beer tasting fundraiser to be held on Tuesday, March 8 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Goei Center.

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Z hits 900

DETROIT -- It's somehow fitting that Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk would reach the same milestone in the same season. Datsyuk played in his 900th game 35 games ago and tonight it's Zetterberg's turn. It's impressive considering Zetterb...

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ROZIE RETURNS

The Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday assigned goaltender Jared Coreau to the Griffins.

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Osgood, Shanahan to join Michigan hall

DALLAS -- Steve Yzerman, Nicklas Lidstrom and Sergei Fedorov will soon have some teammates joining them in the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. On Monday, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame announced the 2016 class of inductees, including goaltender...

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AT IT AGAIN

The Griffins have reeled off five consecutive wins and will conclude a four-game homestand on Wednesday against Rockford before traveling to Charlotte this weekend.

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Greece Lightning, Athanasiou strikes quick

DALLAS – Pavel Datsyuk knows talent when he sees it, and the way the veteran star sees it, the Red Wings have something very special in speedy Andreas Athanasiou. “He don’t have speed he’s lightning,” said Datsyuk when he was asked to comment o...

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