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Red Wings Force Centennial Classic Overtime With Buzzer-Beater Goal
The hockey buzzer-beater is a rare event, but the Red Wings pulled it off as Anthony Mantha poked in Detroit’s second goal of the final two minutes—and the seventh of the third period—to force overtime at today’s outdoor Centennial Classic at Toronto’s “Exhibition Stadium.”...
One Player Helped Get Both Goalies Knocked Out Of The Red Wings-Lightning Game
It’s not a good night for goalies in Tampa. First came an injury to Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, on a seemingly routine save of a shot from rookie Nick Jensen in the first period. Though the play seemed innocuous enough, Bishop soon left the game, and the team later announced that he was out wit...
Red Wings-Hurricanes Game Canceled Due To Poor Ice Condition
Tonight’s Red Wings-Hurricanes game in Raleigh has officially been postponed, nearly two hours after the scheduled puck drop, because the ice at PNC Arena is unplayable. It’s actually pretty cold in Raleigh tonight! But the word on the street is a broken compressor is the culprit....
Crowd At Hockey Game Cheers For Kid On Jumbotron, Boos Everyone Else
The crowd at Saturday’s Ducks-Red Wings game was captivated by a small child who appeared on the Jumbotron. The cameras cut to the kid more than once, each time to cheers. Everyone else, even other Red Wings fans, received a less positive reaction....
Pistons To Abandon Perfectly Good Arena, Move In With Red Wings
At a press conference today, the Detroit Pistons announced that the team will soon be playing its home games in downtown Detroit and sharing a new arena with the Detroit Red Wings....
Jimmy Howard Basically Won A Game By Himself
If you were stuck in one of those obstructed-view seats at MSG last night and couldn’t see either net, it probably looked to you like the Rangers dominated the Red Wings. Well I hate to be the one to break this to you (honestly I’m surprised you didn’t find out before now, or even pick up on the myr...
Danny DeKeyser Scored From Center Ice On A Fluke Bounce
The Lightning beat the Red Wings 6-4 in the season opener for both teams, but c’mon, it’s October, no need to sweat win-loss records. Now is the time for fluke goals....
Minneapolis Cops Walk Off Job At WNBA Game After Lynx Players Speak Out Against Violence
Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working security at Saturday’s WNBA game at the Target Center quit their (freelance) jobs and walked out, after four Lynx players held a press conferencing denouncing violence committed by and against police, and the entire team wore warmup shirts mentioning...
Gordie Howe Is The History Of Hockey
Eighty-eight years is a good long time to be on this planet. Thirty-four years is an incredible amount of time to be a professional hockey player. But, then, there’s a reason they called Gordie Howe “Mr. Hockey.”...
Petr Mrazek Boner Sends Red Wings Out Of The Playoffs
There are two ways to look at the Tampa Bay Lightning’s game and series-winning goal deep into the third period....
Red Wings Fan Arrested For Tossing Octopus Onto Bruins' Ice
Red Wings fans have a tradition of throwing octopuses onto the ice, as the creature with eight arms used to represent the number of victories required to earn the Stanley Cup. During Thursday’s game against the Bruins in Boston, one Red Wings fan chucked the damn thing onto the ice in the third peri...
Mike Commodore Calls Leafs Coach Mike Babcock "The Biggest Piece Of Shit"
Former NHL defenseman Mike Commodore despises Mike Babcock. The pair’s relationship consists of Commodore publicly talking about how much he hates his two-time ex-coach, particularly the time he signed a one-year deal with the Red Wings, only to be scratched and traded away after 17 games. With the ...
Irritable Bearded Men Fight At Blue Jackets Game
Two clowns at Tuesday’s Red Wings-Blue Jackets game argued and threw punches at each other before security intervened. It’s unclear what prompted the brawl, but it was most likely very important....
Gustav Nyquist's No-Look Backhander Ties Up Colorado Stadium Series Game
Detroit tied up the Avalanche at tonight’s Stadium Series game in Colorado with a gorgeous goal by Gustav Nyquist—a no-look backhander that helped set the stage for the Red Wings to take the lead later in the third period. (As I write this, Colorado tied it back up again.)...
It's 2016 And You Can Still Watch Steve Yzerman Score On Patrick Roy
Ciccarelli. Ysebaert. Lidstrom. Primeau. Cheveldae. Growing up in northwest Ohio and well within the night-time range of Detroit’s WJR-AM, these Detroit Red Wings players were my earliest hockey heroes. The opportunity to see some of them skate again no doubt drives the NHL’s Alumni series, which th...
Detroit Contractor Who Negotiated $285 Million In Public Money For The Red Wings Now Works With Red Wings Owner
Stadium financing is a scam no matter where it happens, but it’s particularly appalling when a bankrupt city like Detroit is conned into gifting $285 million to Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch so that he can build a new hockey arena. It gets worse: One of the men who negotiated with Ilitch on behalf of ...
Witness Young Dylan Larkin Shooting Pucks In A Basement And Getting Amped About His Sick Snipes
Before Dylan Larkin was a fresh-faced rookie for the Red Wings, he was “D-Boss,” an even more fresh-faced kid hanging out in an unfinished basement with his friend, Evan “EG Slayer” Gizinski. The two teens recorded a video of themselves sniping pucks and reacting to their own filthy shots....
Dylan Larkin Turns Cory Schneider Into A Flounder
Red Wings Dylan Larkin transformed Devils goalie Cory Schneider into a fish out of water Monday night. Larkin kicked up his leg, faked a shot on Schneider’s stick side, and went back around. The goal was Larkin’s 14th of the season. This rookie’s pretty good....
Alcides Escobar Really Threw The Dick Off The Ball Yesterday
During yesterday’s rain delay at the scheduled Angels-Red Sox game, ESPN threw to a live version of SportsCenter, which is always fun for the chaos a live, highly produced news show always produces. But instead of bad jokes and dead air, the show was basically just a bunch of Alcides Escobar highlig...
Drew Miller Takes The Sharp End Of A Skate To His Face (GRAPHIC)
Skates aren't supposed to go six feet high, but sometimes when you're being undercut to the ground shit happens. After getting hit in the face by Ottawa forward Mark Stone's skate, Drew Miller immediately got up and skated to the bench, motioning frantically. Luckily, somehow, though Miller suffer...