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The Detroit Red Wings remind me of the protagonists in one of those cheesy 1950s-style Dracula movies.

DETROIT i 1 2 Up and down. Quick as a minute. The compass was broken at Joe Louis Arena, and the game had only two directions: north and south.

You see, Brunner's native country of Switzerland was defeated Sunday in the finals of the world championships by Sweden 5-2. Obviously, it didn't go the way Brunner planned, although seeing Switzerland advance as far as it did was good for the sport back home, he said.

Chicago Blackawks @ Detroit Red Wings Series tied 1-1 6:30 PM, Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI TV: NBCSN Radio: 720 AM WGN There have been a ton of phrases flying around since Saturday's 4-1 loss.

Chicago Blackhawks' captain Jonathan Toews has had a hard time finding his footing, at least when it comes to the offensive side of his game in the post-season. After trading 4-1 victories in Games 1 and 2, the Detroit Red Wings return home to host the Chicago Blackhawks for Game 3 on Monday night, with Hockey Night in Canada's coverage beginning ... (more)

The storied franchise used to chase Stanley Cup titles with key players in their late 30s and 40s such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Chelios, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Larry Murphy.

After being dominated in game one, the Red Wings came out fast in game two. Detroit played better than Chicago for the most part but after outplaying the Hawks in the first found themselves in a hole.

Toews, shaken and stirred up, glowered as he slowly got to his feet. Detroit's 4-1 victory on Saturday afternoon did more than simply even the Western Conference semifinal at one game apiece and give the Red Wings home-ice advantage as the series heads to Detroit for Monday's Game 3. It sent a clear message that Game 1 might have been an ... (more)

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade.

Red Wings forward Drew Miller could be in the lineup for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday against the Blackhawks in Chicago.

The way it's described - and frankly, the way it looked at times - the Red Wings should just skate to center ice today at the United Center, go through a ceremonial puck drop, then commence with the end-of-series handshake line.

In Game 4 against the Ducks, they scored two - one by Brendan Smith to tie the game at 1-1 and one by Pavel Datsyuk to tie the game at 2-2 and send the game to overtime.

Anaheim Ducks centre Ryan Getzlaf and Detroit Red Wings centre Pavel Datsyuk vie for the puck during the second period in Game 3 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series in Detroit, Saturday, May 4, 2013.

Players like Daniel Cleary , seen here battling Michal Rozsival, need to make Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford work harder to stop the puck.

Johnny Oduya celebrates after scoring one of the Chicago Blackhawks' three third-period goals in Wednesday's 4-1 Game 1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

No two teams have met more times in the NHL 's regular season. Next to the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens , it is the most frequent matchup in the league's history.

Tomas Tatar can't be in the playoffs with Detroit, so he's grabbed the spotlight in Grand Rapids.

The Detroit Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg battles for the puck against the Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews during the first period of Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series Wednesday at the United Center.

But the final 40 minutes of Chicago's 4-1 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, the Blackhawks seemed to have all the energy and speed while leaving the Red Wings looking very pedestrian.

Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people.