Kirk Maltby News

The Free Press's Helene St. James continues her "12 days of Red Wings Christmas" series by reporting that Kirk Maltby has no fear of shooting his eye out...from watching too much of A Christmas Story : December 22, Detroit Free Press : "I watch it on and off all day.

Growing up near Chicago as a Blackhawks fan during some of their lean years, Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brett Lebda dreamed of better days for the franchise.

Come Friday, Kirk Maltby will turn a TV on early, and leave it on TBS for the "A Christmas Story" marathon.

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg will be sidelined at least two weeks with a slightly separated left shoulder.

Mike Babcock has one word for his Detroit Red Wings these days -- Battle. Like a lot of teams around the NHL, the Wings have been beset by a staggering number of injuries.

Detroit -- Kirk Maltby put it best. After the Red Wings held on for a 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes Monday, he said, 'It seems like the more injuries we have, the better we play.

In the wake of Darren McCarty's formalizing of his retirement from the NHL, both his junior hockey teammates and Red Wings pals reflected on McCarty's career.

The Red Wings' penalty-killing has absolutely stank over the past season-and-a-third, but their PK unit has slowly but surely turned itself into something resembling the kind of product coach Mike Babcock wants to put on the ice, as the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness noted: December 12, Macomb Daily : Entering last night's game against the Anaheim ...

Detroit's Kris Draper tries to get the puck past St. Louis goalie Ty Conklin on Wednesday.

Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader has played very solidly as the Red Wings' third/fourth-line center, alongside Drew Miller and Brad May/Kirk Maltby, but the combination Wings coach Mike Babcock's decision to reunite the "Eurotwins" line and Valtteri Filppula's absence led to Abdelkader filling in as Dan Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi's interim center ...

It's time to ring them bells with the Red Wings. For the fourth straight year, Wings players and management officials will serve as Red Kettle Bell Ringers for the Salvation Army throughout the metro area Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. Ken Holland and Mike Babock will be at Hiller's in Northville.

DetroitRedWings.com's Kelly Kearly posted a press release worth repeating regarding the Red Wings' participation with the Salvation Army's annual holiday charitable drive, noting that five players, Wings GM Ken Holland, and Wings coach Mike Babcock will head out into the community to tend the Salvation Army's familiar red kettles--across Metro ...

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock and defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom garnered nods as the best coach and best player of the past decade by Yahoo Sports, and Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski completes a Detroit trifecta in naming Wings GM Ken Holland as the NHL's best executive of the "00's": December 5, Yahoo Sports : 1. Ken Holland, Detroit Red Wings : The ...

Edmonton Oilers left wing Dustin Penner tries to shove the puck in past Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard during the first period of the game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

For the last four seasons, Detroit's Dan Cleary has known only the view from the top of the Western Conference standings.

Every once in a while, the "enemy press's" pre-game stories tell you as much about your own team as your opponent, and the Edmonton Journal's Joanne Ireland sets up Thursday night's Oilers-Red Wings tilt by speaking to the Red Wings about their take on a 10-13-and-4 Oilers team coming off both a 7-3 loss to Vancouver and three straight losses, ...

Joey Misuraca, 8, was a bundle of nervous energy Tuesday as he waited to meet his hero Nick Lidstrom at Children's Hospital.

Detroit -- Every game is an audition for Red Wings like Derek Meech and Justin Abdelkader.

Amongst the great Red Wings-related myths that require "busting": It is true that the Detroit Red Wings and their, "Hockeytown, No Limits"/Red Wings Nation fan base are notoriously paranoid, earning "tinfoil hat-wearing" status from the rest of the NHL because we tend to take every perceived media slight personally, if not suggesting that there's ...

It's rare to see a kid taken as a flier with the last overall pick in the draft play a single game in the NHL.