Detroit Red Wings News

The Detroit News's Dana Wakiji and David Goricki spoke to representatives from the Detroit Pistons, Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers, and Detroit Red Wings about their uphill battles in attempting to fill their respective stadiums, and Red Wings VP of business affairs Steve Violetta duly noted that the Wings have made tremendous strides in terms of ...

Steve Yzerman says he was excited and nervous before his NHL debut for the Detroit Red Wings in 1983 at Winnipeg.He says thinking about being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night stirs similar emotions.Yzerman's anxiety about playing subsided when he had a goal and an assist in his first game and was pleasantly surprised with how ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Former Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios travels to hockey arenas on buses these days instead of a private jet.

Detroit police have released the name of a 19-year-old Michigan State University student who died after being dragged by a tour bus following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game.

Update from Air Canada Centre in Toronto: Patrick Eaves will miss tonight's game after suffering a bruised foot, but with Brad May back , the Wings still have the full 12 forwards.

Several departures and some key absences seem to have played a major role in the Detroit Red Wings' slow start.

In the immortal words of LL Cool J, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years." Despite the fact that the Detroit Red Wings that began the 2009-10 season looked shockingly different than the team that made back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup Finals the past two seasons, there was no denying that team was always there.

Boston Bruins center David Krejci is out indefinitely with the swine flu. General manager Peter Chiarelli announced Thursday that the team's medical staff confirmed a diagnosis of H1N1 for the 23-year-old Krejci.

Former Wisconsin star Chris Chelios will play in Milwaukee on Wednesday when the AHL's Chicago Wolves take on the Admirals.

Police investigating the hit-and-run death of a college student following a Detroit Red Wings hockey game plan to view surveillance video from downtown hotels and shops.

Amidst Red Wings VP Jimmy Devellano's latest suggestions that the Red Wings need a "miracle" to earn home-ice advantage, stated all of a week after he suggested to The Fan 590 that Wings fans need to " lower their expectations ," several Red Wings very, very politely disagreed with his assessment, as they told the Free Press's Michael Rosenberg: ...

Tomas Holmstrom helped Sweden win gold in hockey at the 2006 Olympics. The Detroit Red Wings forward says that does not guarantee he'll get a shot to help his country repeat.

The sizzling San Jose Sharks will take aim at a seventh consecutive victory tonight, when they visit the Detroit Red Wings for a Western Conference showdown at Joe Louis Arena.

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over San Jose, snapping the Sharks' six-game winning streak.

The Red Wings have been one of the NHL's best faceoff teams for years, but they're in the middle of the pack this season with young players like Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm taking more draws, and Kris Draper taking fewer now that he's playing on the wing.

For the first 15 years of his career, all Nicklas Lidstrom knew of an NHL captain came from Steve Yzerman , the longest-serving captain for one team in NHL history.

While it did not salvage the trip in terms of the won-loss record the team set for themselves, they did get the desired number of points and it did provide hope is some areas of their game.

Former Detroit Red Wing Chris Chelios, seen in June 2009, has denied reports that he and the players review committee have 'hijacked' the troubled union.

Detroit Red Wings defensemen Brian Rafalski and Jonathan Ericsson returned to practice today at Joe Louis Arena and are expected to play Thursday against the San Jose Sharks.

On July 24, hockey was not on Patrick Eaves's mind. The three-year Boston College star was on his honeymoon with wife Katie in Bora Bora.