The Red Wings were in Canada’s capital Thursday night to take on their division foes, the Ottawa Senators. Detroit was on a four game winning streak heading into this match-up. However, the drive for five came up short with the Wings falling 2-1 to the Senators. The story of the game was two penalty shots…
It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, with the trade deadline months away, and we are already talking about trades. It takes rare circumstances for a trade to make sense mid-season. In this case, the Red Wings have a golden opportunity to improve their hockey team. There just so happens to be a young, skilled European winger…
They’ve done it again! The Red Wings came into this contest winning back-to-back games from two goal deficits. Facing off against the Carolina Hurricanes, who defeated the Wings 3-1 two weeks ago, have been one of the NHL’s surprise teams this season. Trailing 3-1 in the third, a pair of Anthony Mantha goals gave the…
It’s not hard to see that Dylan Larkin is the best player on a rebuilding Detroit Red Wings team. At 22 years-old, he’s been dubbed the cornerstone of the franchise. But there was always that lingering feeling of whether or not you can be a true Stanley Cup contender with Larkin as your best player?…
Red Wings and Rangers games from recent memory always seem to be classics. Most of the time, its brought to life by a goaltending between Jimmy Howard and Henrik Lundqvist. This one was a little different. Trailing 2-0 going into the third period, the Wings battled back with quality performances from their key guys. Detroit…
The Vancouver Canucks are in town to take on the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesers Arena. This match-up will feature two of the NHL’s most prominent rookies, Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson and Detroit’s Dennis Cholowski. The Canucks are coming off an emotional win which saw them defeat the Colorado Avalanche 7-6 in overtime, lead by…
Welcome to the Detroit Red Wings monthly prospect report! Each month we’ll be looking over some of the more notable news involving players from the Wings farm system. This edition was very defense centered. With stories spanning from Sweden to the province of Quebec.
Not many saw this coming. Slotted behind the likes of Filip Hronek and Joe Hicketts on the depth chart entering the season, Dennis Cholowski has done nothing but prove his critics wrong. The expectation before the season was that he would spend some time in the AHL to adjust to the pro game. Now, he is making…
Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers were in town to take on the Detroit Red Wings. The Oilers have been red-hot as of late, and it doesn’t look like they are slowing down. They outplayed Detroit in the second half of the game which ended up being the difference. The Wings winning streak was stopped…
It’s hard enough to keep up with Andreas Athanasiou and his otherworldly speed. Now he is flying by, what seemed to be, constant trade rumors and leaving them on the back-check for good. The fourth year forward is finally becoming a persistent threat when he is on the ice. The biggest gripe about his game…
The Red Wings were back in action against the star-studded Winnipeg Jets with hopes of pulling off the upset. Spoiler: they did not. Instead, Winnipeg claimed the 2-1 win over Detroit, as the Wings remain dead-last in the standings. On the positive side Mike Green made his season, as well as Jacob de la Rose,…
Things haven’t gone as planned for Anthony Mantha. After breaking out with a 24 goal campaign last season, Mantha signed a two-year bridge deal, betting on himself to take his game to the next level in hopes of getting a bigger paycheck when he is due for an extension. Nine games into the 2018-19 season,…
