GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — On Friday, the Grand Rapids Griffins ran into a hot goalie in Kasimir Kaskisuo. They peppered the Chicago Wolves goalie with 33 shots, but he stopped every one, as the Griffins fell 2-0.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Griffins have had to overcome a lot since the beginning of the 2017-18 season. They started the season without two of their top scorers from last year’s Calder Cup championship season in Evgeny Svechnikov and Tyler Bertuzzi.
The Detroit Red Wings came into Thursday night’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on a five-game losing streak. The Red Wings had a chance at the buzzer to tie the game and send it into overtime, but they couldn’t convert and lost 3-2 to the Lightning to increase the losing streak…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Griffins currently have a problem the Detroit Red Wings know all too well: a lack of offensive production. After a 4-2 loss on Saturday against the Hershey Bears, the Griffins have scored four goals in the past three games, all of which are losses. With Saturday’s loss, Grand…
We’re only six games into the regular season, and the Detroit Red Wings’ season is starting out awfully similar to last season when they started 4-2-0 after six games before losing nine of their next 13 games to begin a freefall to the bottom of the standings. This season, the Red Wings are 4-2-0 after…
DETROIT — “Wow!” That was the first word that came to Cory Case’s brain when describing Little Caesars Arena. The Farmington native was one of nearly 20,000 people who experienced the first regular season game at LCA on Thursday, in what ended up being a 4-2 win for the Detroit Red Wings over the Minnesota…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The 2017-18 Grand Rapids Griffins were missing a few key pieces from last year’s Calder Cup-winning team. Most notably, Martin Frk, who won a spot with the Detroit Red Wings out of training camp, Tomas Nosek, who was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights during the expansion draft, and injuries forced…
It may only be preseason, but the Detroit Red Wings put on a show for the fans attending Little Caesars Arena’s first hockey game by beating the Boston Bruins 5-1 on Saturday night. The Red Wings also got their first win of the preseason, after losing to Boston, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Obviously, the wins don’t…
On Tuesday night, the Detroit Red Wings signed 24-year-old Robbie Russo to a two-way, two-year extension, per MLive.com’s Ansar Khan. #RedWings signed D Robbie Russo to 2 year deal. 2 way, 650K NHL and 125K and 250k AHL @griffinshockey — Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) September 5, 2017 Russo played 19 games with the Red Wings last…
We’re in the doldrums of the NHL offseason. The expansion draft, free agency and development camps have come and gone, and now it’s the waiting period before training camps and the preseason begin. Until then, we get to debate “discussion-inducing” lists.
The Detroit Red Wings have some work to do on their special teams. They were an atrocious 15.1 percent on the power play (27th in the league) and 80.9 percent on the penalty kill (16th). The team also had trouble scoring at five on five — 1.8 goals per game — and that inability to score…
Last week, the Detroit Red Wings agreed to a four-year, $21.2-million contract with Tomas Tatar. Now, the focus shifts to Andreas Athanasiou, the team’s final restricted free agent. According to Cap Friendly, the Red Wings are about $3 million over the $75 million salary cap. This doesn’t account for Johan Franzen’s cap hit, which will…
