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ItÆs good to be home. After a five-game road trip that saw Detroit pick up six out of a possible 10 points, it looked like the Red Wings were happy to be back in Joe Louis Arena. Detroit got two first-period goals on its way to a 2-0 victory against Boston on Tuesday night. The first period was mostly a strong defensive effort from both sides and especially Wings goalie Chris Osgood. Neither team ...

ItÆs good to be home. After a five-game road trip that saw Detroit pick up six out of a possible 10 points, it looked like the Red Wings were happy to be back in Joe Louis Arena. Detroit got two first-period goals on its way to a 2-0 victory against Boston on Tuesday night. The first period was mostly a strong defensive effort from both sides and especially Wings goalie Chris Osgood. Neither team ...

Before Detroit could blink, they were down 1-0 when Henrik Sedin scored 30 seconds into the game. Christian Ehrhoff added to the deficit seven minutes later. Things werenÆt looking good for Detroit on Tuesday night against Vancouver, as Chris Osgood was pulled after giving up two goals on four shots faced. But then, something strange happened: The Red Wings were on the opposite end of a blown lead. Rallying back from two goals ...

After ThursdayÆs loss in Phoenix, I complained Detroit wasnÆt shooting enough. The Red Wings shot plenty on Saturday night in Colorado, but instead were met by a brick wall of a goalie. Avs netminder Craig Anderson stopped 48 of 49 shots fired his way to completely stymie the Red Wings. One goalùa Kris Draper backhanded shot after he did his best Tomas Holmstrom impressionùwasnÆt enough for Detroit, and Colorado blasted two of its ...

Another night, another blown lead for the Red Wings. Tomas Holmstrom and Brett Lebda scored to give Detroit a 2-1 lead, and then the wheels slowly fell off late. Controversial or not, Phoenix tied the game with less than three minutes remaining because the Coyotes crowded the net and Chris Osgood had no idea where the puck was. Not OsgoodÆs fault, just great rushing to the net and confusion generation by Phoenix. The game ...

For the last decade and a half, Nicklas Lidstrom has been the most consistent defenseman in the NHL. HeÆs brought home six Norris Trophies, been named to 11 All-Star teams, took home the Conn Smythe in 2002, and even has an Olympic gold medal from 2006. Tonight, LidstromÆs assist on what would be the game-winning goal from Henrik Zetterberg put him at 1,000 career points. To him, itÆs probably just another trophy ...

I was accused yesterdayùand maybe properly soùof sounding a bit too panicked about the Red Wings' season after their 4-3 loss to the Blues on Friday. It was the first game of the season, and there is more than enough time to correct mistakes from a one-goal loss in the first week of October. Believe me, I'm not panicked about the season at all. This is still one of the top ...

Well, after writing last night that Ty Conklin was better than Chris Osgood in net for the Wings last regular season, Osgood did us all the favor of remind us why in DetroitÆs season-opening 4-3 loss to St. Louis in Stockholm on Friday afternoon. The Detroit netminder faced an ungodly barrage of shots (extreme sarcasm) against the Bluesù23 shots to be exactùand let in four of them. That makes his save ...

Much has changed since I last wrote back in mid-June to summarize the Red WingsÆ 2008-'09 campaign. First, IÆve gotten a gig at The Miami Herald covering Broward County high school sports. IÆm mostly doing football and golf in the area, but thereÆs some swimming and other sports in there as well. ItÆs fun to cover kids so young, especially because the harsh business-like aspect of sports that comes in during college ...