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In the first round of the 2001 NHL playoffs, the No. 2 seed Detroit Red Wings were matched up against the No. 7 seed Los Angeles Kings. Heading into Game Three in Los Angeles, the Red Wings had a 2-0 series lead and were on their way to what most thought was a sure-fire series sweep. The Kings won Game Three.á Then Games Four and Five.á They were down by three goals ...

In what has become painfully routine this season, the Detroit Red Wings have announced that leading goal scorer Tomas Holmstrom will be out of the lineup for approximately one month. Holmstrom was practicing deflections on Wednesday at the end of the team's practice when he was struck by puck in the left foot, resulting in a non-displaced fracture. Holmstrom is no stranger to injuries.á He's been hampered by numerous injuries for ...

Former Detroit Red Wing and Chicago Blackhawk Chris Chelios was arrested on Dec. 28 for a DUI in Westmont, IL. The former NHL All-Star, 47, is currently under contract with the AHL's Chicago Wolves, yet his desire to play for an NHL team, particularly his hometown Chicago Blackhawks, is well known. Making his first public comments about the arrest on Thursday, Chelios indicated that the incident was intentional on his part. Asked what ...

My father, a lifelong basketball fan born and raised in California, had gone ice skating once or twice at a local indoor rink as a kid. Upon seeing the surface, he thought the lines and circles on the ice were used by figure skaters to practice their moves. He grew up 30 miles from Los Angeles but, as a kid, there were no Los Angeles Kings or Anaheim Ducks to follow, and ...

Hopefully, by the end of this week, the NHL team based in Detroit will begin to more closely resemble the Red Wings. Massive offseason departures and an unprecedented amount of injuries have, on many nights this season, reduced the Red Wings to little more than a very good AHL team. Though key roster losses have allowed younger players such as Patrick Eaves, Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader to fill larger roles and ...

On December 31, 2009 a couple of things happened that haven't in quite a while. The Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche and Ville Leino scored a goal. In fact, Leino's goal turned out to be the game winner. After being benched for the third time this season on Monday against the Blue Jackets, Leino returned to the lineup solely due to forward Patrick Eaves being out with the flu. Leino made the ...

Quite honestly, I hate the New Year holiday. Unlike other holidays, it has no cultural or religious significance, has no correlation to seasonal changes, and is based on the wholly arbitrary system of time. Time is an illusion, a made up thing, a feeble attempt to apply some measurement to eternity. New Year's is meaningless. Unless you're a hockey fan. If you're a hockey fan, December 31 means that your team is smack dab in ...

One would think that, on a team that has had so many injuries, and so much trouble scoring goals, playing your way off the Detroit Red Wings' roster would be near impossible. Forward Ville Leino has managed to do this three times now. Leino will be benched tonight when the Red Wings take on the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second game of a home-and-home matchup. While other players have been benched this ...

As kids (and maybe some adults, I'm not trying to crush any dreams here) eagerly await the gifts provided by a jolly fat guy in a red and white suit, I thought of another group of guys in red and white who could make my Christmas especially joyous. From Dec. 14 to Dec. 25, I will mimic the pattern of the "12 Days of Christmas" song by asking for one thing ...

As kids (and maybe some adults, I'm not trying to crush any dreams here) eagerly await the gifts provided by a jolly fat guy in a red-and-white suit, I thought of another group of guys in red and white who could make my Christmas especially joyous. From Dec. 14 to Dec. 25, I will mimic the pattern of the "12 Days of Christmas" song by asking for one thing on the ...