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Red Wings + Griffins = History?

Craig Russell — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:14:33 +0000

The Red Wings still have a way to go to win he Stanley Cup. They are up on Chicago 3-1, but they then have to get past either San Jose or the defending champion LA Kings. THEN they would have to beat the Eastern Champs. That could be Boston or Pittsburgh. A long way to go.

Red Wings Schedule Announced…Yay!

Craig Russell — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:00:39 +0000

The Red Wings official schedule was announced yesterday! NHL hockey is back! Yay! The Griffins and college is great, don’t get me wrong, but the NHL is the NHL. Next thing the league needs to do–Fire Bettman! Here’s a story from Fox 17 with the Wings 48 game schedule due to the lockout. “Detroit Red [...]

Red Wings Announcer Budd Lynch Dies At 95

Craig Russell — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:50:40 +0000

Sad news out of Hockeytown today. Red Wings announcer and PA announcer Budd Lynch has passed away at 95. Lynch was one of the lone ties to the Winged Wheel glory days of the 50′s to the Cup winning teams of the 90′s and 2000′s. His distinctive voice had been gracing Joe Louis Arena since [...]

Hockey In June! Griffins Have A New Coach!

Craig Russell — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:04:18 +0000

The Griffs and the Red Wings made it official today! The new head coach of the AHL team is West Michigan's own Jeff Blashill! The former Red Wings assistant and Western Michigan University coach is the new head man in the Griffins organization! The announcement broke on Twitter today, and was even a trending topic! Go Griffs!

BREAKING NEWS: Red Wings, Lidstrom Schedule Press Conference For Thursday @ 11am.

Craig Russell — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:47:31 +0000

Hmmmm. Wonder what this is about. Like you couldn’t see the writing on the wall. It MIGHT be to announce Nick is signing a one year contract to stick around. But more than likely it has to do with Mr Lidstrom’s 20 year playing career coming to an end. From the Red Wings Facebook Page: [...]

Fallen Former Red Wing Remembered In Traverse City

Dano — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:30:50 +0000

As many NHL players head over to Europe during the summer to play in other leagues, such players as Defenseman Ruslan Salei, former assistant coach Brad McCrimmon and Wings prospect Stefan Liv, who has been playing here in Grand Rapids with the Griffins along with 40 other players were killed Friday September 9th in a plane crash near a river just north of Moscow. The Kontinental Hockey League's "Lokomotiv" hockey team icluded such NHL stars as Pavol Demitra along with Salei.

Jimmy Howard and…Ty Conklin? Can These Two Lead The Red Wings To The Cup?

Craig Russell — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:03:20 +0000

Chris Osgood, the second-winningest goaltender in Red Wings history, will announce his retirement on Tuesday, a source confirmed to Booth Newspapers on Monday. That’s pretty huge. Say what you will about Ozzie…he did win 3 Cups and a whole lot of games for the Wings. Now the task of bringing the Wings back to the [...]

Newest Red Wings Mike Commodore's New Number…

Craig Russell — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:27:03 +0000

Stealing this from Townsquare Media intern Jason…from Facebook! He’s a good guy so he won’t mind! New Red Wings Defenseman Mike Commodore hasn’t picked his new number for the season yet. Now, most of hockey fans know 9 and 19 are off limits, among others. Buttttt….Mike could pick 64. Ha! Yes, it would look like [...]

GREAT Hockey Night In Michigan Last Night!

Craig Russell — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:16:59 +0000

What a great time to be a Michigan hockey fan! Of the 8 Pro, Minor and Junior league hockey championships going on right now, 3 have Michigan ties. The Michigan Warriors of the NAHL lost their championship game a couple of nights ago in their first year based out of Flint. Last night the Kalamazoo [...]

My Buddy Bob…

Craig Russell — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:42:25 +0000

Is a lucky guy…he works in Norfolk, Virginia. He’s from the Detroit area. He’s a HUGE Wings fan…AND he has too much money and time on his hands. so..,.when Bob sees the Wings/Bruins home and home weekend series…what does he do? Gets plane tickets and tickets to BOTH games…he flew to BOS Frioday night…saw the [...]