Detroit Red Wings: A professional NHL hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit won their first-round playoff series over the Phoenix Coyotes in seven games. In the second round, they fell behind the San Jose Sharks three games to one, before being knocked out of the playoffs in five games. All four games that the Red Wings lost that series were decided by one goal. The lone game that they won ended with a final score of 7-1. Since joining the league in 1926, the Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup eleven times, their most recent title being in 2008. Thirty-four Red Wings players and four builders have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The “Legend of the Octopus” is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.
- BY THE NUMBERS: Brad Stuart
By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2011-12 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on defen... - Jurco hopes to finish on high note
With Canadian Hockey League age restrictions necessitating constant roster turnover and with upwards of 60 teams competing to hoist it every year, the Memorial Cup is arguably the most difficult trophy to win in all of sports. As such, only a hand... - Report says Fedorov to be GM
DETROIT â Looks like Sergei Fedorov is headed back to the club that helped launch his pro hockey career 26 years ago. Reports out of Russia over the weekend indicate that the former Red Wings center will soon retire as a player to take over as ... - BY THE NUMBERS: Jiri Hudler
By The Numbers will highlight the Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2011-12 season. Each week during the off-season, By The Numbers will profile a different player on the team, focusing on their statistical highs. This week we focus on forwa... - Hull's expected role after sale of Blues
ST. LOUIS -- The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve the sale of the Blues to a group led by current minority owner Tom Stillman, CEO of Summit Distributing of St. Louis. Â Stillman has a group of investors that will purchase the... - Quincey joins Team Canada
Itâs been a few years since Kyle Quincey missed a Motherâs Day tradition with his family. But last week he learned that heâll be absent next Sunday when the family gathers at an Ontario golf course to honor his mom, Debbie. Last Friday, Quincey... - Konstantinov's Rite of Spring
ROYAL OAK, Mich. â For the second time in six months, Vladimir Konstantinovâs artwork will be on display at the Gallery U Boutique on West 4th Street in downtown Royal Oak. The âRite of Springâ is a collaborative exhibit between the former Red ... - Cleary wishes he had surgery sooner
DETROIT â Thereâs a reason that hindsight is 20/20. And for Red Wings forward Danny Cleary he wishes he had better foresight to undergo knee surgery earlier than now. âI wouldnât have done the same thing over again,â said Cleary, whoâll have su... - Babcock hopes Wings make splash in free agency
DETROIT -- The Red Wings have slipped from being regarded as an elite NHL team, getting knocked out of the playoffs in the first round after consecutive second-round exits. Just three years ago, the team was a win away from repeating as Stanley... - Nine Wings head to IIHF tourney
DETROIT â With the Stanley Cup playoffs coming to an unceremonious early end for the Red Wings last week, many of the players are planning trips to Europe. But this isn't a vacation for the guys headed to Sweden and Finland. The Wings are se... - Lidstrom will take time to decide future
DETROIT â As players shook hands last Friday at Bridgestone Arena, Nicklas Lidstrom received a request from Nashville coach Barry Trotz that caught the Red Wingsâ legend by surprise. âHe said please donât retire when we shook hands,â Lidstrom sai... - Clean-out day is bitter pill for Wings
DETROIT â While it was reminiscent of the final day of high school, the locker room on clean-out day at Joe Louis Arena Tuesday afternoon was anything but joyous. As Red Wingsâ players posed for the team photo, exchanged hockey sticks with one ... - Kindl looks for Czech roster spot
DETROIT â The Red Wings are scheduled to clear out their lockers Tuesday, but one of them got a head-start on packing up his equipment at Joe Louis Arena. In the midst of the WWE setting up prior to its live televised âRaw SuperShowâ at The Joe... - Datsyuk named Selke finalist
DETROIT â For the fifth consecutive season Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk is a finalist for the Selke Trophy, given annually to the NHLâs best defensive forward in the game. On Monday, the league announced the finalists for this yearâs Selke, a... - Preds end Wings' season
The Red Wings did what they wanted to early Friday â weathering the first 10-minutes of the opening period against the Nashville Predators â but in the end winning small battles didn't help win the war. âÃnly getting a goal each in the last cou... - Scoring first is name of game
How decisive will the first goal be in tonightâs Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series at Nashvilleâs Bridgestone Arena? Considering that the winning team in the first four games of the series jumped ahead on the scoreboard, stri... - Wings to stay the course against Rinne
DETROIT â The Red Wings have surrendered the fewest shots on goal per game in the conference quarterfinals, but could be the first team to exit the Stanley Cup playoffs this year if they canât outscore the Nashville Predators Friday night. âWel... - The Joe to host Big Ten hockey tourney
DETROIT â For Drew Miller, who grew-up in the shadows of the Michigan State campus in East Lansing, playing college hockey was the best thing that could happen to him. âIf I went the junior route Iâm not sure I would be here right now,â the Red... - Rinne is big problem for Wings again
DETROIT â It wasnât that the Red Wings had bad luck Tuesday. They had no luck at all in Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series at Joe Louis Arena. For the second straight game the Wings doubled Nashvilleâs shot output but came ... - Wings need more pressure on Rinne
DETROIT â There were plenty of good scoring chances for the Red Wings in Game 3, particular in the third period of Sundayâs 3-2 loss when they outshot Nashville, 19-4, in the final 20-minutes. Detroit just didnât capitalize on them and now find... - More...
