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Watch Niklas Kronwall Flatten Latvia’s Kaspars Saulietis at IIHF World Championships (Video)
Well, the bone-crushing hits just keep coming at the IIHF World Championships. We’ve already told you about the ones levelled against Kazakhstan’s Roman Starchenko and the USA’s Alex Goligoski. And today we’ve got another one to show you. This time it’s Latvia’s Kaspars Saulietis one the receiving end. Latvia was facing Sweden yesterday in the [...]
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15 Best Stanley Cup Champion Rings
As I watched the Philadelphia Flyers finish off the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday to close out that bizarre, violent, high-scoring playoff series, one of the first thoughts to pop into my head was, “well, I guess Sid and Evgeni won’t be getting new rings this year. Normally I don’t even think of championship rings when [...]
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Detroit Red Wings Fans Put On A Light Show Prior To Game Three (Video)
Those who got to Joe Louis Arena early for the pregame festivities prior to Sunday’s playoff home opener against the Nashville Predators may have thought that they had accidentally stumbled into a rave, as red glow sticks lit up the entire building. Fans in attendance were given the red glow sticks upon arrival, and it [...]
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Watch Shea Weber Smash Henrik Zetterberg’s Head Into The Glass (Video)
With the final seconds winding down during Game One of the opening round playoff series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Nashville Predators, Shea Weber had two things on his mind. The first was to kill the final five seconds off the clock and ensure that his team earned the important opening game victory. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 12th) – Gordie Howe
It was on this day in 1972 that Gordie Howe had his #9 jersey retired by the Detroit Red Wings. Howe would return to playing a couple years later for the Houston Aeros of the newly formed WHA. After the WHA went bust in 1979, “Mr. Hockey” would return for one more year in the [...]
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Wings’ Niklas Kronwall Destroys Flyers’ Jakub Voracek (Video)
One way to eliminate vicious hits to the head in the game of hockey is to suspend players who delivered a check to the head of an opposing player. That has been the strategy adopted by the NHL disciplinary committee. Another way that players can eliminate the problem of head-shots in the game of hockey [...]
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15 Most Impressive Streaks In NHL History
Tonight the Detroit Red Wings take on the Nashville Predators at Joe Louis Arena, where the Preds will try to do something no team has been able to do since November 3, 2011: beat the Wings at home. In fact, this past Tuesday, when Detroit beat the Dallas Stars 3-1, they extended their home winning [...]
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Two Bone-Crushing Hits From The Flyers vs. Red Wings Game (Video)
Records weren’t the only thing falling at Joe Louis Arena last night. Bodies were as well, as the battle between the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers was not one for the faint of heart. With the Red Wings looking to tie the NHL record for consecutive home victories (20, which was set by [...]
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Plexi Glass 1, Canadiens Fan 0 (Video)
Entering last night’s game with an 8-9-7 record at home, the Montreal Canadiens haven’t been able to celebrate many victories at the Bell Centre this season. Last night they made up for the suffering that their fans have endured thus far this season, as they dealt the first-place Detroit Red Wings a crushing 7-2 defeat [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Stewart vs. Stuart — 1/23/12
Those of you who do not like the fact that every hard hit in the game of hockey these days is often followed by an unnecessary fight probably won’t be very big fans of this bout. It occurred during last night’s game between the St. Louis Blues and the Detroit Red Wings, as Blues forward [...]
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The Niklas Kronwall Hit Parade Continues (Video)
On Wednesday night it was Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler who stepped onto the train tracks belonging to the “Niklas Kronwall express.” On Thursday night, it was Tim Jackman’s turn to get lit up by the Detroit Red Wings defenseman. In both instances, the Wings’ opposition were able to capitalize immediately following the check, as [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Abdelkader Beats Up Lapierre — 10/13/11
We all know who the real winners of the “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” for last night are. That would be Arron Asham of the Penguins and Jay Beagle of the Capitals following their bruising bout that left Beagle lying face-down unconscious on the ice. However, Beagle’s injury and Asham’s ensuing gesture created enough [...]
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Wings’ Brendan Smith Delivers Nasty Head-Shot On Hawks’ Ben Smith (Video)
I’m not sure if Brendan Smith of the Detroit Red Wings is a big fan of Brendan Shanahan, but he will get to meet the former Red Wing in person as he has been summoned for a hearing with the NHL’s head disciplinarian following a brutal hit to the head of the Chicago Blackhawks’ Ben [...]
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Todd Bertuzzi Scores A Shootout Doozie (Video)
When we bring you shootout highlights from a Detroit Red Wings game, there tends to be a good chance that they will feature Pavel Datsyuk mesmerizing a goalie with one of his Datsyukian dekes. However, Datsyuk isn’t the only member of the Red Wings with some rather remarkable hands. Todd Bertuzzi proved that his hands [...]
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Fan Throws Banana At Flyers’ Wayne Simmons
An ugly incident unfolded last night in London, Ontario as an entertaining game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings ended on a sour note when a fan inside the John Labatt Center threw a banana onto the ice during Wayne Simmons’ shootout attempt. The Flyers’ forward, who is one of the few [...]
