Detroit Red Wings

Joe Klamar, Getty Images The Detroit Red Wings are reporting that they have come to terms with Ty Conklin to back up Jimmy Howard next season.  The signing of Conklin was expected on the heals of the retirement announcement from Chris Osgood...

GM Ken Holland has been busy and took care of two of his signing needs.  Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson has been signed to a three-year contract worth $9.75 million and forward Patrick Eaves has been signed to a three year deal worth $3.6 million, a source close to the team confirmed this morning...

Good news from GM Ken Holland and the Detroit Red Wings.  Captain Nicklas Lidstrom has decided to come back for his 20th season with the franchise.  Lidstrom, 41, had been wrestling with the idea of returning since the Red Wings' season ended in May, after losing in the second round of the playoffs against San Jose...

TSN out of Canada is reporting that Red Wing Defenseman Brian Rafalski is set to retire with one year remaining on his contract at $6 million.  Because Rafalski was not yet 35 when he signed as a free agent in 2007, his salary for the upcoming season will not count against the Red Wings' salary cap...

The Red Wings skates  continue to Smoke forcing a deciding Game Seven in the Western Conference semifinals with a 3-1 win over the Sharks last night at Joe Louis Arena.  Henrik Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula and Darren Helm all scored in the third period for Detroit...

The Detroit Red Wings refuse to die.  The Wings came back from a 3 to 1 deficit early in the third period to beat the San Jose Sharks, 4 – 3.  The Sharks now lead the series three games to two.  Niklas Kronwell, Danny Cleary, Jonathan Ericsson and Tomas Holmstrom all scored to bring the series back to Detroit for Game 6 on Tuesday night...

It looks like the better team keeps winning.  The San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings in OT last night to push their lead in the series to 3 – 0.  The final score, 4 – 3.  The Sharks continue to get all the “puck luck” in winning their third straight over the Wings...

The Detroit Red Wings played better in game two of their playoff series with the San Jose Sharks, but they still weren’t able to solve their problem with putting the puck in the net.  The final score, 2 – 1.  Henrik Zetterberg scored the lone goal for the Wings on a feed from Pavel Datsyuk...

The Detroit Red Wings swept the Phoenix Coyotes out of the first round of the playoffs and maybe right out of the desert back to Winnipeg with a 6 – 3 last night.  Patrick Eaves scored two goals while Todd Bertuzzi, Daniel Cleary, Tomas Holmstrom and Niklas Kronwall also popped one in...

It took staying up till midnight to witness it, but the Detroit Red Wings took a 3 to zip lead in their first round playoff series with Phoenix last night.  The final score … Red Wings 4, Coyotes 2.  Detroit got goals from Ruslan Salei, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula and Drew Miller...

The Red Wings opened up their playoff series with the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4 – 2 victory last night at the Joe.  After ANOTHER sluggish start, quick goal against and a parade to the penalty box … the Wings fought it off and straightened it out...

The Detroit Red Wings open up the playoff season tonight at the Joe.  Their first round opponents?  The same team they started the playoffs against last year … the Phoenix Coyotes!  This year, Pavel Datsyuk and the Wings are favored to get past the Coyotes...