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Wings Score Big With Realignment

  After analyzing the regressive shuffling of NHL clubs last night, “Our rivalry basically just ended”, is what I sent via Facebook to a pal who roots for San Jose. This is not entirely…Read More

Top 5 Play By Play Announcers

“He dramatizes things that deserve to be dramatized.” This is how former color man Bill Clement described one of the finest and most enthusiastic play by play announcers, Doc Emrick.  This…Read More

Wings Reborn

This match against Boston was the best game I’ve seen all season.  The tilt was dripping with all of the electric plasma of a playoff game. It was a joy to watch, and it being played at the Joe…Read More

Game Preview: Detroit at St Louis

I posed the question in a previous article whether it was possible for the Detroit Red Wings to win in November.  After a four game winning streak and outscoring their opponents 18-4, the Wings have…Read More

Lidstrom,Yes-Yzerman, Ok

  Mark Humphrey, AP Photo Prior to last evening’s defeat of the Avalanche, our fine captain was leading the team in goals.  A Twitter poll offered up the question of whether or not this was…Read More

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Wings Fan Versus Avs Puppy

I heard someone say on “Real Time With Bill Maher” recently, that the 20′s are the…Read More

Top Three Worst Seasons in Red Wings History

I amazed that more people don’t know the meaning of the word Schadenfreude.  It’s such a useful…Read More

Jaws 5: The San Jose Sharks

A rival, is essentially someone you hate.  Furthermore, I don’t think it’s possible to…Read More

Know Your Enemy: Washington Capitals

Looking retrospectively at the Capitals organization since the arrival of the explosive Alexander Ovechkin,…Read More

The Hysteria Of Hockeytown

Being a person who chronically criticizes others, often to the point where the criticism becomes incendiary,…Read More

This was (only) a Test

  The first loss of the season is usually easy to take.  With an 82 game schedule, it’s only a matter of time before a team is out played, out coached or just gives up.  With every NHL team,…Read More

White On

This guy is a Red Wing. The fact that I was ever unsure of how well Ian White would fit into our system is slightly embarrassing.  Being that “embarrassing” is one of my least favorite words…Read More

White Tie In Order For Cherry

Update: With the recent verbal battle that is taking place over the Steigerwald/Ovechkin article, I now feel that it is even more critical to be fair and clear when discussing someone with whom you disagree,…Read More

Keep Fighting In Hockey

Possessing a desire to understand the thoughts and opinions of others is a terrific thing, and is an endless quarry for fascinating discussion.  Having had enumerable dialogues with hockey men and women,…Read More

Howard, Filppula Dazzle Against Canucks

Certainly the story of the first 20 minutes of tonight’s game against the defending Western Conference Champions from Vancouver, was the brilliance of Jimmy Howard.  The masked man made two point…Read More

Go East, Young Men!

  Say goodbye to long plane rides and adieus to the west coast.  Bid farewell to the rivalries with the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks and Colorado Avalanche.  It looks like…Read More

Wings Ignored, Ok For Now

Being the social media votary that I am, I felt compelled to congratulate Tigers fans on their recent successes on my facebook and Twitter pages. Likewise for Lions fanatics. This won’t sound like…Read More

“Happy” Days

Hours after the Wings had returned from Pittsburgh, having just hoisted the organization’s fourth Cup since 1997, I found myself clamoring for a glimpse and a touch of sports’ finest trophy…Read More

Three Not So Bold Predictions

As we all gear up for another Detroit Red Wings season, I’d like to make three not so bold predictions on what I think may occur this year. This is contrary to what other sport bloggers write.  You…Read More

Nyquist, Yes. Brunnstrom, No.

Of all the color analysts I’ve heard droning away during my very long tenure as a student of hockey, the one who has consistently and seamlessly blended populist humor and invaluable insight, has…Read More

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