Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
WHAT HAPPENED: Drew Miller scored at 13:48 of the first period when he beat Karlis Skrastins to the puck in the corner, turned around and fired a shot that found the net after hitting both Tom Wandell and Trevor Daley. Brenden Morrow beat Jimmy Howard with 14.1 seconds remaining in the first period, scoring from the top of the right circle 3 seconds after the Wings killed off a Dallas power play....
Abel to Yzerman (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Chris McCosky told us this morning that if the Wings are going to start scoring again, it may just be our very own serial killer who leads the charge. Detroit News Truly, if the Wings are going to snap out of it, Bertuzzi has to snap out of it. As long as he stays healthy, he’s still capable of a 20-goal season. Other than the big three and Danny Cleary, who also is struggling to score (four...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The place settings are arranged at the home of Kris Draper, and they are bountiful. In addition to Draper, his wife and their three children, invitations for Thanksgiving dinner today were extended to Red Wings teammates Todd Bertuzzi and his family, Dan Cleary and his family, rookies Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader, and relative newcomer Patrick Eaves.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Darren Helm finally is figuring things out, not the least thanks to having a dynamo like Kris Draper as a linemate and as a lockermate in the Red Wings' locker room.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Jordan Staal's shorthanded goal in Monday's win against the Ducks was the ninth of his career. Since he entered the league in the 2006-07 season, Staal is one of the best at producing goals while trying to kill penalties. The leaders among shorthanded goals since the start of 2006-07: Player, Teams Short-handed Goals Mike Richards, Flyers 16 Rick Nash, Blue Jackets 12 Daniel Alfredsson, Senators 11...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
WHAT HAPPENED: The Wings struck for four goals in the first 11:57. A Columbus turnover led to Dan Cleary's goal at 1:05 of the first. Pavel Datsyuk's shot deflected in off Jackets defenseman Mike Commodore at 3:03. Following another turnover, Kris Draper deflected in a shot by Brett Lebda at 7:31. Niklas Kronwall scored 19 seconds into a power play at 11:57. After Jackets forward...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
from George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press, Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper expects former linemate Darren McCarty to “call it as he sees it” as a guest analyst for Versus on Nov. 23. Versus will carry the Wings’ game at Nashville. “I saw him a couple weeks ago in Troy, and he was hoping to get an opportunity to go into TV,” Draper said. Did McCarty say he was...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper expects former linemate Darren McCarty to "call it as he sees it" as a guest analyst for Versus on Nov. 23. Versus will carry the Wings' game at Nashville.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Red Wings have been one of the NHL's best faceoff teams for years, but they're in the middle of the pack this season with young players like Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm taking more draws, and Kris Draper taking fewer now that he's playing on the wing.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Kris Draper smiled and paused, looking over at fellow forward Pavel Datsyuk as he stretched on the floor of the visitor's locker room in the Saddledome. "Who?" Draper said loudly in response to a reporter's question, making sure he got Datsyuk's attention. "Pav?"
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
With Valtteri Filppula out 6-8 weeks because of a broken bone in his right wrist, this almost certainly necessitates the Wings break up Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk because of a shortage of skilled centers. Zetterberg and Datsyuk started the season separately, anyways, and only were reunited because neither was doing much offensively. Now both have gotten going, with Datsyuk having racked up...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
In an effort to generate more offense, Valtteri Filppula is taking over playing between big wingers Todd Bertuzzi and Dan Cleary. The two had been playing with Kris Draper, but with the Wings averaging under three goals a game, Mike Babcock switched up the lines Monday during practice at GM Place. The Wings play the Canucks here tomorrow. Babcock said he'd sleep another night on whether the...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
What with meal time and nap time and then getting to the rink hours before the 7:30 p.m. game against the Kings, the Red Wings by and large didn't catch up on the whole "balloon boy" story until after they'd gotten back home — at which point they were mostly in disbelief over how the whole saga unfolded. "I couldn't believe it," Kris Draper said....
On the Wings (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Ansar Khan reports that the Wings are going to give Datsyuk another game off to recover from the mysterious upper body injury. Apparently, he’s “close,” which is about as vague as it gets. Brad May will be back in the lineup against Colorado, though, at the expense of Kris Draper or Kirk Maltby, apparently. Also, Chris Osgood [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Update from Joe Louis Arena today: Neither Niklas Kronwall nor Pavel Datsyuk were on the ice for practice, and coach Mike Babcock said both are being checked out, Datsyuk for an "upper-body injury." I'll update on here as soon as I know more. I spoke to Kronwall, though, and he said his absence was "just precautionary." He said he hurt a leg during Tuesday's game...
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