Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Nancy Lebda spent a lot of years near the ice on Mother's Day. Her last Mother's Day present enabled her to spend more time on the water.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
... Brad Stuart add fierce physicality and offense. Beyond a third pairing made up of Chris Chelios, Brett Lebda or Andreas Lilja, the Wings possess great depth, too, with Derek Meech, Kyle Quincey and Jonathan Ericsson ready if needed.Edge: WingsGoaltendingChris Osgood hasn't had to steal a game yet for the Wings. They've been playing so well in front of him, and scoring so much, he...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
... Brad Stuart add fierce physicality and offense. Beyond a third pairing made up of Chris Chelios, Brett Lebda or Andreas Lilja, the Wings possess great depth, too, with Derek Meech, Kyle Quincey and Jonathan Ericsson ready if needed.Edge: WingsGoaltendingChris Osgood hasn't had to steal a game yet for the Wings. They've been playing so well in front of him, and scoring so much, he...
Ladies... (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... Defense (We miss you, Chellie!) And speaking of hotties from the Windy City, may I present Brett Lebda, defense?
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Two fine teams went at it in Game 3. Too bad the officiating wasn't any good. Ian Laperriere crushed Brett Lebda with a dangerous hit from behind in the first period, but it wasn't a penalty. Peter Forsberg makes an innocent tap of his stick to Chris Osgood's pads in front of the net, though, and that's called interference. Then, with the Avs driving for the tying goal, Forsberg gets...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
... line will attack the second and third Detroit defensive pairings, giving Niklas Kronwall and Brett Lebda a chance to identify themselves to the masses.
On the Wings (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
... moment that stuck out was the Predators exploitation of a bad line change around the 8:00 mark. A Brett Lebda turnover at center led to Rich Peverley outmuscling Darren Helm at the Detroit blueline and breaking in on Osgood alone. He lost control of the puck in open ice, however, which was more a demonstration of the poor quality of the ice surface than any knock against him. The...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock has made one change for tonight's Game 4: Brett Lebda will be in for Andreas Lilja.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... That leaves the healthy scratches as Aaron Downey, Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm up front, and Brett Lebda and Derek Meech on the back end.On defense, it'll be:Lidstrom-RafalskiKronwall-StuartLilja-Chelios
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Abdelkader estimated he would have about 36 credits left to take after this semester to earn a business degree from MSU. Abdelkader has only a couple of tests left this semester, so I asked him which Wing he’d choose as a study partner.“Maybe not Lebda, because I know he went to Notre Dame,” Abdelkader said, laughing. “That’s a good question. I haven’t really thought about it.”If not Brett...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
... Penalty Minutes11Scoring Summary1ST PERIODCHIDET7:21Jiri Hudler Assists: Darren McCarty, Brett Lebda012ND PERIODCHIDET18:29Nicklas Lidstrom (Power Play) Assists: Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall023RD PERIODCHIDET6:28Mark Hartigan Unassisted0314:02Nicklas Lidstrom (Power Play) Assists: Johan Franzen, Daniel Cleary0417:40Patrick Kane (Power Play) Assists: Patrick Sharp, Jason Williams14DETROIT...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
... prominent positions. Detroit has a dozen draft picks on its squad, plus college free agent signee Brett Lebda.Anaheim doesn't have as many, but the Ducks scouting has played a key role in their success because they were able to turn draft picks Joffrey Lupul and Ladislav Smid into Chris Pronger. Also, assistant general manager David McNab's push to sign college free agents produced...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
... prominent positions. Detroit has a dozen draft picks on its squad, plus college free agent signee Brett Lebda.Anaheim doesn't have as many, but the Ducks scouting has played a key role in their success because they were able to turn draft picks Joffrey Lupul and Ladislav Smid into Chris Pronger. Also, assistant general manager David McNab's push to sign college free agents produced...
On the Wings (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
... Chelios, Kris Draper, Valtteri Filppula, Jiri Hudler, Kirk Maltby, Andreas Lilja, Aaron Downey, Brett Lebda, Mikael Samuelsson, Dallas Drake, Dominik Hasek, and Chris Osgood, simply cannot measure up. Only Mark Hartigan is worthy of an Avalanche fan. So as the Avalanche prepare to enter the playoffs in the middle of the pack, I wish the Wings good luck in the first round. I’ll see...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Brett Lebda, Andrea Lilja and Chris Chelios aren't saying much about the competition they are in for the final two spots on defense for the playoffs. One will be the odd man out on the third defensive pairing. Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart are the top four.
