The team was coached by Canadian Brad McCrimmon, 52, a former Detroit Red Wings assistant.
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"It's kind of a fantasy-hockey thing, " said Jim Nill, assistant general manager of the Detroit Red Wings.
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In February, the Detroit Red Wings hockey team set up an XtraIce rink for a one-day hockey festival.
The Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, and Detroit Red Wings are all among a group lacking that extra spark.
On at least one occasion, an octopus flew out of the stands when the team was playing the Detroit Red Wings.
"Tracking the puck through traffic, you can't get that in practice as a goaltender, " Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said.
The Avalanche leapfrogged over the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach third place, up from sixth last year.
"We're in the season, but it's like we're still in the preseason, " said Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, a former goalie.
Ilitch, who already owns the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings, has 30 days to negotiate a price with Pistons owner Karen Davidson, according to press reports.
Stan Bowman, their general manager, had enjoyed watching the Detroit Red Wings teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s that his father, Scotty, coached to three Stanley Cups.
Meanwhile, that mismanaged outfit known as the Detroit Red Wings, who have won four Cups in that span, including a 1997 sweep of the Flyers, have only 10 final fours.
At 40, the still-vital Brodeur would be the oldest goaltender to win a championship since 43-year-old Dominik Hasek did so as a backup with the Detroit Red Wings in 2008.
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They also own the Detroit Red Wings.
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In the odd little world of the NHL these days, the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Sidney Crosby, are the glamour team while the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks are bigger draws than the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings.
Coming up on January 6 at Conseco Field House, home of the Indiana Pacers: the two-day Midwest Sports Business Combine, aimed at recruiting young sales pros to peddle tickets for the Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Red Wings, Cincinnati Bengals, and several other major sports franchises.
Along with the Jan. 1 matchup between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium, the league will schedule five additional outdoor games during the 2013-14 season, including two at Yankee Stadium during the week before the Super Bowl, a person familiar with the matter has confirmed.
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As for the NHL, the honor of best single-season team in NHL history goes to the 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings, a team that racked up 116 points (51 wins, 12 ties or overtime losses) in a league that was more balanced than it was during the mini-dynasties of the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers that stretched from 1976 to 1990.
Accompanied by her boyfriend, Jason Leyrer whom she met at a Red Wings game in Detroit Ms. Bashkatova wore a Red Wings jersey on the bus and spoke of her disdain for the Sharks' teal uniforms, a color she said is unfit for a serious hockey team.
The idea strikes terror into a lot of people, and it threatens to undo the fledgling progress Detroit has made on fixing its image, with help from billionaire investors like Dan Gilbert and the Ilitch family, which owns the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings.
Ms. McCarthy invited other Detroit transplants to watch hockey, and started serving a cocktail called the Old Shillelagh, named after a downtown Detroit bar, to celebrate Red Wings wins, says Mr. Hackett, the pub owner.
Three generations of the Ribble family hurried through a parking lot in suburban Detroit, eager to see the Red Wings practice when the lockout finally ended.
Ilitch wants a new arena for his Red Wings, who currently play at Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit and he might be able to finagle a deal with city officials to help finance a new arena if he moves the Pistons downtown as well.
"Maybe we had their number during the regular season, but this is different, " said Chicago forward Marian Hossa, who played for Detroit the last time the teams met in the playoffs four years ago when the Red Wings rolled toward the Stanley Cup finals.
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