by Brian Kennedy | Jan 8, 2024 | Detroit Red Wings
What team wouldn’t be better with Patrick Kane playing on it at his best? The question when he signed on with the Detroit Red Wings after the season was underway was whether he would be the old Kane, the one who is pacing at more than a point-a-game clip over a career...
by Kenneth Cross | Feb 8, 2021 | Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t throw a perfect gem in Friday night’s 3-1 conquest of the Detroit Red Wings, but they found ways to win their fourth game of the four-game home stand even when they didn’t have the crispness of the team that is now...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 13, 2019 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
“Nobody comes to the rink to stay close or to have moral victories.” That was Todd McLellan’s pronouncement after the Kings won Tuesday night, and a good one. But that leaves a question: What’s a bad hockey team? Let’s venture some answers. One that doesn’t score...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 8, 2018 | Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
LA defeated the visiting Red Wings Sunday night in a game which saw them start their former backup netminder, Jack Campbell. Former? Yup, Peter Budaj is now backing up. What’s missing? Quick. No, I don’t mean, be quick with your answer. I mean Quick’s missing, down...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 17, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, NHL
It might seem odd to say this. Perhaps even cruel. But here’s the analysis of the Detroit-Ducks game Friday night: A bad team got a mediocre-but-still-hopeful team off its game by distracting them with taunts that led to fights and chippy play that led to penalties....