Former Red Wing Jiri Fischer Delivers Healthy Message to Local Students

Northville resident Jiri Fischer, Detroit Red Wings Assembly Team bring hockey and fitness lesson to Smith Elementary students in Plymouth.

A sea of red shirts flooded the Smith Elementary gymnasium in Plymouth on Thursday as former Detroit Red Wing Jiri Fischer and the Red Wings Assembly Team introduced students to the sport of hockey and encouraged an active and healthy lifestyle. The message of maintaining health hits home for Fischer, who survived his own health scare in 2005 when he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the bench during a game against the Nashville Predators.  The incident ended Fischer's playing career and he said he uses his experience to teach others to not take things for granted. "When anybody is a survivor of any life-threatening condition, from cardiac to cancer to other things, you look back at maybe what I could have done and what I didn't do…

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Red Wings Thrill Fans in 'Red vs. White' Game at Packed Compuware Arena

Red defeats White, 4-2, in standing-room-only exhibition in Plymouth.

Detroit Red Wings fans turned out in droves Tuesday to Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township for their first taste of NHL hockey since a lengthy lockout between NHL owners and players that delayed and shortened the 2013 season. While the NHL season doesn't get under way until Saturday, the Red Wings offered fans a free sneak peek via a "Red vs. White" game featuring the Red Wings roster and prospects from the team's American Hockey League affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins.  Led by a go-ahead goal by newly anointed captain Henrik Zetterberg, who was given the captain's "C" at a news conference before Tuesday's exhibition, "Team Red" defeated "Team White," 4-2. Red also earned goals from the Red Wings' Drew Miller and the Grand Rapids Griffins…

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Tamara

5:02 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

I wish I would have known about this! Looks like fun and I miss our Red Wings!   more ›

Fans Turned Away from Packed Compuware Arena for Red Wings Scrimmage

Compuware Arena fills up quickly as team offers free admission to Red vs. White game.

Red Wings fans might have quelled any lingering doubts Tuesday about whether fans would come back with the NHL's lockout-shortened season. Officials from Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township had to turn away fans at the parking lot Tuesday as the venue filled up for the team's free Red vs. White game, featuring the current Red Wings roster and prospects. "We talked about the possibility of that happening," John Hahn, the Red Wings' senior director of communications told the Detroit News. The team's Red vs. White game and training camp practices took place this week at Compuware Arena, as the Red Wings' home venue, Joe Louis Arena, was booked for auto show events.

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Red Wings Coach, General Manager to Ring Salvation Army Bell in Northville

Mike Babcock and Ken Holland will ring the Salvation Army bell Tuesday at Hiller's Market.

While the current NHL lockout between owners and players has jeopardized the 2012-13 NHL season, Novi hockey fans still can see some of their favorite Detroit Red Wings in action. Red Wings coach Mike Babcock will join Executive Vice President and General Manager Ken Holland will appear Tuesday, Dec. 11 at Hiller’s Market in Northville from 4:30–6:30 p.m. to raise money for the Salvation Army. Holland is serving as Honorary Chairman of the 2012 Red Kettle Campaign for the seventh straight year. The coach and general manager's appearance is part of an effort by the Red Wings to compete amongst themselves for bragging rights across Metro Detroit to see which players and team personnel can raise the most money for the Salvation Army's Red …

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Whalers to Face Off at Hockeytown Winter Festival at Comerica Park

Whalers play London at Comerica Park on Dec. 29.

Sound bytes provided by Pete Krupsky and www.plymouthwhalers.com DETROIT – When the Plymouth Whalers meet the London Knights on Dec. 29 at Comerica Park, they’ll scrum for the opening faceoff in the area where Jhonny Peralta and Ramon Santiago turn double plays. With Major League Baseball enjoying the All-Star Break, boards were placed around the Comerica Park infield Wednesday afternoon to show the assembled media where hockey games will be played during the 2012 SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival™. The festival goes from Dec. 15-31 at Comerica Park in a unique celebration of hockey at all levels of the game.  The Ontario Hockey League will be featured on Dec. 29 with the league’s first-ever doubleheader outdoors – Windsor vs. Saginaw at…

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Whalers Release 2012-13 Schedule

Home opener is Sept. 22 at 7:05 p.m. against Belleville. Schedule includes outdoor game at Comerica Park in Detroit.

The Ontario Hockey League’s Plymouth Whalers start the 2012-13 season on Friday, Sept. 21 in Sault Ste. Marie before returning home the next evening to face the Belleville Bulls in the home opener on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7:05 p.m. at Compuware Arena. See the Whalers' schedule by opening this PDF. The Whalers’ entire 2012-13 schedule can also be found later today at http://www.plymouthwhalers.com/schedule.html. The Ontario Hockey League released the entire 2012-13 schedule today as well. Saturday remains the primary home date for the Whalers, with 19 Saturday nights leading the way. Plymouth will also play 10 Friday night games and host four matinees at 2 p.m. – Tuesday, Nov. 6 and Thursday, Dec. 27 against Saginaw, Monday, Jan. 21 against…

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Plymouth Whalers to Face Off at Comerica Park on Dec. 29

Team will face London Knights as part of Hockeytown Winter Festival in downtown Detroit.

The Plymouth Whalers will face off Dec. 29 against the J. Ross Robertson Cup champion London Knights in an outdoor hockey game at Comerica Park. The game will be part of the Hockeytown Winter Festival, a two-week series of outdoor hockey games and winter-themed events in downtown Detroit preceding the 2013 NHL Winter Classic outdoor game between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Olympia Entertainment has unveiled a preliminary schedule for the 2012 Hockeytown Winter Festival, set to take place at downtown Detroit’s Comerica Park during the final two weeks of December. Kicking off mid-month and wrapping up on New Year’s Eve, this multi-faceted hockey-themed event will feature a wide variety of …

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It's Official: Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom Announces Retirement

Superstar defenseman caps 20-season NHL career in Detroit.

It's official. Longtime Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom is retiring. Lidstrom, 42, lives in Novi with his family during the hockey season and had been debating whether to retire after playing for 20 seasons in the NHL. Lidstrom announced his decision Thursday during a press conference alongside Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch and general manager Ken Holland. Lidstrom was named captain of the Red Wings for the 2006-07 season following the retirement of longtime captain Steve Yzerman. In his address to the media, Lidstrom thanked Holland for assembling a competitive Detroit team each year. "I never even wanted to leave Detroit," he said. "I always believed in this team, and this organization and what they would do to win another …

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Bryan Bentley

4:07 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Interesting that you rank Lidstrom ahead of Yzerman. I might think of disagreeing, but then I would be disputing Yzerman's view as well as your own. I personally will put Sawchuk at #4, and after that it is a bit murky...   more ›