Carlo Colaiacovo

The last time the Red Wings faced the Blackhawks in the playoffs was 2009, when the Wings were the defending Stanley Cup champions and the Blackhawks were a year away from their championship title. This time, the Blackhawks still are among the elite....

With the Detroit Red Wings facing elimination Friday night at Joe Louis Arena, the coaching staff again shuffled its lineup in an effort to force Game 7 in a Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Anaheim Ducks. Among the shuffle was Carlo...

What with this being another day spent trekking between Detroit and Anaheim, it's time for another edition of Up in the Air. We're past Game 6 of the first-round series between the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks, so let's get caught up. What's...

Much of Carlo Colaiacovo's excitement over joining the Red Wings in the first place was their two-decade history of playing at this time of year. Colaiacovo was a spectator when the Wings began their first-round series against the Ducks, but finally got...

The Sports Xchange By Paul Harris, The Sports Xchange Red Wings 4, Ducks 3 DETROIT -- Henrik Zetterberg's second goal of the game, 1:04 into overtime, gave the Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night at Joe Louis Arena and...

The Sports Xchange By Paul Harris, The Sports Xchange Zetterberg lifts Red Wings to win, forces Game 7 DETROIT -- Henrik Zetterberg didn't have a goal in the first five games of the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference first-...

DETROIT -- David Steckel’s history with Bruce Boudreau goes well beyond their time together in Washington, winding all the way back to tours of duty in Manchester, N.H., and Hershey, Pa. Steckel, who was a first-round draft pick of the Kings in...

The Detroit Red Wings are tinkering a bit with their lineup as they seek to avoid elimination, but regardless of who is on the ice, the message is simple: Go, go, go. The Wings host the Anaheim Ducks at Joe Louis Arena in Game 6 tonight (8 p.m., CNBC,...

The temptation certainly is there for a little lineup juggling. After all, the season could end tonight for the Red Wings, although I doubt it. This Anaheim series has gone back and forth, up and down, East to West and back again -- and it probably...

How do the Red Wings stack up against the Anaheim Ducks? Detroit Free Press sports writer Helene St. James takes a look: Forwards The Ryan Getzlaf group with Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan is big and mean and very, very skilled. The Wings will have...

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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings started practicing for this lockout-delayed season without numbers or names on their jerseys. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland heard someone joke that the move was made to make it less obvious there was no...