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Brendan Smith: A Natural NHL Player

March 6, 2012

Brendan Smith has just recently joined the Detroit Red Wings playing regularly in this past week. Smith, wearing jersey number 2, has stepped up from his place with the Grand Rapid Griffins. Down in the AHL, Brendan Smith was racking up the points and caught the eyes of Wings manager Ken Holland and Coach Mike Babcock.

Smith, who just recently turned 23 years old, started his career playing for a Junior “A” ice hockey team once known as the Wexford Raiders. The Raiders, now known as the Toronto Jr. Canadiens, were happy to have him play for one season. He played 21 games, scoring three goals and having three assists. The same 2005-2006 ...

It's Time to Rebound

February 25, 2012

A.K. Bennett

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The Red Wings seek to rebound with a stronger offensive effort tonight against Colorado. The Wings' power play has been anemic over the past 10 games, and they've only mustered 4 goals over the past two games. Mike Babcock wants to see more energy from his team and the Wings need to stop looking lost without Pavel Datsyuk in the lineup.

Detroit leads the season series 2-1, winning the first two games easily by scores of 3-0 and 5-2. Colorado won the most recent matchup in December 4-2. Johan Franzen leads the Wings in this series with 5 G, 0 A including a hat trick in the 5-2 win. Danny Cleary has 2 G, 2 A in the series. Gabriel Landeskog has put up 1 G, 2 A against Detroit ...

Ericsson: The Luckiest Player in the NHL

February 7, 2012

Eric Huffman

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It comes to nobody's surprise that even with some serious injuries this season, the Detroit Red Wings are still sitting pretty high in the NHL.

Even without their star goalie Jimmy Howard (finger), the Wings are not only on top of the Central Division, five points ahead of the St. Louis Blues, but also the Western Conference. The Wings have some star power in Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen, and contributions from Filppula, Zetterberg and Hudler have given the team some great options in every game.

Is it safe to say that there are some players who need work? Of course.

Zetterberg's production may have gotten a slow start, but what the left winger lacks in goals t...

Bertuzzi: A Threat Nobody is Worried About

January 20, 2012

Eric Huffman

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It's no secret to anyone who follows the Red Wings: they're a great team with a lot of talent.

It's also to nobody's surprise that this talented team is having a near-stellar season up to this point. The team's Thursday night victory over Phoenix sent them to the top spot in the division, conference and League.

Aside from the stellar performances by Jimmy Howard and Pavel Datsyuk, who else should other teams be concerned about when facing Detroit? The easy answer is everybody not named Jonathan Ericsson, but the player of interest for this feature is Todd Bertuzzi.

Big Bert, as fans and players know him, is far past his most productive seasons in the ...