I am new to this whole meme thing, but Brennan over at Gloveside tagged me and said “you’re it” so I will be a good sport and give it a whirl.
Team: Saginaw Spirit. I’m not quite ready for prime time. But keep an eye out for me in Detroit in 2009-10, as Red […]
Michigan basketball and its fans have been waiting in vain for the team to finally make the NCAA tournament for the better part of a decade. The fallout from the Ed Martin scandal resulted in Michigan not making the NCAA tournament since 1998. There have been several instances where it looked like Michigan […]
Yesterday I commented on the fact that NBC’s Game of the Week ratings improved 8% over last year’s numbers. Given how most media reports tend to focus on everything wrong with the NHL I wondered if anyone would mention this bit of good news.
Mark Cuban noted yesterday that NHL ratings on NBC were better […]
Mike Babcock clearly has a plan for improving Detroit’s play in the playoffs. Will it work? We will have to wait and see. But so far his team is showing some signs of toughness and resiliency and that has to make you think those traits will be important come playoff time.
George Sipple […]
Mike Babcock’s Keys to the Game
Holy. Crap. About midway through the second period I was wondering if the Wings were going to get shutout for the first time in like forever. The Islanders brought their A game early on and my only thought was “when the hell did the San Jose Sharks relocate […]
Steve Yzerman will be announced as the general manager for team Canada. He will manage the team for the IIHF’s World Championship games which will take place in the Spring.
Hockey Canada has scheduled a news conference in Calgary on Tuesday to make the announcement.
It’s a natural step for the 41-year-old Yzerman, who is currently […]
Steve Schrader reports the NBC Game of the Week between Detroit and Colorado drew an 8% increase in ratings compared to last season. That is particularly impressive as the game was being played at the same time as a golf tournament and a marquee NBA matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio […]
Helene St. James writes that goaltender Dominik Hasek treated his defensemen and penalty killers to dinner in New York last night.
“I am taking penalty killers and defense to dinner,” he said, “but it has nothing to do with my birthday. I’ve had a few shutouts this season, so I decided to take my penalty killers […]
Helene St. James has an article in today’s Free Press that suggests the Wings could trade Jiri Hudler. He’s a talented first-year player but he plays the fewest minutes on the team.
I suggested Hudler could benefit from increased ice time due to the injury Mikael Samuelsson sustained a little over a week ago. […]
The Associated Press is reporting that Jim Colletto has been hired as the offensive line coach for the Detroit Lions. He has a former coaching connection with Lions’ offensive coordinator Mike Martz:
Colletto was Purdue’s head coach from 1991-96 and spent time as an assistant at Notre Dame, Ohio State, Arizona State — where he […]
