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via TSN:
Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall is expected to be out of the lineup six to eight weeks after breaking his sacrum Friday night in the Red Wings’ game against the Dallas Stars.
In case you are wondering what exactly a sacrum is, TSN reports it is a triangular bone near the […]
Eric Duhatschek of the Globe & Mail has a good article on the clear lack of any relevance to how a team plays over the final 10 games of the season in projecting how they will do in the playoffs.
Via Kuklas Korner:
Statistically, there is virtually no correlation between a team’s record in the final 10 […]
Reports indicate that Bill Martin is conducting interviews this weekend with several candidates for the head coaching position for the men’s basketball team. Most reports indicate that Chris Lowery and John Beilein are candidates. Other names have been mentioned such as Kevin Stallings and Lon Kruger.
The sportswriters with the best handle on the […]
The Red Wings looked to have the game last night more or less wrapped up when they made it halfway through the 3rd period with a robust 3-0 lead. But when Brenden Morrow put a flukey shot past Domink Hasek at the 11:01 mark, it turned the tide from being completely in Detroit’s direction […]
Nathan Fenno of MLIVE reports that there are three finalists for the Michigan Basketball job opening:
The search for a Michigan men’s basketball coach has centered on three names - West Virginia’s John Beilein, Vanderbilt’s Kevin Stallings and Southern Illinois’ Chris Lowery - multiple sources told The News on Thursday.
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Beilein, whose West Virginia team beat […]
Ansar Khan over at MLIVE has a good article on Pavel Datsyuk’s defensive play since he has returned to playing center. He was on the wing before Henrik Zetterberg was injured.
“He’s that good, he can just flat-out play, and he’s a team guy, he does whatever the team needs him to do to win,” […]
As far as the race for the top spot in the west is concerned Babcock sounds profoundly unconcerned in this George Sipple artice from the Free Press:
“We’re in the playoffs, and one through eight, I don’t know who you want to play.”
Referee Dean Warren lays a bone-jarring hip check on Langer.
That was the theme of […]
Mike Babcock gave his take on Nashville last night and how the Wings tried to contend with the Predators’ forwards:
George Sipple - Detroit Free Press
“They’re a dangerous team,” Wings coach Mike Babcock said. ” … Down the middle, they got three good centers. We just played four lines, and rolled them out the gate and […]
Dom Hasek congratulates Chris Osgood on his continued success against Nashville
Todd Bertuzzi finally got on the scoreboard, notching assists on both Red Wing markers to help Detroit beat Nashville. The win gave the Red Wings a 6-2 record in the season series against Nashville. The Preds got out to the early lead when […]
Matt over at On the Wings has his Gameday post up. It looks like the Preds are still dealing with a handful of injuries:
Nashville is currently missing Martin Erat (knee), Scott Hartnell (foot), Scott Nichol (thumb), and Steve Sullivan (back). Kimmo Timonen (upper body) left the game Tuesday night, but the Tennessean reports he’s […]
