Around the NHL: Wings are in strange place

Sporting News staff reports The suddenly goal-challenged Detroit Red Wings suffered another blow Saturday night when forward Jason Williams fractured his fibula in a 5-1 loss to Toronto—an  injury that could keep him out of action for two months. Williams joins star forward Johan Franzen, who scored 34 goals last season, and center Valtteri Filppula...

Detroit Red Wings forward Jason Williams could miss two months after fracturing his right fibula in a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.

Detroit Red Wings forward Jason Williams could miss two months after fracturing his right fibula in a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Williams crashed hard into the boards during the second period. The 29-year-old right winger was on the ice for several minutes before being helped to the dressing room. Williams was off to a relatively slow start with...

Hockey players know when they're around greatness. At least Kris Draper did in 2002. After his Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup that year, the longtime center made sure to get a couple autographed team jerseys.    He's glad he did.   "I'm framing those and holding onto those," he told Sporting News. "As of Monday, they're going...

DETROIT – Coach Mike Babcock has been down the injury road before, but not like the current path that his Red Wings are now forced to navigate. “I’ve had serious injuries before,” Babcock said. “I’ve never ha...

He played hockey in Waterford, growing up in the northern Oakland County burg in the 1970s—a decade of horrors when it came to his local team, the Detroit Red Wings. As he honed his skills as an adolescent and started depositing pucks into opposing goals with eye-popping frequency, the Red Wings were stumbling through the National Hockey League, soiling what had once been a tradition...

Steve Yzerman was nervous before making his NHL debut. In his first game, in 1983 at Winnipeg, Yzerman had a goal and an assist for the Detroit Red Wings.

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He played hockey in Waterford, growing up in the northern Oakland County burg in the 1970s—a decade of horrors when it came to his local team, the Detroit Red Wings...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Detroit Red Wings forward Jason Williams could miss two months after fracturing his right fibula in a 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman share at least two things in common. They won the Stanley Cup together with the Detroit Red Wings in 2002, and they are being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame together in 2009.This tremendous trio join already inducted Igor Larionov and coach Scotty Bowman. It is only a matter of time before teammates Chris Chelios, Dominik Hasek, Nicklas Lidstrom

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings will renew their Original Six rivalry in front of an illustrious crowd on Saturday on Hockey Night in Canada (6:30 p.m. ET, CBC, CBCSports.ca).

Once a high-powered offensive juggernaut, the Red Wings have used defense to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season.