The Red Wings just made things official. More Tweets and stuff to come between now and the scrimmage at 6 PM (on FSD and WXYT AM):
Henrik Zetterberg presented with a new letter for his jersey tonight. #RedWings #Unlocked twitter.com/MiHockeyNow/st…
— MiHockey (@MiHockeyNow) January 15, 2013
Update: Officially, officially official: Continue reading "It’s official: Henrik Zetterberg is the Red Wings’ captain"
Via Fox Sports Detroit
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January 14, 2013
PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The Red Wings don't do things by accident, so it wasn't an accident that in the 2002-03 season they put rookie Henrik Zetterberg next to Steve Yzerman in the dressing room.
When the Wings take the ice for Tuesday's Red-White Game, it will likely be the first time that Zetterberg's sweater has the captain's 'C' on it.
It's hardly...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
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January 15, 2013
PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- It was nearly impossible to get Nick Lidstrom angry.
Henrik Zetterberg, on the other hand, could be a different story as the new Red Wings captain, which was officially announced at a press conference before Tuesday's Red-White scrimmage game at Compuware Arena.
Nothing ever bothered Lidstrom. He wasn't upset when Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby...
Via AP on Fox
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January 15, 2013
The Detroit Red Wings have chosen Henrik Zetterberg as their captain, replacing retired defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom.
The announcement came as little surprise. Detroit made it official at a news conference Tuesday before a public scrimmage at Compuware Arena in Plymouth, where the Red Wings have been holding training camp.
The 32-year-old Zetterberg has been an alternate captain...
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January 14, 2013
(Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. With AP Photos.) By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer Henrik Zetterberg has some big skates to fill.
The Detroit Red Wings are expected to officially name Zetterberg their captain soon, and he's already been leading the team on the ice during practices this week.
Zetterberg deflected questions Tuesday about the honor everyone in the Motor City knows...
Via The Capital Sports Report
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January 13, 2013
By Anthony Caruso III
The Capital Sports Report
Owner/Managing Editor/Sr. Writer
The Detroit Red Wings will have a new captain on Tuesday. Henrik Zetterberg
At the Red and White game on Tuesday night at 6 pm, the Red Wings will introduce Henrik Zetterberg as the new team captain. He will become the 36th captain in the team’s history.
He replaces Nicklas Lidstrom, who retired in...
Via The Detroit Sports Site
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January 14, 2013
The Detroit Red Wings are ready to share the worst-kept secret in Hockeytown: Henrik Zetterberg will inherit the team’s captaincy, which came open when Nicklas Lidstrom retired.
Chuck Pleiness of the Macomb Daily confirmed the news — the Red Wings will make it official on Tuesday.
“It’s a great choice,” Danny Cleary said after the second day of training camp. “He would...
Via The Detroit Sports Site
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January 15, 2013
The Detroit Red Wings, as expected, named Henrik Zetterberg captain on Tuesday, making the veteran forward just the third team captain since 1986. Zetterberg replaced Nicklas Lidstrom in that role — Lidstrom retired last summer following the Wings’ playoff loss to Nashville.
Zetterberg talked with the NHL Network about what the honor meant and how he expects to lead in the locker...
Via The Hockey Guys
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January 16, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg was announced as the Detroit Red Wings new captain on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Via the Detroit Red Wings Twitter account.
By Rhys Richards (@RREsq)
On Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings announced superstar forward Henrik Zetterberg as the team’s third captain in 28 years. Zetterberg will take over for retired legend Nicklas Lidstrom and former mentor, nearby locker...
Via Kukla's Korner
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January 13, 2013
If you missed it in the first training camp, day 1 post, the Free Press's Helene St. James reported that the Red Wings will officially name Henrik Zetterberg their captain on Tuesday, and that Tomas Holmstrom will probably officially retire on Thursday or Friday...
The Red Wings are starting their campaign to win back fans angered by the lockout by having a free Red and...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
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January 13, 2013
PLYMOUTH, Mich. It's quite the luxury to begin your NHL career playing on a line with Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg.
But that's what new Red Wing Damien Brunner will experience this week.
"That's the easiest thing in the world," Zetterberg said about playing with Datsyuk.
Zetterberg is used to playing with Datsyuk but for Brunner it's going to...
Via HockeyBuzz
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January 15, 2013
Later this afternoon at a press conference at the Compuware Sports Arena prior to this evening's Red/White Intrasquad scrimmage, the Detroit Red Wings will formally introduce Henrik Zetterberg as the new captain of the hockey club, in place of the retired Nicklas Lidstrom.
The 32-year old Zetterberg is entering his tenth season in the National Hockey League, all with the Red...
Via Kukla's Korner
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January 15, 2013
As you and I wait for official confirmation that the Red Wings have named Henrik Zetterberg their new captain, and we either make our way to Compuware Arena for tonight's 6 PM scrimmage (on Fox Sports Detroit and WXYT AM), I thought I might try to offer you some tide-you-over observations and comments regarding the news stories that got stuck in the practice post and were otherwise...
Via It's Always Sunny in Detroit
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January 14, 2013
Via foxsports.com
Seven years ago, Nicklas Lidstrom took the torch from 20-year captain from Steve Yzerman. On Tuesday, Henrik Zetterberg will be taking the torch from Lidstrom.
The Red Wings will make the official announcement in a press conference Tuesday shortly before 5pm. Teammate Dan Cleary said that Zetterberg is the right choice. ”He would be a unanimous vote in here...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
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January 15, 2013
PLYMOUTH, Mich. A capacity crowd, a new captain and the NHL back at it made it a successful night at Compuware Arena in Plymouth.
A crowd estimated at 4,000 came out to watch the Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins play in the Red-White Game Tuesday night.
There were so many fans who came out that they had to turn some away when the parking lot was full just after the gates opened...
Via Kukla's Korner
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January 13, 2013
Well now. The first and second Red Wings training camp, day 1 posts seem to have run out of room, so here's a roundup of this evening's news stories as they relate to the first day of the Wings' abbreviated training camp.
The Wings' Facebook Day 1 photo gallery is bigger than the one on their website, and, via RedWingsFeed, the Windsor Star's Dax Melmer posted...
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