Red Wings’ Chris Chelios wants to work toward a different kind of player development job
Red Wings executive Chris Chelios has been mentoring the organization's top defensive prospects for some time now, and over the past two seasons, he's begun to help the Grand Rapids Griffins' coaches hold practice on increasingly regular bases. This week, Chelios is taking partin Wayne Gretzky's fantasy hockey camp in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he spoke to NHL.com'...
Red Wings late evening news: on Chelios, Schultz and Parise
The Red Wings are going to move quickly to fill the assistant coaching vacancy created by Jeff Blashill’s demotion to the Grand Rapids Griffins, and while it’s assumed that the Wings will look internally to find a candidate to succeed Blashill, Red Wings executive and player mentor Chris Chelios tells the Macomb Daily’s Chuck Pleiness that he’s not interested in the job:...
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Eddie Vedder, Chris Chelios perform karaoke
If you happened to be one of the lucky patrons hanging out at Stanley’s Kitchen & Tap in Lincoln Park this past Sunday, then you can attest that it was one of the greatest nights in the history of karaoke after Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and retired NHL great Chris Chelios teamed up to handle The Band’s The Weight while recently retired Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood looked...
Los Angeles Kings D Drew Doughty reminding coach Darryl Sutter of Chris Chelios
Darryl Sutter knows a thing or two about great defencemen.
Granted, he played forward, he’s coached some talent from the Chicago Blackhawks. More specifically, Chris Chelios.
According to L.A. Kings Insider, Sutter had some kind words about the 22-year-old blue liner:
“Drew, he has done a good job. That’s the thing I like about Drew, the way he plays against top...
Chelios enters U.S. Hockey Hall
Chris Chelios is officially a Hall of Famer.
On Monday night in Chicago, Chelios was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame along with Keith Tkachuk, Gary Suter, Mike Emrick and Ed Snider.
"The fact that it's in Chicago, just (Sunday) night I'd seen people I hadn't seen for 35 years growing up in the neighborhood in Chicago, Evergreen Park," Chelios said...
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December 13, 2011
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Former Badger inducted into U.S. Hockey HOF
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chris Chelios led a class of five inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.
The three-time Norris Trophy winner and four-time Olympian was joined by fellow defenseman Gary Suter, who played with Chelios at the University of Wisconsin and for the Chicago Blackhawks, forward Keith Tkachuk, Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider and broadcaster Mike Emrick...
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December 12, 2011
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Chelios leads class of 5 into US hockey hall
Chris Chelios led a class of five inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.
The three-time Norris Trophy winner and four-time Olympian was joined by fellow defenseman Gary Suter, who played with Chelios at the University of Wisconsin and for the Chicago Blackhawks, forward Keith Tkachuk, Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider and broadcaster Mike Emrick.
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December 12, 2011
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Red Wings’ Chris Chelios finds that time doesn’t necessarily heal all wounds
Red Wings player mentor (and the best-ever U.S. hockey player?) Chris Chelios visited his former employer, the Chicago Blackhawks, prior to his induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame tonight, and he received a feting that almost left him uncomfortable some twelve-and-a-half years after he agreed to be traded away from his hometown team. As Chelios told the Chicago Daily Herald’s...
US Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Chris Chelios, the greatest US-born player ever?
On Monday in Chicago, Red Wings player mentor and former Wings, Blackhawks, Canadiens and Thrashers defenseman Chris Chelios will be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Chicago Tribune’s Steve Rosenbloom suggests that the US HHOF is welcoming its ultimate inductee:
I don’t know what USA Hockey plans to say about Chris Chelios on Monday night. I’m not sure how...
Minnesota Wild Sign 51 Year-Old Goalie
This is amazing.
Move over Chris Chelios, you are no longer the oldest player to grace the NHL. Yesterday afternoon, the Minnesota Wild were without a backup goaltender and were forced to sign 51 year-old Paul Deutsch to an amateur tryout contract. Nicklas Backstrom was out of the lineup due to personal reasons and by the time the 21 year-old Matt Hackett was recalled from the AHL’s...
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