Two Goals And A Cloud Of Suck
I don't remember the exact statistic, but in 2009 Chris Osgood was like 55-0-0 when the Wings scored 3 goals. That's astounding, especially when you consider I made it up. But as with so many things with life when you're not quite a pharmacist's mate (good job Okie)? Specifics don't really matter. We actually argued about that ditty way back when, way...
In case you haven’t noticed, Jimmy Howard has become an elite goaltender for the Wings
You know what? Jimmy Howard has become an elite goaltender and the majority of Detroit fans probably haven’t noticed.
The goaltending position in Detroit has always been a touchy subject as its right there with being a Tigers closer or Lions starting quarterback. And whether it was Chris Osgood, Dominic Hasek, Curtis Joesph or everyone’s favorite during the early 90′s Tim Cheveldale...
Red Wings consultant Chris Osgood answers ‘Five Questions’
NHL.com's Dan Rosen spoke to Red Wings goaltending mentor/scout/part-time goalie coach/consultant Chris Osgood recently, asking Osgood "Five Questions" about his post-playing career and his take on Jimmy Howard's performance thus far:
Do you like the role you have with the Red Wings as a goalie consultant, and has it been a difficult adjustment after playing...
Holmstrom makes retirement official
DETROIT Former Detroit Red Wings Kris Draper and Chris Osgood were relaxing in the sauna one day several years ago when Tomas Holmstrom came up to talk.
It was vintage Homer, the lovable Swede with the broken English.
I cant seem to get out of (coach) Scotty Bowmans dog yard, Holmstrom told his two teammates. Sometimes he sits me, sometimes he doesnt play me. Im always in the...
The Red Wings Indoctrination: That Time I Decided to Make My Significant Other a Series Subject
Editors Note: This is a series that will run throughout the Red Wings season as Andrew attempts the treacherous journey of teaching his significant other about hockey, the NHL, the Detroit Red Wings and why the shootout is stupid. Check back regularly for updates on the process and anecdotes about how no matter what happens, Patrick Roy was never as good as Chris Osgood.
That whole...
Detroit Red Wings: Alumni Team Raises over $100,000 for Slain Officer’s Family
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Free Press
By Rhys Richards (@RREsq)
On Friday night, the Red Wings Alumni team took on the Heroes in Blue at Compuware Arena in an effort to raise money for the family of police officer Patrick O’Rourke. More than 4,000 people attended the event.
The Joe Kocur Foundation for Children teamed up with the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association and the...
Lockout or no lockout, Red Wings continue working with Salvation Army
I have to give the Red Wings major "props" for ensuring that while they can't combine charitable efforts with their players, the team's still employing Kirk Maltby, Kris Draper, Chris Osgood, Jiri Fischer, Chris Chelios, Ken Holland, Mike Babcock and Ken Kal to fill the void in terms of charitable endeavors. Tomorrow (a.k.a. Tuesday, December 11th), the vast majority...
The Red Wings will probably cancel training camp soon, but will hold youth camp in TC
Via RedWingsCamps on Twitter, and per the Red Wings' website, the Wings are all but certain to cancel training camp over the course of the next day or two, but they plan on at least holding a youth hockey camp at Centre Ice Arena this weekend, and assistant coach Bill Peters, former Wings Chris Chelios and Chris Osgood, video coach Keith McKittrick and goalie coach Jim Bedard...
Is Detroit Red Wings Thomas McCollum on His Way Out the Door?
When Thomas McCollum was drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings in 2008, some thought that he would be a potential successor in goal to Chris Osgood.
Four years later, the native of Amherst, New York is now battling just to remain with the Grand Rapids Griffins, writes MLive’s Brendan Savage.
Since 2008, the Red Wings have never had any major issues...
Chris Osgood takes latest ‘Operation Bobblehead: Alumni Edition’ vote
From the Red Wings' PR department:
GOALIE CHRIS OSGOOD WINS LATEST ROUND OF OPERATION: BOBBLEHEAD – ALUMNI EDITION
… Online Balloting Recommences Tomorrow at DetroitRedWings.com …
Detroit, MI… Three-time Stanley Cup champion Chris Osgood, one of only ten goaltenders in NHL history to have won 400 career games, has emerged victorious from...
The Essentials - Detroit Red Wing Edition
As some of you might have seen, Puck Daddy has been asking bloggers for every NHL team to tell them who are The Essentials for their franchises — everything from the defining player and trade, to the indispensable fan traditions. We we're asked to represent the DRW and this is what we came up with. Feel free to disagree, like 1/2 the Yahoo users did.
Credit to Puck Daddy...
Two NHL alumni games at the Winter Classic promise twice the nostalgia
Alumni games are always fun. It's great for fans to see the players of their youth lace up the skates again, and it's a blast for the guys to go back out on the ice where they made their livlihoods, this time for fun. Franchises get to re-live the moments that made them great, and the host team gets a chance to sell a ton of tickets, most of which are more affordable than...
Wings, Leafs alumni squads to play double dip
Detroit -- Some of the greatest players in Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs history will be skating in a doubleheader of the Alumni Showdown as part of the 2012 Hockeytown Winter Festival.
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park, former Red Wings Joe Kocur, Dino Ciccarelli, Alex Delvecchio and Ted Lindsay were joined by former Maple Leafs Kevin Maguire, Wendel Clark...
Red Wings overnight report: Parise and Suter speculation trumps news about the Wings’ draft haul
The Detroit Red Wings drafted six players during rounds 2-7 of the 2012 Draft on Saturday, and thanks to an incredibly industrious MSM and RedWingsCentral’s Matthew Wuest, my initial background entries about Martin Frk, Jake Paterson, Andreas Athanasiou, Mike McKee, James De Haas and Rasmus Bodin gave way to a central repository of stories that was updated 17 times over the course...
Drapes and Ozzie take an ‘exhausting’ trip to join the Red Wings’ front office at the draft
On an evening of rumors, rumors and more rumors which will give way to a Friday and Saturday equally salted with a dump truck’s worth of, “You know, 99% of these don’t pan out, especially given that every major player agent and every general manager is using the electronic media to test the waters while a hundred of ‘em are in the same building” draft trade/free agent speculation...
Red Wings exec Kris Draper’s number retired…by his high school
Red Wings fans might be more apt to suggest, or at least hope, that their team might somehow find a way to honor the contributions made by Darren McCarty, Kirk Maltby, Kris Draper, Chris Osgood and, assuming his playing days are done, Tomas Holmstrom to the team’s 4 Stanley Cup championships—some sort of banner honoring the quartet, if not the opening of a Tigers-style “Hall...
What do the Red Wings need to fix?
After going out in the first round after just five games, the Detroit Red Wings have raised a fair amount of eyebrows by fans and the media alike. One main question looms: What do they need to fix? Is it minor tweaks, an addition here, a subtraction there? Or is it a complete overhaul?One thing is for certain, the Red Wings will be shopping around for a top four defenseman to fill...
Wait, what? The Mule has all the answers as to why the Red Wings lost their mojo?
MLive’s Ansar Khan spoke to Red Wings forward Johan Franzen about both his disappointing 2011-2012 season and playoffs and his team’s stumbles from February onward, and, well…While Khan says that the Wings’ free agency shopping list does indeed include all of my hopes in that damn bottom-six winger with size to mash and grind on the fourth line, the top-pair defenseman the...
Kris Draper, Chris Osgood, Scotty Bowman, Wayne Gretzky talk about Steve Yzerman’s 1996 2OT GWG
From We All Bleed Red on YouTube and TSN, Red Wings execs Kris Draper and Chris Osgood, former coach Scotty Bowman, NHL analyst Darren Pang and one Wayne Gretzky all recollect the circumstances surrounding the most famous goal of Steve Yzerman’s career, his double OT winner against the St. Louis Blues in 1996:
Kings get over the hump, reach second round
A team that so often wore their opponents down with smothering defensive play continued the franchise's tradition for dramatic endings.
With the amount of poise they've showed during their five consecutive playoff road wins, their current advancement is practically being sold by The Most Interesting Man In The World, pardon any advertisements.
"We don't always...
Kings get over the hump, reach second round
A team that so often wore their opponents down with smothering defensive play continued the franchise's tradition for dramatic endings.
With the amount of poise they've showed during their five consecutive playoff road wins, their current advancement is practically being sold by The Most Interesting Man In The World, pardon any advertisements.
"We don't always...
Detroit Red Wings: It’s Not Time to Panic Yet in Hockeytown
The inevitable has happened yet again: the Detroit Red Wings have entered the Stanley Cup Playoffs. As hockey fans in Detroit, we bleed red and white. We hang on every moment of every game and we wait with bated breath to get our opportunity to heave octopi towards the ice. We have been spoiled by success, much like baseball fans in New York, or basketball fans in L.A. Yet...
The end of the Wings as we know them?
From about mid-February onward, and even if the Red Wings don’t win another playoff game this spring, I have and will continue to maintain the opinion that the Wings’ conscious decision to not replace the leadership of Kris Draper, Chris Osgood and Brian Rafalski on the ice, bench and in the locker room, the turnover that is breaking in two assistant coaches at the NHL level...
Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry revival?
By MICHAEL J. HAPPYFOXSportsDetroit.com
DETROIT -- Gone are the goalie wars of the 1990s. Patrick Roy, Mike Vernon and Chris Osgood have all hung up their skates.
Claude Lemieux and Darren McCarty are retired, too. They've even become buddies of sorts, teamed up for a series of public appearances last year to sign autographs and talk about their infamous fight of March 1997...
An Hour With Osgood
Paul again for George…
via FS Detroit, He was a member of three Stanley Cup teams in Detroit and finished with 401 career victories, 10th overall in the NHL.
His 317 victories with the Red Wings is second only to Terry Sawchuk’s 352.
His career save percentage (.905) and goals-against average (2.49) were also solid.
All might eventually add up to a spot in the Hockey Hall...
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