Despite all the talk about Zetterberg, Ericsson, and Conklin struggling this year, to me one player has stood out as being especially terrible: Dan Cleary.   He’s been on the top two lines for the entire first two months of the season and had a paltry six points going into Saturday’s game.  He’s a team worst -3 and has what appears to my eyes to be million turnovers.   He’s...

"If I’m Dan Cleary, I worry about forecheck, penalty killing, getting to the net.  I don’t spend any time thinking about goal-scoring. You’d be amazed at how everything works out from there." --Mike BabcockThat quote comes to us from Khan(!) this morning.  We know that everyone's favorite Newfie is having some trouble producing this year...and hell, Chris is even digging...

The Detroit Red Wings have announced that right winger Dan Cleary will be out of the lineup for at least four weeks due to injury. Cleary fractured his ankle, and will not be able to play for the Red Wings. This injury comes a week after Detroit lost their superstar center Pavel Datsyuk. Cleary, 32,  leads the team with 16 goals in 35 games so far this season, and he is fifth on...

If I read one more thing about Dan Cleary's goal being controversial, I'm going to flip out

Dan Cleary gets the game winner in Game 7 for Detroit. The Red Wings advance to the Western Conference Finals to play another Original 6 team in the Chicago Blackhawks.Enjoy...((HT: FS Red Wings))

Dan Cleary By The Numbers highlights  the Detroit Red Wings on-ice accomplishments in the 2009-10 season. Each week, By The Numbers will profile a different ...

DETROIT -- The Stanley Cup didn't make Dan Cleary a different man. But it just might have made him a different player. Last season, Cleary was in the background as Detroit bulled its way to the Stanley Cup. He scored just three points i...

As a kid, the Red Wings forward envisioned scoring the winning goal in a pivotal Game 7. So it wasn't exactly the way Dan Cleary envisioned it as a kid on skates, dreaming big dreams, picturing scoring the winning goal in a pivotal Game 7.

Dan Cleary's second goal of the game broke a third-period tie and began a four-goal rally to lift the Detroit Red Wings past the St. Louis Blues 7-3 on Wednesday.

Another game, another two points. I'd say Detroit played a solid 53 minutes in regulation, then dominated the OT. It was just enough. Hopefully that bonus point to Vancouver doesn't come back to haunt us.Jump for an actual recap I gave Ericsson a ton of crap earlier this year for all of his mistakes. I also said that Kindl was the better of the two. Lately, that has switched...

Red Wings forward Dan Cleary is among the 46 players invited to Team Canada's orientation camp in August. Cleary Highlights On Thursday, Hockey Canada and  ex...

The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout. Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows and Mason Raymond scored for the Canucks. For the Red Wings, Dan Cleary, Jiri Hudler and Drew Miller scored. Brad Stuart also picked up 2 assists. In the shootout, Alex Edler and Mason Raymond both missed while Pavel Datsyuk and Jiri Hudler both scored to give the Red Wings the win....

The Detroit Red Wings continued their streak of good hockey into Vancouver on Thursday night, and picked up two points in the process.  The defending Western Conference Champion Canucks came into this game with the best record in the Northwest Division, and only three points back of Detroit for the most points in the West. Needless to say, Detroit got what they came for.  Detroit...

Detroit Red Wings forward Dan Cleary will miss at least a month after suffering a fractured left ankle during Sunday's win at Minnesota.

NEW YORK -- Dan Cleary scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:03 left, and Jimmy Howard made 28 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.

DETROIT -- The Stanley Cup didn't make Dan Cleary a different man. But it just might have made him a different player. Last season, Cleary was in the background as Detroit bulled its way to the Stanley Cup. He scored just three points i...

For the second time in three games this season the Red Wings needed extra time to down the Coyotes. The scoring was started off early as red hot forward Dan Cleary netted a goal for the Wings who jumped out to the quick lead. However, following two Phoenix tallies the Wings found themselves trailing 2-1 entering the third period. Team captain, and leading scorer amongst all NHL defenseman...

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock says Dan Cleary will be out for about a month because of a separated shoulder. Cleary was injured Wednesday night in Detroit's loss to the St. Louis Blues. The forward has 16 points this season, trailing Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk on the team. Cleary had 40-plus points the previous three seasons for the Red Wings.

Dan Cleary collected three points to guide the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 win over the hometown Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.

Drew Miller scored with 4:15 remaining in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday night. Dan Cleary and Jiri Hudler also scored for Detroit, which has won 12 of its last 15 games. Ryan Jones and Jordan Eberle had Edmonton's goals. The Oilers have lost four in a row and nine of 11. Detroit started the scoring four and a half minutes into...

Pittsburgh -- Despite missing Monday's practice because of a "lower-body" injury, Red Wings forward Dan Cleary confirmed he will play Tuesday night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

At 32 years old, Dan Cleary isn’t exactly a spring chicken. But he’s still six years shy of long-time Red Wing Tomas Holmstrom, who has established himself as the most effective player in the league in front of the goal. read more.

The Detroit Red Wings needed a 3:14 span late in the third period to earn their fourth straight win. Dan Cleary's second goal of the game broke a third-period tie and began a four-goal rally to lift the Red Wings past the St. Louis Blues 7-3 on Wednesday night. Cleary also stretched his goal streak to six games and his points streak to career-high eight games (eight goals, four assists for 12...

How bout shooting? In a rare feat, a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Vancouver Canucks turned out to be boring. The Red Wings played like Rogers Arena was their home rink while the Canucks couldn’t shake off the rust and the bad habits they carried over from January. Detroit carried the play in this game and frankly the Canucks were lucky to escape with a point. It...

The Red Wings have an extra day off after the All-Star weekend, they will be back in action Wednesday February 3rd. The Ottawa Senators, currently 5th place in the Northeast division, will host the Red Wings on a day that could be confused with Christmas if it's the first game back for the likes of Pavel Datsyuk and Dan Cleary. Datsyuk was averaging better then a point...