Yardbarker: Kirk Maltby

Ten questions about the NHL's stellar rookie class

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:37:09 -0500

If the NHL's 2009-10 freshman class was actually a freshman class, we'd have some players acing their exams on the fast-track to grad school, some players sleeping through class and some players who probably should have spent the semester backpacking through Europe instead of wasting their parents' money. Here are 10 questions about the NHL's rookie crop so far this season; a deep and interesting collection of different talents that's made handicapping the Calder Trophy qu...

Maltby off to a quick start offensively

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:36:00 -0500

DETROIT – Kirk Maltby’s goal Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings marked his second of the season, making it the fastest that he’s reached that total to start a year since 2002-03 when he scored two goals along with an assist i...

Wings' Kirk Maltby isn't thinking about retirement yet

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:05:13 -0500

The 2009-10 season could be his last in the NHL. But the gritty Red Wings forward isn't accepting any retirement gifts just yet.

Wings' pair get a kick on links in pro-am

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:53:00 -0500

Red Wings forward Kirk Maltby admires his drive off the 18th tee at Warwick Hills during the Buick Open Pro-Am on Wednesday. GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- Dan Cleary and Ki...

Wings trio add Hockeytown feel to Buick

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:35:00 -0500

DETROIT -- Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, and forwards Dan Cleary and Kirk Maltby will participate in Wednesday's Pure Michigan Pro-Am, which marks the start of the final Buick Open at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Michigan this weekend. ...

Pens and Red Wings go one more time for Cup

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:26:42 -0500

DETROIT (AP) -- Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Osgood and Kirk Maltby spread out like a perfectly shaped triangle in the Detroit Red Wings dressing room and tried to explain how Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals is really like any other game.

Sidney Crosby Being Sidney Crosby

Sun, 31 May 2009 15:29:01 -0500

((HT: NHL/NBC))

A little post-game "jousting" as Eddie Olczyk put it...

Sid The Kid was not happy with how the Red Wings Kirk Maltby chased after him all game long. When the game was over, Crosby decided a little love tap around the ankles would be a good reminder of his displeasure as they get ready for Game 2.

Crosby's head better be on a swivel...

Tuesday Night Scores

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:43:58 -0500

Tonight was the final game in the 3 game mini-pack that I purchased with a buddy and tonight’s game was a doozy between the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Best $1 Player In History Hits A Milestone

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:11:54 -0500

Kris Draper played in his 1000th NHL game this week. While a feat only reached by 200 or so players, most casual sports fans still think he

Wings Would Be Wise To Leave Avs History For Everyone Else To Drudge Up

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:16:29 -0500

The Red Wings have played the Colorado Avalanche five times in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Twice have they won -- and both years they did, the Wings captured the Cup. In two of the three years that the Avs beat the Red Wings, Colorado won the Cup. And I have just wasted about five seconds of your time with that first paragraph, unless you believe in omens and history repeating itself and all that other superstitious nonsense. Oh -- I forgot. We're talking hockey, a sport with playoff bea...

Happy B-Day D-Mac

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:42:49 -0500

Kris Draper left the room early Tuesday to get some tests on his sore groin, but apparently not before passing the baton, so to speak, to Kirk Maltby. Maltby executed a perfect sneak attack on Darren McCarty, smothering his one-time Grind Line linemate with a towel full of shaving cream during his TV interview. It is McCarty's 36th birthday.