Red Wings Prospect Paces Norwegian Victory

This performance was following up on a strong start to the SHL preseason with Skelleftea in which the 6-foot-1, 198-pound right-winger scored in each of the club’s first two games.

Along with Japan, Norway is in Group F with Great Britain and Denmark. Norway faces Great Britain on Friday with a 9:30 a.m. ET puck drop.

Red Wings 2022 top draftee Marco Kasper and Austria are squaring off with Slovakia in Group D action at noon ET. Only the first-place finisher in each group qualifies for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

If you want to catch these future Red Wings in action, you can live stream all of the pre-Olympic qualifiers here.

Former Red Wings Player Moving To Germany

After six seasons playing in the KHL, former Red Wings forward Teemu Pulkkinen will again be wearing wings this season. He’s joining Schwenninger Wild Wings of Germany’s DEL.

“I have heard a lot of good things about German ice hockey,” Pulkkinen said in a release from the team. “I’m looking forward to playing in Wild Wings.”

Pulkkinen, 32, spent the 2023-24 season with Kunlun Red Star of the KHL. Previously, he’d seen service in the league with Dinamo Minsk, Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and Traktor Chelyabinsk. He was the only Finnish player in the KHL last season.

The left-winger spent 70 games with the Red Wings from 2013-16, producing 11-9-20 totals. He also was with the Grand Rapids Griffins for three seasons, winning an AHL Calder Cup title in 2012-13. Pulkkinen counted back-to-back 30+ goal campaigns with the Griffins in 2013-14 and 2014-15.