Do you remember Austin Czarnik? Every week, we’ll look at a forgotten Calgary Flames player in the weekly series “A Flame From the Past.” Of course, the player had to have played a significant number of games for the Flames – at least a full season.
In 34 games last season for the Detroit Red Wings, Austin Czarnik was collecting one point. This season in the Swiss National League, Czarnik is collecting points at a league-leading pace.
Filip Zadina undoubtedly hopes to find the net in Switzerland with more frequency than he lit the lamp in the NHL. That hasn’t yet with Zadina boasting one goal in four games with Davos.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
We’ve arrived on Day 10 of the NHL’s unrestricted free agency period, and it’s safe to say most of the activity is behind us. Practically every free agent of note has signed with one of the league’s 32 teams.
It seems the NHL is in a good place. Ratings are up, talent levels are high, and the league added two teams to get up to 32 in the not-too-distant past.
General manager Steve Yzerman undoubtedly longs for the day when his top prospects are digging deep to help their Detroit Red Wings claw their way back
GRAND RAPIDS — Being a coach in the American Hockey League means understanding that it’s difficult to teach consistency. All you can do is point players in the right direction.
With the NHL regular season over for the Detroit Red Wings, it looks like they are trying to send a player down in time for the American Hockey League postseason.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Believe it or not, it could have been worse for the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. The bad news began before the game, when Patrick Kane and Austin Czarnik were pregame scratches due to illness.
I’m sure if you asked most NHL players whether they’d want to make the playoffs or miss but get better in the long run by doing so, most players would take the playoffs.
Coach Derek Lalonde’s lineup shake-up continued this morning with Austin Czarnik called up from the Grand Rapids Griffins to replace Daniel Sprong on the Detroit Red Wings’ fourth line Czarnik presumably will play alongside Jonatan Berggren and Christian Fischer tonight against the Arizona Coyotes.
On Saturday, the Red Wings announced that both Joe Veleno and Christian Fischer will return to the lineup Sunday against Boston. With Fischer being on injured reserve, at least one player would likely be sent back down.