Jiri Hudler News

Detroit - The Detroit Red Wings followed their new game plan perfectly. Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift Detroit to a 2-1 victory that ended the San Jose Sharks' six-game win streak.

ESPN the Magazine posted a teaser of an EJ Hradek article with a now-familiar theme for Red Wings fans, especially given Jimmy Devellano's hard-line approach to "selling" drama in Detroit: November 5, ESPN : In Detroit, where changing times and a sour economy have taken a mighty toll, one city fixture has remained remarkably reliable: the Red ...

Hockey fans of a certain vintage a ' i.e. those who can remember when there were ties in the game a ' are familiar with the period in the early- and mid-1990s, when collecting players from the Edmonton Oilers' dynasty became something of an obsession around the NHL.

Making the switch to Chris Osgood proved to be the correct move. Osgood won his second consecutive game by stopping all 20 shots he faced and five-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom scored from beyond center ice as the Detroit Red Wings advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 3-0 triumph over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 ...

Valterri Filppula, left, is among the players the Detroit Red Wings are counting on to compensate for the 82 goals they lost with the departures of Marian Hossa, right, Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson.

Like the last time the Blackhawks faced the Detroit Red Wings, they had the defending Stanley Cup champions right where they wanted them.

Of the eight Red Wings skaters who didn't finish Detroit's 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche with a minus rating , Patrick Eaves' inclusion on the Darren Helm-centered fourth line seemed to do the most to prop up what has been, until Saturday, anyway, a disappointing and sometimes defensively liable line.

Red Wings vice president Jimmy Devellano spoke to The Fan 590's Roger Lajoie on Friday night, discussing everything from struggling franchises in the sunbelt to the economic difficulties all teams in the United States face, Detroit included and the Red Wings' struggles, all during a massive 34-minute interview, and his comments regarding Detroit's ...

Since leaving the Red Wings after the 2006-07 season, Robert Lang has made a home in Chicago and Montreal.

Valtteri Filppula admitted to an acute case of the butterflies. Getting your first taste of the National Hockey League post-season will do that to a young fellow.

The Montreal Gazette's Red Fisher paid tribute to long-time Canadiens defenseman Chris Chelios on the day which he began his AHL career, but this Red Wings-related quote from fellow former Wing Darren McCarty sticks out because...It's unbelievably accurate: October 12, Montreal Gazette : When Chelios was traded from Chicago to Detroit, right-winger ...

Red Wings coach Mike Babcock appeared on The Fan 590 on Friday, suggesting to Darren Millard and Doug MacLean that coaching Team Canada's 2010 Olympic team is not in fact the hardest challenge in his career, that the Red Wings do miss Jiri Hudler's goal-scoring despite the fact that he's not exactly the most naturally talented hockey player, his ...

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals hope to get back on the winning track when they pay a visit to Hockeytown Saturday night for a battle with the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.

FYI: According to Sportsnet's Chris Nichols, estranged Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler has rebounded from a difficult start in the KHL to post 7 goals and 6 assists in 15 games with Dynamo Moscow.

The Detroit Red Wings found out today that forward Johan Franzen will be out at least four months after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Thursday's 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

The season is less than two weeks old and the Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals already face challenges heading into their matchup Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Franzen's goalscoring will be sorely missed. Ouch. Things just got a whole lot worse for the Detroit Red Wings.

Goalie Chris Osgood predicts the reshaped Detroit Red Wings will end up contending for the Stanley Cup with a new emphasis on defense to make up for the scoring they lost in the offseason.The looked good Thursday as Kris Draper and Johan Franzen scored 1:34 apart late in the second period and put Detroit ahead in a 3-2 win over the Chicago ...

Suppose they held a spectacle and a hockey game broke out? That's exactly what happened yesterday afternoon at Wrigley Field.

The defending Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings will get their 2009-10 season underway in Sweden as they battle the St.