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Facing a business climate akin to a nuclear winter, an unemployment rate three times the national average, and home values slightly below the cost of the materials used to build them, Detroit isn't a place you're likely to consider restarting your career.

Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski has to sit out tonight's tilt against his former employer, the New Jersey Devils, due to a back injury, and he told the Bergen Record's Tom Gulitti that he has to tread lightly after missing time with the same injury last season: December 5, Bergen Record : "We see how it responds today," he said "Maybe tomorrow.

Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom has very admittedly struggled to produce offense during Detroit's inconsistent start to the 2009-2010 season, registering one goal and 4 assists in 24 games.

Larry Murphy, booed by Leafs fans, was traded to the Red Wings and became a Stanley Cup champion.

"It's never a clear topic because when you watch these hits, not live, but in our case after it's been dissected and slowed down in video we still don't have a consensus of whether it was a clean hit or dirty hit, whether the player was vulnerable or helpless or whether the player was showing a lack of hockey sense in having his head down." -- ...

The Hockey Hall of Fame, the majestic stone structure at the corner of this metropolis' Yonge and Front streets, has become a second home not only for Canadian legends but also a steady flow in the past decade from Pittsburgh, from Mario Lemieux to Paul Coffey, Ron Francis, Joe Mullen, Larry Murphy, Bob Johnson, Craig Patrick, Mike Lange and ...

When they are enshrined together Monday in Toronto, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman could represent the most gifted class in the history of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The Sporting News's Craig Custance spoke to Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland about his 2001-2002 Stanley Cup-winning team's status as one whose players continue their march into the Hockey Hall of Fame when Steve Yzerman, Luc Robitaille, and Brett Hull are inducted on Monday.

Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom hit the 1,000-point mark via his second assist in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, and Lidstrom reiterated something he'd stated repeatedly during his pre-Swedish trip conference call--if he couldn't reach the four-digit club in Sweden, he wanted to do so "at home," as he told the Free Press's Helene ...

The Detroit Free Press reports that the CCHA and USA Hockey chose to push "Hockey Day in Michigan" and "Hockey Weekend Across America" up to the last weekend of January in no small part due to the NHL's Olympic scheduling break: October 14, Detroit Free Press : The fifth annual Hockey Day in Michigan will be Jan.

"First of all, I didn't think I was going to reach 1,000 games, let alone, reaching 1,000 points.

Detroit News sportswriter Ted Kulfan presents all the unforgettable moments and personalities in the history of the Detroit Red Wings in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Stories about Steve Yzerman, Gordie Howe and Jiri Fischer, the rivalry with the Colorado Avalanche, and the glorious days at the Olympia are some of the highlights in the ...

Monday was supposed to be an off-day for the Red Wings, but coach Mike Babcock decided he didn't want coaches or players carrying around two losses to the Blues for an extra day.

Ken Daniels admits it's a bit selfish, but ... "I wish we were doing both games," Daniels said.

Larry Murphy's passion for auto racing rivals the Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman's love of hockey.

Jamie Samuelsen, a Detroit sports radio personality for nearly 15 years, blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 season.

I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 season.

Hockey News writer Edward Fraser distanced himself from the publication's prediction that the Detroit Red Wings will finish fourth in the Western Conference next season.

Tony Avelar / Associated Press In this Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, San Jose Sharks center Jeremy Roenick lines up for a face off.