Mattias Ritola News

Ville Leino's goal with 3:52 left broke a tie, and Darren Helm scored two short-handed goals to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

Quick update from the morning skate: Patrick Eaves is out with the flu and won't play tonight against the Avalanche.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fredrik Modin knocked in his own rebound with a backhand 3:12 into overtime to give the Blue Jackets a 1-0 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night at Nationwide Arena.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ville Leino was the last one off the ice after today's morning skate, but he'll apparently be watching the Detroit Red Wings' game from the press box tonight.

Sweden picked a veteran group, including four Red Wings, to try to defend the gold at the Vancouver Olympics.

The World Junior Championships began on Saturday in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Red Wings prospects Brian Lashoff and Tomas Tatar tangled in Team USA's 7-3 victory over Slovakia, but neither Lashoff nor Tatar fared in the scoring or took penalties.

After discussing Red Wings VP Steve Yzerman's performance as Hockey Canada's executive director for the 2010 Olympics with Scotty Bowman on Friday, the Ottawa Sun's Chris Stevenson edited his article to focus a little more on Yzerman's legacy as a player... December 27, Ottawa Sun : John Barrett, a big, rough-and-tumble defenceman, was a teammate ...

Detroit Red Wings forwards Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg, each out with a separated shoulder, skated Saturday morning, moving one step closer to returning to action.

Also on the active roster : C Mattias Ritola, D Jakub Kindl, G Chris Osgood. Jackets chat Aaron Portzline, noon Wednesday, dispatch.com/cbjchat Live Scoreboard Puck-rakers Blog Dispatch Blue Jackets beat reporters Aaron Portzline and Tom Reed keep you up to date with news and notes from on the ice and off.

Detroit -- Mattias Ritola was at the airport with the Grand Rapids Griffins , on their way back from a Texas road trip, when Red Wings general manager Ken Holland called him and told him to be at practice Tuesday and ready to play Wednesday.

Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi and defenseman Duncan Keith deflect a shot by Detroit Red Wings left wing Tomas Holmstrom during the first period of Wednesday's game in Detroit.

Grand Rapids Griffins forward Mattias Ritola hasn't exactly lit up the scoresheet during over the past season-and-a-half in the AHL, but the Red Wings, searching for a bit of an offensive lift, recalled Ritola on Tuesday in the hopes that the Swedish winger can provide a scoring punch.

Defenseman Brian Rafalski missed the Red Wings' morning skate Wednesday with the flu.

The Detroit Red Wings hope right wing Mattias Ritola can upgrade their skill level -- every little bit will help -- Wednesday against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena.

The Detroit Red Wings say they've recalled forward Mattias Ritola from the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins.

The Grand Rapids Griffins rolled over the San Antonio Rampage on Wednesday night, dropping San Antonio by a 4-2 tally in a Herculean effort--because Grand Rapids has been socked by over a foot's worth of lake effect snow over the past 72-or-so hours.

The Grand Rapids Griffins won for the first time in three games on Saturday, defeating the Peoria Rivermen by a 4-1 tally which is deceiving in two aspects: first, the Griffins scored goals three and four into an empty net, and second...they registered a total of 43 shots, firing 41 at Rivermen goaltender Hannu Toivonen.

The Grand Rapids Griffins posted their weekly press release on Monday, and all appears well at the "quarter pole": November 30, Griffinshockey.com : The Griffins reached the quarter pole of their 2009-10 season with Saturday's 2-1 win at Peoria, showing a 0.650 winning percentage that ranks third in the North Division, fourth in the Western ...

The Grand Rapids Griffins have fared particularly well in November, boasting a 6-and-2 record heading into Friday night's game against the Rockford IceHogs, but they find themselves mired in a two-game losing streak at present, dropping a 3-2 decision to Chicago on Wednesday and a 4-3 decision to Rockford on Friday.

RedWingsCentral's Matthew Wuest has issued his first in-season prospect ranking list, and he names Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Jakub Kindl his Red Wings' #1 prospect's status for a simple reason--Kindl's contract extension which kicks in next year is of the one-way deal variety, so, come hell or high water, Kindl, who has posted 10 points in ...