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Yesterday | Detroit News

Ted Kulfan: NHL Insider: Wings regroup post-Nicklas Lidstrom

Jiri Hudler might be too pricey for the Red Wings to keep after scoring 25 goals last season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympic Hockey, Winter Sports, Nicklas Lidstrom (2010 Vancouver Olympics), Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, NHL Hockey, Detroit Red Wings, Jiri Hudler, NHL Players, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brad Stuart, Opinion

Friday | HockeyNation

20 years on the blue line, few if any were better

Nicklas Lidstrom made his farewells to the ranks of active NHL players on Thursday, a celebration of twenty years of high end achievement, one of the best the game has seen.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Henrik Zetterberg, Danny Cleary, Chris Chelios

Friday | Detroit Free Press

Reaction to Nicklas Lidstrom announcing his retirement

If the City of Detroit and State of Michigan want to cheat death, they would do well to heed the... Wings coach Mike Babcock: "It's the example he sets.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Kris Draper, Drew Miller, Danny Cleary

Friday | Detroit Free Press

Helene St. James: Things won't be the same for Red Wings' Tomas Holmstrom

Nicklas Lidstrom is surrounded by his two families Thursday: from left, Christopher Ilitch, Mike Babcock, Ken Holland, Lidstrom and his son Lucas, wife Annika, and sons Samuel and Adam, Marian and Mike Ilitch.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Chris Chelios, Niklas Kronwall

Thu May 31, 2012

Detroit News

From Bryan Murray to Mike Babcock, Nicklas Lidstrom thanks all of his coaches

But among the many he thanked Thursday while announcing his retirement were a string of coaches that helped make his career.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Bryan Murray, Olympic Hockey, Nicklas Lidstrom (2010 Vancouver Olympics), Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Winter Sports, Scotty Bowman

Vancouver Sun

Cam Cole: Nick Lidstrom's retirement a devastating hit to Hockeytown

Gardening guru Steve Whysall reports from London where he's enjoying the Chelsea Flower Show in Friday's Vancouver Sun.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Players, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, John Muckler, Wayne Gretzky

Wed May 30, 2012

The Tennessean

What Lidstrom's reported retirement means for Suter

You can take the hot chicken out of the shack, but can you take the shack out of the hot chicken? According to a report , Nicklas Lidstrom will announce his retirement from the Red Wings tomorrow.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Tatar, Henrik Zetterberg

MLive.com

Red Wings to evaluate roster, examine free agent, trade options during pro scouting meetings

The off-season promises to be more active than usual for the Detroit Red Wings, following three years of early playoff exits.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Ty Conklin, Chris Chelios, Brad Stuart, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players

Thu May 24, 2012

BleacherReport

Potential Losses and Additions for Detroit Red Wings This Summer

With an earlier than hoped for exit from the 2012 playoffs, the Red Wings are already looking for solutions to avoid a repeat next year.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Tomas Holmstrom, Johan Franzen, Brad Stuart, Jiri Hudler, NHL Players

Mon May 21, 2012

CBS Local

Wings Reportedly Move Forward On New Arena

DETROIT Detroit Red Wings Coach Mike Babcock told 97.1 The Ticket earlier this year he wants the team to have a new arena.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Players, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, NHL Central Division

Thu May 17, 2012

BleacherReport

Detroit Red Wings: 8 Questions Facing the Team This Summer

The Detroit Red Wings postseason ended abruptly. Five games in and the team was at home on the couch watching.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Jimmy Howard, NHL Players, Darren Helm, Kyle Quincey, Steve Yzerman

Fri May 11, 2012

Ducks Daily blog

Boudreau Extended for Two More Years

Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau has been known to get a little mad at the referees sometimes.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Anaheim Ducks, NHL Pacific Division, NHL Western Conference, NHL Players

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock wants to win another Stanley Cup, Olympic gold medal

Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock is a member of "The Triple Gold Club" after coaching the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008 and Team Canada to victories in the World Championships and Olympics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, Jimmy Howard, Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall, Johan Franzen

Thu May 10, 2012

Merced Sun-Star

Michael Rosenberg: Holland needs all his skills to continue Red Wings' playoff streak

At some point in the next few weeks, Ken Holland will meet with Nicklas Lidstrom, and you can be sure of this: At least one of them will stay with the Red Wings.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen, Nicklas Lidstrom, NHL Players, Henrik Zetterberg

Mon May 07, 2012

Detroit Free Press

Two-minute drill: Midday update on Tigers, Lions, Wings, Pistons, U-M and MSU

Welcome to the our two-minute drill, which will give you a snapshot of what's going on with the... Welcome to the our two-minute drill, which will give you a snapshot of what's going on with the Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, Spartans and Wolverines each day.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Players

Detroit Free Press

Wings' Babcock keeping tabs on Canada in world hockey championship

Hi, Carolyn: I know I'm being unreasonable, but I also know there is a deeper issue here, and I... The Wings' Pavel Datsyuk, playing for Russia, hits Norway's Alexander Bonsaksen in the neck Sunday.

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Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports, Sports, Pavel Datsyuk, NHL Players, Olympic Hockey, Pavel Datsyuk (2010 Vancouver Olympics), Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Alexander Bonsaksen (2010 Vancouver Olympics)

Sun May 06, 2012

680News

Mike Babcock drops in on Canadian team at IIHF World Hockey Championship

As the Canadian team was put through its paces deep in the underground practice rink at Hartwall Arena on Sunday afternoon, Mike Babcock carefully charted everything happening on the ice.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Players, Ice Hockey, Winter Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, NHL Central Division, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games

Sat May 05, 2012

Detroit News

Ted Kulfan: Kyle Quincey looking forward to new start with Red Wings

Many Red Wings players already are looking forward to training camp and wiping away the sting of this season's playoff loss.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Brad Stuart, Nicklas Lidstrom, Kyle Quincey, NHL Players, Opinion

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