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As MLive.com's own Ansar Khan reported , the IIHF unveiled the dates upon which the national hockey federations taking part in the 2010 Olympics will name their rosters, with the pertinent dates for Red Wings fans taking place on December 25th , December 27th , December 30th , December 31st and January 1st, 2010 .

The Hockey News proclaims Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings, the best defenseman in their November 16th "Defenseman Issue." The weekly magazine polled six hockey experts to rank the NHL defenseman in 11 categories and Lidstrom was the winner in four and received votes in two others.

Get ready for your monthly dose of parallelism! The Red Wings returned to practice at Joe Louis Arena on Monday minus the services of Jonathan Ericsson, Brian Rafalski, and Niklas Kronwall , who stayed home battling "the flu," and Brad May, who avoided a serious injury after taking an inadvertent stick to the eye on Saturday in Calgary... And the ...

Update from the Detroit Red Wings' practice Monday at Joe Louis Arena: The flu bug finally is hitting the dressing room, as two more defensemen, Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall, were ill and missed practice.

As MLive.com's own Ansar Khan first reported , Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja has finally received some relief in his battle with persistent post-concussive headaches per a chiropractor he visited while the Red Wings visited Vancouver, and the Detroit News's Chris McCosky reports that Brad May was the one who referred Lilja to Burnaby, BC-based ...

Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson had the unfortunate distinction of being the first Wing to succumb to the flu bug during Detroit's West Coast swing, and as he took Brian Rafalski and Niklas Kronwall down with him, Wings coach Mike Babcock told the Detroit News's Chris McCosky that he welcomed Ericsson back to practice the old-fashioned way: ...

Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins.

The Detroit Red Wings called up defenseman Doug Janik to play tonight against the Boston Bruins.

Red Wings forward Brad May suffered an eye injury during the Red Wings' 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames this past Saturday, and while the Detroit media reported that May returned to Detroit on Sunday , Wings trainer Piet Van Zant stated that he expects May to miss some time while his eye recovers from accidentally-induced trauma from Jason ...

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Brad Stuart and Tomas Holmstrom scored 59 seconds apart in the second period, and Alberta native Chris Osgood made 20 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday night.

Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.

Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall will see his brother, Staffan, on a much more regular basis as his physically larger but younger brother is currently employed by the Calgary Flames, who the Red Wings play on Saturday.

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Players drank from their individual water bottles during practice at Rexall Place, and nobody shared towels.

Jason Williams scored the game-winning goal with about five minutes to play in the third period, as the Detroit Red Wings edged Vancouver, 5-4, to snap the Canucks' five-game home winning streak.Williams also had an assist for the Red Wings, who picked up their first road victory of the season.

Vancouver, British Columbia --You want to start a good debate in the Red Wings' locker room, bring up the hot-button topic of crease crashing.

According to the Windsor Star's Dave Waddell, the Red Wings' defensemen haven't just had trouble keeping pucks out of their net; Detroit's top six hasn't scored at their usual clip, either, but Nicklas Lidstrom told Waddell that the foundation of better point production starts where everything starts for the Wings... October 22, Windsor Star : "I ...

The Detroit Red Wings begin their longest road trip of the season Thursday night in Phoenix.

A relentless attack, on power plays and at even strength, was not enough to overturn the Red Wings' road woes.

The Red Wings are taking an Al Davis approach to their upcoming five-game West Coast trip -- just win, baby.