Tomas Holmstrom News

The Detroit Red Wings' Drew Miller, right, scores on Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne in the second period as Nashville's Kevin Klein looks on.

In conventional NHL thinking, most European forwards are skill-based players, not crease-crashing tough guys.

Brad May does not get paid by the fight, but he takes his role as the Detroit Red Wings' enforcer to an extreme.

The surging Red Wings will shoot for a third consecutive victory and sixth in seven games when they welcome the Anaheim Ducks for tonight's clash at Joe Louis Arena.

Amongst this afternoon's Red Wings reading... If you're up for translating Swedish, defenseman Andreas Lilja confirmed to Expressen's Mats Wennerholm that he, "Tried everything, including hypnosis, acupuncture, have visitedchiropractors and even 'healers,'" but only visits to Burnaby, BC's chiropractor/kinesiologist Dr.

Tomas Holmstrom #96 of the Detroit Red Wings puts a shot past Roberto Luongo #1 of the Vancouver Canucks during a NHL game at Joe Louis Arena on November 12, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

Luongo can't turn tide in Motown Detroit Red Wings left wing Tomas Holmstrom celebrates a goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL hockey game with teammates Brian Rafalski and Henrik Zetterberg in Detroit, Thursday, Nov.

Miscellany sounds a little better than "odds and ends" in my book. In any case, the Sporting News's Craig Custance posited this thought about the Red Wings-Sharks match-up... November 5, The Sporting News: Not unlike last season, the red-hot San Jose Sharks come to Detroit tonight hoping to knock the two-time defending Western Conference champs off ...

Coach Mike Babcock suggested that his Red Wings couldn't attend tonight's Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony and Tomas Holmstrom.

Toronto -- Here is the combined resume of the four players -- three of them former Red Wings -- being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame tonight.

The Detroit Red Wings held an autograph session at the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the HHOF's "Induction Showcase" weekend on Friday, and NHL.com's John McGourty reports that the Wings made positive impressions upon their fans, including 14-year-old Sebastien Persson and his 12-year-old brother, Jonathan, two Swedish Wings fans: November 7, ...

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over San Jose, snapping the Sharks' six-game winning streak.

Tomas Holmstrom helped Sweden win gold in hockey at the 2006 Olympics. The Detroit Red Wings forward says that does not guarantee he'll get a shot to help his country repeat.

Red Wings GM Ken Holland spoke to USA Today's Kevin Allen about Tomas Holmstrom's resurgent play on Wednesday afternoon, suggesting that the eight-goal-scorer has made only one "tweak" to a game hampered by knee injuries and sports hernias over the past two seasons: November 4, USA Today : "He's healthy and that's the big thing," Detroit general ...

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.

Chris Osgood stopped all 29 shots he faced to post his first shutout of the season and lead Detroit over Boston, 2-0, at Joe Louis Arena.

Brad May #20 of the Detroit Red Wings skates towards a loose puck during a NHL pre-season game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Joe Louis Arena on September 25, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Whatever the welcome, it won't be anything Todd Bertuzzi hasn't heard before. He's familiar with being cast as the hero and the villian.

Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom, left, celebrates his goal against Calgary with teammate Todd Bertuzzi.