After a game two loss, Jonatan Berggren again played overtime heroics for the Grand Rapids Griffins in round one of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Friday night’s game-three win was the team’s largest home crowd since 2017, now the Griffins need one more win to advance to the next round in this best-of-five series. Marco Kasper opened the scoring with his first-career Calder Cup Playoff goal… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings Lots of prospect stuff to talk about today. Let’s start with who is in action tonight: Meanwhile, how about NATE DAWG? Buchelnikov staying in Russia… for now Wouldn’t worry too much about Buchelnikov. He’ll stick in the K until he’s ready to make the jump to the NHL. Fairly standard procedure, and don’t forget that Detroit still (and will… Source ..read more

The Detroit Red Wings entered the 2023-2024 regular season with a revamped lineup and slight hopes of making a push into the playoffs for the first time since the Henrik Zetterberg years. They fell short of that, obviously, but depending on who you ask — the team largely exceeded expectations in the meat-grinder that is the Atlantic Division. Today, I’m giving you my “roses and thorns” from… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings Sandin Pellikka, SHL champion Skellefteå AIK did it. They won the SHL. Quite the postseason for ASP – seven points (2-5–7) in 14 games. That’s in addition to all of his brilliant performances in the WJC and International-Jr. Meanwhile, other Red Wings prospects are in postseason action today. Fire up the Stamkos Rumor Frenzy We’ve been here… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings Gibson inks ELC Here’s a prospect to keep an eye on. Gibson was a second-round pick in 2023 and is coming off a career year in the OHL with 44 points in 68 games. He’s big — six-foot-three, 203 pounds with a right-hand shot. Gibson plays the game like a hammer but has shown he can move the puck. Here’s a snippet from his Elite Prospects player card: “The… Source ..read more

The Grand Rapids Griffins pulled off a comeback win in game one of the Calder Cup Playoffs Saturday night. Down 2-0 in the third period, Dominik Shine got the scoring started for Grand Rapids and Red Wings prospect Amadeus Lombardi would net the game-tying goal to send it to OT: Late in overtime, Jonatan Berggren was the hero with a flukey goal — somehow slipping it past Rockford’s… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings The NFL Draft is underway in Detroit and the turnout is jaw-dropping: So, after seeing this, do we think there will ever be an NHL Draft at LCA? Obviously an NHL Draft will never be on the same scale as the NFL, but with a world-class venue, kinda seems like it’s time for Ilitch to get serious and bring a marquee hockey event to downtown. Wouldn’t hold your… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings Four questions at the start of the offseason Fresh piece from The Hockey News about the Wings offseason. One of the questions asked is “How does Detroit incorporate youth without getting worse defensively,” and honestly, I’m not sure how you could get worse defensively by adding some more youth to this roster. The other that stood out asked if the Wings could depend… Source ..read more

Red Wings Rumblings Griffins win last game of the regular season It would take overtime to decide the final game of the season for the Grand Rapids Griffins, securing second place in the AHL’s Central Divsion. Carter Mazur picked up the game-winning goal, while Sebastian Cossa capped off a brilliant season with another tally for the win column. Game one of the best-of-five… Source ..read more

Well, it looked good for a while, and then bad for a while, and tipped back and forth a few more times, but ultimately Detroit fell a tiebreaker category short of the postseason, so for an eighth-straight spring, Red Wings fans are left without playoff hockey and with nothing left but to look ahead at next season. There are plenty of takes out on the positives and negatives of the season… Source ..read more