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MIAMI _ Patrick Roy didn't actually come out and thank the Red Wings for helping him win the Stanley Cup. Perhaps he should have. After all, the Wings sealed his […]

DENVER _ No one pretends the Florida Panthers are an Edmonton Oilers dynasty in the making. They are a collection of rejects and castaways, as are most expansion teams. Some […]

DENVER _ It took the Colorado Avalanche one period to figure out the Florida Panthers. Twenty minutes to see that great defensive scheme that sent the Panthers into the Stanley […]

Maybe next year they won't talk about it so much. Maybe the words 'Stanley Cup' won't be spoken in September, and they won't have ad campaigns demanding 'I Want Stanley' […]

DETROIT _ Maybe the Red Wings need to stand at the precipice and look into the abyss before they can know its depths. Maybe they have to feel the pressure […]

ST. LOUIS _ Steve Yzerman guaranteed the Red Wings would win Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the St. Louis Blues. Yzerman kept his word, and the […]

DETROIT _ Perhaps they sat in a circle and recited incantations for 15 minutes. Maybe they put to death a sacrificial octopus. Or hung Blues goalie Jon Casey in effigy. […]

ST. LOUIS _ For most of his 17 seasons in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky astonished us with his greatness. So much so that we became accustomed to it. And now […]

DETROIT _ His bible is 'The Great Gatsby,' and his role model is Scotty Bowman. That should tell you something about Mike Keenan. But what that is, is anybody's guess. […]

Magic Johnson, who retired from the NBA in 1991 in part because opponents feared playing against someone who was HIV-positive, will play Tuesday night with the Lakers. That isn't big […]

Conspicuous consumption is the norm in NHL locker rooms. It's no big deal when Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood tapes new sticks for every game, or that players routinely go […]

DALLAS _ All things considered, the Red Wings suffered a significant loss Friday night against Dallas. The score read 2-1, Tim Taylor scoring with 26.6 seconds left in the third […]

He still plays mind games with his players. He still knows how to keep a team on edge. And he never stops trying to browbeat referees, players, coaches, media, etc. […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ When he's on the ice, Milos Holan doesn't have to think about the present or the future or the silent killer resting in his bones. When he's […]

Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson. Of all the great players on that Edmonton Oilers' machine of the 1980s whom Paul Coffey could have set up to earn […]

Among the many reasons Doug MacLean might be happier in Miami instead of Detroit: rats. MacLean, the former Red Wings assistant general manager who is now coach of the amazing, […]

Mario Lemieux is already on a record pace this season. If that doesn't scare opponents enough, he says he's not playing his best hockey yet. It's ridiculous, really, what Mario […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The face of the ring is covered with diamonds. Pave-set diamonds surrounding a logo of two-carat quadrillion diamonds, with a couple of 10-point diamonds thrown in […]

Fans can argue for hours over the merits of trading Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman. And they likely will when that deal with the Ottawa Senators is made, if […]

DETROIT _ The Chicago Blackhawks played about as well as any team can play against the Detroit Red Wings. For 20 minutes Sunday at Joe Louis Arena, the Blackhawks had […]

DETROIT _ Red Wings goalie Mike Vernon thought he would escape the boredom and loneliness that came with four games against the toothless San Jose Sharks. With Chicago in town […]

DETROIT _ These are the games the Red Wings must win if they want to prove they're championship material. Close, low-scoring, hard-checking, heart-pounding, nerve-wracking, overtime games. That's what they faced […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Dino Ciccarelli claims he's not trying to recapture his lost youth. At 35, he doesn't think he has lost anything. So what's with those flared sideburns […]

They met in the early 1960s, the legend Toe Blake and the young coaching prospect Scotty Bowman. Blake was well on his way to winning an NHL record of eight […]

DALLAS _ After a second consecutive day of skating, Dino Ciccarelli said his right knee was fine and he was ready to return. So Ciccarelli was back in the Detroit […]

Detroit's Paul Coffey is the highest-scoring defenseman in league history, but he obviously doesn't have much clout in the NHL office. Coffey suggested in January the annual awards be scrapped […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Detroit Red Wings goalies have had it relatively easy this season, at least compared to past years. Coach Scotty Bowman's defensive game plan has led to fewer […]

DETROIT _ Mike Vernon never asked to be the hometown hero in Calgary. He never wanted it. His first reaction was disappointment when drafted by the Flames in 1981. But […]