Sure it's a spectacle, a stunt. But it's also the ultimate throwback, to how hockey was first played. After missing last year due to Covid, the annual outdoor NHL Winter Classic is set for New Years Night
It's been a very heavy week in the world of hockey. While ESPN and other sports sites have reported on what happened 11 years ago with a Chicago Blackhawks player being sexually assaulted by a coach, there's hasn't been much in the mainstream news. In 2010, team management chose to sit on the story for three weeks, in the name of team chemistry.
Check out the hot doc part of Netflix's Untold series on the Danbury Trashers, and you'll find the Kalamazoo Wings featured as the teams had a legendary feud and on-ice brawls.
The Kalamazoo Wings have a new parent club, the Columbus Blue Jackets (of the NHL) and more directly, the Cleveland Monsters (of the AHL). Here's some trivia, the Monsters are owned by Detroit billionaire Dan Gilbert.
It has been a very forgettable season for the Red Wings. The team is thanking fans for sticking with them and are offering a great deal for tickets for the end of the season.
As the Red Wings build for the future, this is a story fans don't want to hear. A recent report from Russia has a Wings prospect heading to Russia next season.