Author: Chris Giles

Chris Giles is a former junior hockey player and coach from Canada. He has been a diehard Detroit Red Wings fan for almost 50 years. Chris is an avid golfer who has volunteered at several PGA and Canadian Open Championships throughout North America.

Lalonde Shuffles Lines in Detroit

To get more offense, Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde has changed his lines. Some players are not contributing; a shakeup may be just what the doctor ordered. Recently, the Red Wings have been playing with only 12 healthy forwards, and after scoring only two goals against a depleted Toronto defense, a shakeup looked like […]

Early Season Grades for Red Wings Players

The quarter-mark of the 2022-2023 season has come and gone, and it’s time to grade each of the current Red Wings healthy players. The rankings will be based on how each player has performed after Game #21 on Monday night against Toronto. Forwards Dylan Larkin has played all 21 games for the Red Wings. He […]

An Early Look at Detroit’s Post-Christmas Lineup

From December until the trade deadline in March, the Detroit Red Wings lineup promises to be in a state of fluctuation. Currently, the Red Wings have seven players out of the lineup. With 12 players eligible to become UFA’s next summer, the lineup will undoubtedly look very different in the coming weeks. The Injuries/Personal Reasons […]

Griffins Split Weekend Series with Manitoba

The Grand Rapids Griffins opened the weekend with a perfect 3-0 home victory on Friday night. Kyle Criscuolo opened the scoring with what proved to be the game-winner at the 16:02 mark of the first period. Pontus Andreasson scored an insurance goal in the second period. Joel L’Esperance sealed the victory with an empty net […]

Red Wings Continue Strong Month of November

The Detroit Red Wings picked up two wins last week and continue to climb the NHL standings. The Red Wings started the week on Wednesday with an impressive 3-0 win at home against Nashville. On Friday, Dylan Larkin sealed the win with a shootout goal helping the Red Wings sweep the week with a 4-3 […]

Husso playing brilliantly for the Red Wings

Ville Husso started the season sharing goaltending duties with Alex Nedeljkovic. After a string of terrific games, Husso has undoubtedly earned the #1 goaltending position for the Detroit Red Wings. Husso was acquired by the Red Wings before the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He was an impending UFA with the St. Louis Blues and, after […]

Detroit Prospect Niederbach Moving to MoDo

In 2020, the Detroit Red Wings were excited to draft Theodor Niederbach 51st overall in the NHL Entry Draft. Two years later, Niederbach is teetering out of the picture in Detroit and this week was demoted to the Allsvenskan, the second-highest league in Sweden. Detroit general manager Steve Yzerman has always been high on Niederbach. […]

Top Scorer Larkin Remains Unsigned

On the weekend, Dylan Larkin moved into the Top-10 in NHL scoring. His three points on Saturday gave Larkin eight goals, 14 assists, and 22 points in the first 18 games of the season. As the Red Wings close in on the quarter-mark of the season, fans are starting to worry about the Red Wings […]

Red Wings finish long road trip with two wins

The Detroit Red Wings picked up five of a possible six points during the most recent games of their longest road trip before Christmas. The Red Wings started the week with a 3-2 overtime loss in Anaheim on Tuesday night. Detroit roared back with a convincing 7-4 win in San Jose and followed that up […]

Breaking: Shane Wright Headed to AHL

Seattle rookie forward Shane Wright is headed to the Kraken’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Under the NHL’s loophole with junior-age players, if a player misses five consecutive games at the NHL level, they can be sent to the AHL for a two-week conditioning stint. Wright was the consensus number-one pick for the 2022 […]