Despite off season speculation and in my case, hopes, it seems most of the five Midwest-based NHL teams are in a similar position to where they stood 365 days ago. If the post season started today, four of the five teams would be invited to the dance while the lone outsider — the Columbus Blue
Technically, the Grand Rapids Griffins already started the three-game winning streak it is currently riding earlier in the week, but the weekend return of Andreas Athanasiou from the Detroit Red Wings certainly didn’t hurt. The 21-year-old native of London, ON returned from a half-dozen games with the parent team and his first NHL goal. If he
After five straight on the road, the Chicago Wolves, American Hockey League affiliate of the St. Louis Blues split a pair of home games this past weekend (Nov. 20-22), dropping a 2-1 decision to Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday but rebounding with a 2-1 win on Sunday. Griffins 2 at Wolves 1 Saturday’s 2-1 loss
A pair of young hopefuls still in camp scored the goals to lead the Wings to a 2-1 win at the Air Canada Center in Toronto in its final pre-season contest Saturday (Oct. 3). After a scoreless first period, Andreas Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha both notched goals in the second period and that was enough for
The Wings showed itself to be regular season ready despite some key injuries and wish this effort was actually worth two points as the team made the trip to Pittsburgh and whipped the Pens 7-2 at the Consol Energy Center Wednesday (Oct. 30). Andreas Athanasiou, yet another prospect with a ton of talent made decisions
The Detroit Red Wings Prospects and Chicago Blackhawks Prospects finished at opposite ends of the Gordie Howe Division standings at the end of round robin play at the Traverse City NHL Prospects Tourmament on Monday (Sept.14). The Red Wings wrapped up top spot in the pool with a 5-4 edge against the Dallas Stars to
