Morning news: Today at the World Junior Summer Showcase; more about the ‘All in 4 ALS’ game; ‘offseason winners’ and Ted Lindsay’s birthday

Of brief Red Wings-related note this morning:

1. Taking place today:

At the World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan, two games are taking place: Team USA Blue will battle Axel Sandin Pellikka, Anton Johansson and Team Sweden today at 1 PM EDT.*

USA Hockey Arena is selling tickets to the game for $10 or a week-long pass for $30;

At 4 PM EDT, Trey Augustine’s Team USA White will battle Finland, with tickets for the game also on sale at USA Hockey Arena’s website.

The games are also being broadcast on USAHockeyTV.com for $30 for the week.

The games’ box scores will be available here. I’ve already got the USA Blue-Sweden and USA White-Finland box scores teed up.

*For what it’s worth, Sweden doesn’t traditionally have player names on the backs of their jerseys, so ASP is wearing #4, and Johansson #6 (both are right shots). Augustine wears #1 for Team USA.

2. Taking place soon:

As Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff notes, on Saturday, August 12th (two weeks from today), Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, Michael Rasmussen, Robby Fabbri, Andrew Copp and Jake Walman will all be taking part in the “All In 4 ALS” game at Windsor’s WFCU Centre, home of the Windsor Spitfires.

Tickets range between $15 and $35 Canadian.

The game will raise funds for Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones, who’s recently been diagnosed with ALS. The game starts at 2 PM EDT.

Other NHL stars are taking part, as Duff notes:

Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is also skating in the game. Among the other NHLers taking part are Mikhail Sergachev (Tampa Bay Lightning), Scott Laughton (Philadelphia Flyers), Taylor Hall (Chicago Blackhawks), Cam Fowler (Anaheim Ducks), Gabriel Vilardi (Winnipeg Jets), Dylan DeMelo (Winnipeg Jets), Adam Henrique (Anaheim Ducks), Wyatt Johnston (Dallas Stars), Jack Campbell (Edmonton Oilers) and reigning Calder Trophy winner Matty Beniers (Seattle Kraken).

Red Wings associate coach Bob Boughner and Senators head coach D.J. Smith are also involved in the game. Boughner and Jones were both selected by the Red Wings in the 1989 NHL entry draft. They were junior teammates with the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and have been lifelong friends.

Boughner and Smith, both former Windsor Spitfires coaches, have organized the game, so I’m guessing that a few more NHL stars will be taking part in the game by the time all is said and done.

The Wings Tweeted out a preliminary roster for the game here:

3. In the “short strokes” department, the Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan posted a lengthy article which examines the offseason changes made by the NHL’s 32 teams, organizing them into 16 “Winners” and 16 “Losers” of the 2023 offseason. Kulfan has this to say about the Red Wings:

Detroit: GM Steve Yzerman did a good job on July 1, filling glaring holes in the Wings’ lineup. But Yzerman’s best work was acquiring forward Alex DeBrincat from Ottawa for a relatively meager price. The Wings finally have the proven goal-scorer they’ve lacked in recent years and didn’t have to give up much.

4. Finally, in the “significant dates” category, per NHL.com’s Dave Stubbs on Twitter:

Mr. Lindsay is sorely missed.

Update #1: The Red Wings are up early today:

Update #1A: My email alerts spotted an interview in the “Kleine Zeitung” which unrestricted free agent forward Michal Raffl was spotted skating alongside Marco Kasper in Villach, Austria recently. The interview’s stuck behind a paywall, but Laola.at hints that it’s not of substance to the interview as it applies to Kasper.

Kasper did a promotional photo shoot for somebody that popped up on Imago-Images.com recently.

I don’t think it was an equipment company as Kasper’s sporting Bauer skates and gloves and a CCM stick and helmet, but there are some shots of Kasper skating, shooting, working with his dad, Peter, and KAC Klagenfurt player Thomas Koch, and even the mayor of Klagenfurt. Maybe it’s a promotional shoot for a future interview?

He’s also pictured doing doing some dry-land training with Peter, who was a professional hockey player in his own right.

I thought some of you wouldn’t mind peeking at the pics, so, enjoy. This is Late July News for you!

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