The Detroit Red Wings’ “first group” of players who practiced today consisted almost entirely of NHL players, and, ahead of a three-games-in-three-nights exhibition slate vs. Toronto, Ottawa and then at Toronto on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the “first group” was skated particularly hard:
The red team, featuring the top lines mostly, loses the first two 3 on 3 games and does sprints after. This practice included all the regular NHL players plus Mazur, Kasper and Austin Watson (PTO). The other group skates after this. pic.twitter.com/GEP5EEmFdX
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) October 2, 2024
After the “first group’s” practice, the Red Wings made a couple of players available to the media in Ville Husso and Austin Watson: