Month: August 2025

Video: A bit of Scotty Bowman discussing Sergei Fedorov’s legacy on Local 4

On WDIV’s 6 PM news, Local 4 did a feature on the news that the Red Wings are retiring Sergei Fedorov’s #91, and Scotty Bowman received about 90 seconds’ worth of on-the-phone screen time, discussing Fedorov’s athletic abilities and his contributions to the 1998 Stanley Cup win.

Speaking of the 1998 Stanley Cup win, WDIV also re-posted their 1998 Stanley Cup special on their YouTube page:

In Downtown Detroit, #91’s up in the lights again

It’s beginning to look a lot like Fedorovmas Downtown…

A ‘top ten Sergei Fedorov moments’ list includes that 5-goal game vs. Washington

Daily Faceoff’s Tyler Kuehl compiled a list of Sergei Fedorov’s top 10 moments as a Red Wing, and individually speaking, it’s hard to top his 5-goal night vs. the Washington Capitals in December of 1996:

Five Goals vs. Washington

Of all the accolades that Fedorov brought home during his time wearing the winged wheel, there was one night when everything clicked for him and his closest teammates.

On Dec. 26, 1996, the Red Wings hosted the Capitals (you see a trend of Fedorov with/against the Caps, eh?) and reigning Vezina Trophy winner Jim Carey. Fedorov went off, scoring all five of Detroit’s goals in a thrilling 5-4 overtime win.

It was the second-most goals scored by a Red Wing in a single game, second only to Syd Howe’s six-goal outing 52 years earlier.

While the performance was as much of an accomplishment for Fedorov, it highlighted the power of the Russian 5 – Fedorov, Konstantinov, Igor Larionov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Vyacheslav Fetisov. Konstantinov picked up four assists in the win. Larionov had a pair of helpers, while Fetisov had an assist as well. The group that first came together during the 1995-96 season ultimately played essential roles in the team’s championship runs in the following years.

Continued; Kuehl weighs both great moments for Fedorov and some not-so-happy times, too.

Press release: Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider to take part in NHL/NHLPA media tour in Milan

According to the NHL and NHLPA, Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond and defenseman Moritz Seider will be taking part in a media tour in Milan, Italy starting on August 22nd:

Lega Serie A welcomes National Hockey League stars to Milan for opening weekend of 2025-26 season

Lega Serie A, the NHL and NHLPA unite to collaborate on content and cross-promotional activities in advance of NHL Player participation in the Olympic Winter Games.

NEW YORK, NY (AUGUST 19, 2025) – Lega Serie A, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) will bring their groundbreaking Content Collaboration Partnership to life in Milan this week, as a selection of the NHL’s top European stars take part in a series of joint activations with Serie A clubs and legendary players.

The partnership activities and celebrations coincide with the annual NHL/NHLPA European Player Media Tour, which takes place in Milan on August 22 one day before the 2025-26 Lega Serie A season kicks off. The NHL and NHLPA’s visit to Italy represents a key milestone ahead of NHL players’ participation at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Players and executives from both leagues and members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will participate in events aimed at strengthening ties between the sports, while highlighting the shared passion of soccer and hockey fans worldwide. Among the 26 NHL players expected in Milan for the European Player Media Tour, seven (7) were named to preliminary Olympic rosters: Carolina Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho (Finland); Chicago Blackhawks forward Lukas Reichel (Germany); Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen (Finland); Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider (Germany) and forward Lucas Raymond (Sweden); New Jersey Devils forward Nico Hischier (Switzerland); and Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander (Sweden).

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Dylan Larkin, Patrick Kane among 44 players invited to Team USA’s Olympic orientation camp on August 26th, 27th

Per USA Hockey:

More details and a roster are available at USA Hockey’s website. The event will take place at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, on August 26th and 27th, but it’s not open to the public.

Thoughts about Sergei Fedorov’s tricky legacy

Sergei Fedorov was the reason that I got into hockey. In the summer of 1991, my middle school friend Joe Kim kept on telling me about this great Russian player on the Red Wings who was blazing fast and tremendously talented.

So I started collecting hockey cards over the summer, and as I said yesterday, my dad took me to that pivotal exhibition game against Toronto on September 22nd, 1991 that sold me on hockey fandom.

Sergei scored one of the goals during that game, and he scored a hell of a lot more during his 13-year tenure with the Red Wings, dazzling fans, driving equipment managers crazy, and displaying his skill set and unbelievably high level of natural athletic talent. Fedorov wasn’t a player, he was a phenomenon, and a superstar whose ego was part of the package.

Today, the Red Wings announced that they’re retiring Sergei Fedorov’s #91 after a long, long wait on January 12th, 2026. The Red Wings’ media corps knew before the announcement, so they’ve already weighed in on Fedorov’s complicated legacy as a Red Wing for 13 years and then…Elsewhere…

So there was bad blood between Fedorov and the organization for a long time, even after the Winter Classic alumni game at Comerica Park, even after Fedorov was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015, for a very long time, honestly.

Whatever the issues were have been at least partially forgiven, and we’re going to see #91 head up to the rafters when the Carolina Hurricanes come to town on the 12th of January, but EliteProspects’ Sean Shapiro addressed the elephant in the room on his Substack:

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Tweet of note: Grand Rapids Griffins remind us of charitable drive with Texas Stars for TX flood relief

A good time for a reminder:

Rounding up the Red Wings media corps’ reaction to #retire91

The Detroit Red Wings are retiring Sergei Fedorov’s #91 on January 12th, 2025. The Wings’ media corps reacted almost immediately to the news, which was posted in Tweet form, with Sergei’s trademark purple Corvette being the star:

So, here’s MLive’s Ansar Khan…

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