Red Wings-Bruins game-day articles: B’s adjust to injuries; Frk looking to reestablish spot in Wings’ lineup; Coreau gets a start

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Updated 3x at 3:03 PM: The Detroit Red Wings battle the Boston Bruins this evening (7:00 PM on NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NESN/97.1 FM), and the morning skate revealed that the Wings will start Jared Coreau opposite Anton Khubodin, with Martin Frk drawing into the lineup as well.

The Bruins are a little shaken up after finding out that Charlie McAvoy will miss a month with a sprained MCL (Patrice Bergeron and Tuukka Rask will also miss tonight’s game), but the Boston Globe’s Kevin Dupont notes that the B’s haven’t exactly had a hard time winning games this year:

NHL.com posted a Bruins morning skate update:

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All about Dominik Shine

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From Griffinshockey.com’s Mark Newman:

Dominik Shine may share the spelling of his first name with one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, but it will be his ability to create good plays in front of the crease that will push his chances to graduate to the NHL.

“I like his speed and how he’s tenacious on the puck,” said Griffins head coach Todd Nelson. “I also like his physicality and how when he keeps the game simple, he’s really effective and creates opportunities in the offensive zone.”

Shine is not the biggest player on the ice – he’s a 5-11, 180-lb. forward – but he’s all heart, a gritty puck hound who isn’t afraid to stick up for himself, as he proved when he dropped Cleveland’s Joe Pendenza with an impressive two-punch knockout on Dec. 29 at Van Andel Arena.

His tough-nosed style fits his blue-collar mentality, which was borne out of his family roots as the son of a Detroit autoworker growing up on the city’s ethnic southwest side. “My dad was a big Wings fan, and although he never had the opportunity to play hockey, he made sure that I got the chance,” Shine said.

Shine remembers being “terrified” when he first started skating, but he quickly discovered that he loved playing hockey. “By age 7 or 8, I knew I had a knack,’ he said. “I loved playing baseball and basketball, but I knew from an early age that playing hockey was what I wanted to do. Other sports were just for fun.”

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Red Wings-Bruins morning skate Tweets and articles: B’s lose McAvoy for 4 weeks, will start Khubodin, Wings start Coreau

Updated 2x at 11:56 AM: Coreau starts vs. Khubodin.

The Detroit Red Wings face a stiff challenge in attempting to snap a 7-game losing streak against the Boston Bruins this evening (7:00 PM EST on NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NESN/97.1 FM).

The Bruins preceded the Wings on to the ice at TC Garden, as is customary for the home team, per the Boston Globe’s Kevin Dupont…

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David Pope receives a plug from the Hockey News

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Among The Hockey News’s Matt Larkin’s “Prospect Need to Know”-listed players:

David Pope, LW, University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (NCHC) – Pope has used his time in college very well. The 6-foot-3, 194-pound senior is a lot stronger than he was coming into Omaha, while his skills and skating have also developed. The Detroit Red Wings pick was one of the NCHC’s top scorers with 40 points in 33 games (including a league-leading 20 goals) and now he and the Mavs have a conference tourney date with North Dakota. NHL arrival: 2019-20

The Red Wings are highly likely to sign Pope, who has developed from a 6’2,” 150-pound pure sniper into the player he is today.

Pope and the University of Nebraska-Omaha will take on Western Michigan University in the WCHA playoffs this upcoming weekend.

If his playoff season ends early, the Grand Rapids Griffins could sign Pope to an amateur try-out.

One more reminder about “Hockey, Hops and Hope”

In case you haven’t seen the press releases, the Grand Rapids Griffins are holding their annual “Hockey, Hops and Hope” event this evening:

 

Prospect round-up: JvP’s HC Davos wraps up regular season

One Red Wings prospect took part in a game on Monday:

In the Swiss NLA,  Joren van Pottelberghe served as the back-up in HC Davos’ regular-season finale, a 5-0 loss to HC Lugano.

HC Davos will be playing EHC Biel in the NLA playoffs, starting on Saturday.

Joren had a so-so regular season, posting a 3.01 goals-against average and .905 save percentage in 24 games played. He’s only 20, however, so he’ll most likely get more opportunity to play going forward.

 

Red Wings-Bruins set-up: Wings hope to snap losing streak vs. Bruins

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The Detroit Red Wings will attempt to snap a 3-game losing streak while battling a team that’s had the Wings’ number since Detroit moved to the Eastern Conference.

Tonight, the Wings battle the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden (7:00 PM EST on NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NESN/97.1 FM), and the Bruins have won 7 straight games over the Wings in Boston; the 40-15-and-8 Bruins also sit some 26 points ahead of the Wings in the Eastern Conference standings.

While the Red Wings have lost their past 3 games and 6 of their past 8, the Bruins have won 3 straight and 5 of their past 7, with their most recent win coming in the form of a 2-1 OT victory over the Canadiens this past Saturday.

The Wings may be catching the Bruins at the right time, however: they’ll play without Charlie McAvoy (lower-body injury), Patrice Bergeron (broken foot) and Tuukka Rask (lower-body injury).

McAvoy was injured on Saturday, and there is great concern about the young defenseman’s injury, as the Boston Herald’s Rich Thompson noted:

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Articles (and Tweets) from an optional practice: Wings gear up for Bruins while looking for goals

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Updated 2x at 3:56 PM: The Red Wings held an optional practice ahead of tomorrow’s match-up with the slightly banged-up Boston Bruins (see: no Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron or Tuukka Rask).

Articles from said practice were quite late-breaking, so I’m going to squeeze a couple of Krupa Tweets into this entry:

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Meanwhile, in the ECHL…

Per the Toledo Blade’s Mark Monroe:

 

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