NHL.com: Henrik Zetterberg, ‘Doc’ Emrick, Colleen Howe inducted into Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

From NHL.com:

Henrik Zetterberg, Ryan Miller, Mike “Doc” Emrick and Colleen Howe were part of the Class of 2023 inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday.

Zetterberg, a forward, played his entire 15-season NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings and won the Stanley Cup with them in 2008. He had 960 points (337 goals, 623 assists) in 1,082 regular-season games and 120 points (57 goals, 63 assists) in 137 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

A seventh-round pick (No. 210) by the Red Wings in the 1999 NHL Draft, Zetterberg was their captain from 2012 until retiring in 2018.

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Emrick, a longtime resident of St. Clair, Michigan, was involved with hockey broadcasts for 47 years and called the Stanley Cup Final 15 times before retiring in 2020. He received the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in 2004 and the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to hockey broadcasting in 2008. In 2011, he became the first broadcaster to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

Colleen Howe, the wife of Red Wings legend Gordie Howe, was a sports agent and represented her husband as well as son Mark Howe, a Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman. She was one of the founders of the Detroit Junior Red Wings, the first Junior A team in the United States. Colleen Howe died in 2009.

Continued, with a picture of the induction…

That’s a little…short-Seider’d

Yahoo Sports’ Nate Groot Nibbelnik, a fantasy sports expert, believes that the Red Wings’ top defenseman won’t “reach fantasy hockey projections” this upcoming season:

4. Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings: Seider is a guy the fantasy community would love to be a star, especially after his massive rookie season breakout in 2021-22 that saw him post 50 points. The Red Wings, however, have brought in a lot of competent defensemen this offseason — including Shayne Gostisbehere, who profiles as a power play specialist.

Detroit’s power play is nothing to write home about at the best of times, and if Seider is going to be blocked from top special teams minutes by Gostisbehere (not to mention late acquisition Jeff Petry), his offensive ceiling will be heavily handicapped.

I have Seider projected for just five goals and 35 points compared to his Yahoo projection at seven goals and 52 points. Seider just may not be deployed heavily optimally enough to be a valuable piece for fantasy this season.

Continued; okay…

Red Wings’ prospects lose 4-2 to Dallas in 2023 Prospect Tournament opener

The Detroit Red Wings’ prospects dropped a 4-2 decision to the Dallas Stars’ prospects at their first of three games at the 2023 Prospect Tournament in Traverse City.

Elmer Soderblom and Antti Tuomisto scored goals, Nate Danielson had 2 assists, and Sebastian Cossa (14 of 16 shots) and Jan Bednar (10 of 11 shots) split time in goal, with Dallas ending the game on an empty-netter.

There’s more to come, obviously, and I’ll report more as the night progresses.

Prospect round-up: the SHL gets underway

In the SHL, Anton Johansson finished at -1 with 1 shot on goal in 18:03 of ice time as Leksands IF lost 5-3 to Orebro;

And in the battle between Skelleftea AIK’s Axel Sandin Pellikka and Modo’s Theodor Niederbach, Skelleftea won 2-1 over Modo in a shootout.

For Skelleftea AIK, Sandin Pellikka finished even with 3 shots in 18:03 of ice time, and for Modo, Niederbach finished even in 18:49 played.

Tweet of note: Danny DeKeyser and Carley Johnston take in the Detroit Auto Show

For the sake of posting everything Wings-related…

Daily Faceoff’s McKenna ranks the Wings’ goaltending trio 26th in the league

Daily Faceoff’s Mike McKenna ranks every NHL team’s goaltending tandem today, and, well, this can’t surprise us:

#26: Detroit Red Wings: Ville Husso, James Reimer, & Alex Lyon

Key questions: Are the Red Wings going nowhere fast with this trio? Can Husso regain the form he previously showed with the St. Louis Blues? What if Lyon is one of the top two netminders, but he gets buried in the minors?

Continued; there is such a thing as a meritocracy.

Tweets of note: NHL Media Tour quips from captain Larkin

From the Red Wings’ captain, via The Score’s Jon Matisz and The Athletic’s Michael Russo:

Tweet of note: Bultman posts Wings, Stars’ lines ahead of tonight’s prospect tournament game

Here are the Red Wings and Dallas Stars’ lines for tonight’s 6:30 PM game between Detroit and Dallas, via The Athletic’s Max Bultman: