The Detroit Red Wings fired longtime Zamboni driver Al Sobotka, known to generations of Red Wings fans as the man who swung an octopus over his head to rev fans up.
Ah, the fruits of one's labors. When you're the captain of the Detroit Red Wing, married to a beautiful woman and making a ton of money, it can feel like you're on top of the world.
The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Buffalo Sabres two times in three days. Here's what the first of those two victories looked like from Little Caesar's Arena.
Getting the band back together again, that term has a lot of nostalgic charm to it. And if the hiring of Nicklas Lidstrom, as the Red Wings vice-president of hockey operations helps lead to a trip to the Stanley Cup Final, then this could be a stroke of genius on former teammate Steve Yzerman's part. At the moment, this is the first step in Lidstrom becoming a part of the hockey world and the Detroit Red Wings.