Kirk Maltby

The Detroit Red Wings have assigned forward Kirk Maltby and defenseman Derek Meech to the minors. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland says he expects Maltby to tell him Thursday if he is going to retire or play for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the...

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has signed forward Kirk Maltby to a one-year, two-way contract. In accordance with team policy, additional terms of the deal were not disclosed. Maltby, 37, was originally a...

Will the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in the Stanley Cup finals for a third straight spring, or will the San Jose Sharks find the gumption to match their talent? There's no consensus winner in either conference, mostly because even...

The Blackhawks are determined to take this thing down to the wire. With their postseason lives hanging by a thread, the Hawks raced to a three-goal lead in the first period Wednesday night and defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-2 before a capacity crowd of...

The Blackhawks are running out of season. The knowledge that they again gave the NHL's top team a rough time just isn't enough these days as the games click off the schedule with the Western Conference playoffs looming. The Hawks' 3-1 loss Tuesday...

When this season's Blackhawks were assembled, there was a heavy emphasis on getting character players—players who would show up and give a hard day's work from the start of the season until the end. It's not Halloween yet, but already Hawks coach Trent...

For large parts of the three-game series between the Blackhawks and Detroit, the Hawks outplayed or played even with the Red Wings. Yet Detroit won all three convincingly, including Tuesday night's 4-1 victory at Joe Louis Arena. The loss dropped the...

It's a fear. Not a "shaking in your skates, paralyzed" type of fear. But a fear nonetheless. That's how Jocelyn Thibault explains the Blackhawks' success against the class of the NHL the last few seasons and their most bitter rival, the Detroit Red...

Under the best of circumstances, this promised to be a difficult season for the Blackhawks. With such a young team, the Hawks were counting on a core group of veterans to provide leadership, guidance and a few victories here and there. But the...

The Blackhawks had read this book too many times before. Play well, get the lead, lose it late, go to overtime and either tie or lose it there. Thursday night at the United Center, however, they wrote a new ending. Mark Bell scored the game-winner in...

Like a punch-drunk fighter who keeps getting off the mat to take one more beating, the Blackhawks faced the Detroit Red Wings one night after being knocked silly against the Ottawa Senators. Perhaps a dose of smelling salts got the Hawks' attention...

Everything that anyone could have asked for was on display Monday night at Joe Louis Arena. Great goals? Check, in abundance. Strange goals? Had a couple of those too. Great saves? Oh, yes, nearly a great save for every goal. Stirring comeback? Yep,...