Episodes

  • This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 5: The Bruiser's Last Birthday

    This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 5: The Bruiser's Last Birthday
    Jul 5 2026
    Bob Probert was born on July 5th, nineteen sixty-five. He died on July 5th, two thousand ten — his 45th birthday, on a boat on Lake Saint Clair. The man who protected Steve Yzerman for a decade never got to see sixty.
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    3 mins
  • This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 4: The Summer They Held Their Breath

    This Day in Red Wings History — Jul. 4: The Summer They Held Their Breath
    Jul 4 2026
    July 4th, nineteen ninety-seven. Detroit had won the Cup 27 days earlier. Vladimir Konstantinov was in a hospital, 21 days after the limousine accident. The city was holding two feelings at once — and had no idea how to let either one go.
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    3 mins
  • June 27: The Mule

    June 27: The Mule
    Jun 30 2026
    On June 27, 2004, with the 97th overall pick — late in the third round — the Detroit Red Wings selected a 24-year-old Swedish winger named Johan Franzén. Most of the league had passed on him twice. Coach Mike Babcock nicknamed him "The Mule" because he carried the load — and by the 2008 playoffs, Franzén was one of Detroit's most devastating postseason scorers, on the way to a Stanley Cup.
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    3 mins