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Lewis will not return as Red Wings coach 7/8/2005, 11:39 a.m. ET By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Red Wings have decided not to bring back Dave Lewis as their coach, the team's general manager said Friday in a move that paves the way for former Anaheim coach Mike Babcock to come to Detroit. The decision means Lewis, whose contract expired at the end of June, will not be behind the Red Wings bench for the first time since 1987. Detroit GM Ken Holland made the announcement during a news conference Friday morning at Joe Louis...

High-scoring Red Wings trade for top scorer Lang By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press Writer February 27, 2004 DETROIT (AP) -- Robert Lang should fit in well with the high-scoring Detroit Red Wings. Lang, who shares the league lead in points, was acquired by the Red Wings from Washington on Friday in a deal that sent Tomas Fleischmann, a first-round draft pick this year and a fourth rounder in 2006 to the Capitals. The 33-year-old Lang is enjoying one of his finest seasons. He has 29 goals and 45 assists and is tied with Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis with 74...

Ilitch to be inducted into Hall of Fame on Monday The Associated Press 11/1/2003, 9:58 a.m. ET DETROIT (AP) — Mike Ilitch has directed the Detroit Red Wings through nine Division Championships, four Western Conference Championships and three Stanley Cup titles. On Monday, that leadership will take him into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Ilitch, 74, is to be inducted in the builder category, along with Canadian junior team coach Brian Kilrea. Players Grant Fuhr and Pat Lafontaine, a native of Wayne County's Waterford Township, also will be inducted. "It's a stupendous feeling," Ilitch told the Detroit Free...

<p>DETROIT -- He thought about it. He thought about it for a couple days, while the misery was fresh. But every time Steve Yzerman contemplated retiring, he'd recall those playoff losses that felt so horrible, and the right knee that felt so good.</p>

The Detroit Red Wings visited President Bush today as he honored their 2002 Stanley Cup championship. This is the Red Wings third trip to the White House since 1997, the first since Bush has been President. The President made brief comments to the media after the UN approved the resolution for disarming Iraq. Bush also welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

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'Canes shock Red Wings in overtime The Carolina Hurricanes are blowing up quite a storm in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the swatch of destruction continued in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals Tuesday night as Ron Francis scored an overtime goal just 58 seconds into the extra period to boost the Hurricanes to a 3-2 win and a 1-0 lead in the Finals. Francis' sixth goal of the playoffs came on a broken play that saw the Carolina captain left alone in front of Wings goalie Dominik Hasek. Francis took a pass from Jeff O'Neill and deftly tipped...

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