Vipers2k9's Return to No Limits, A Hockeytown Dynasty

[Vipers2k9]

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*This is the new dynasty home page just to start the post fresh from the top. Kinda keep things neat. Get set and everyone WELCOME BACK TO HOCKEYTOWN....NO LIMITS!!

[GoldenJet]

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Good start and sweet banner, good luck.

[Vipers2k9]

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WINGS CENTER HEAVY IN 2010 DRAFT

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Detroit Red Wings finished up the 2010 NHL draft in L.A. today and have brought a handful of players back to see if they will fit in the Red Wings system.

The Wings first pick of the draft at # 21 was from the WHL, it was Center Cam Braes from Canada. The Wings were not done drafting from the Center position in the draft as they selected 4 Center's overall in the draft that also included Mike Cazzola (OHL), Mathew Sisca (OHL) and Misha Fisenko (WHL).

The Wings also picked up a goalie (Andreas Benard - Italy) Left Winger (Max Ross - WHL) and a Defensemen (Lucas Stoops - WHL) in the draft as well.

"It was a good draft this year and I think the kids we took will help the team down the line in the years to come" said head coach Mike Babcock.

The Wings now head back home to Detroit where they have some contract talks going on.

[Vipers2k9]

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WINGS SIGN FREE AGENT MODANO TO DEAL

DETROIT, MI - At a press conference at the Joe Louis Arena today the Detroit Red Wings welcomed their newest player to the team in vetern Center Mike Modano.

The Wings have signed the former Dallas Star to a 1 year deal with terms not disclosed at this time. Modano is in his 22 year of play in the NHL and says that he is happy to be home in Michigan.

"I grew up here, I love it here and I can't wait to hop on the ice here at the Joe and skate with the team and prove that I still have what it takes to be a top guy in the NHL." said Modano.

The Wings also let it be known that they are hoping to finish deals with Kirk Maltby and Juri Huddler by the end of the week.

[Vipers2k9]

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MALTBY, HUDDLER RESIGN WITH WINGS.

DETROIT, MI - The Detroit Red Wings were happy to announce that they had resigned both Kirk Maltby and Juri Huddler to new deals for the upcoming season.

Maltby signed a new 1 year deal with the team while Huddler signed a new multi-year deal with the team.

Both players are glad to be back with the team.

[Vipers2k9]

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WINGS GET CHANCE TO CHECK OUT DIVISIONAL FOES IN PRE-SEASON

DETROIT, MI - The Detroit Redwings and the NHL announced their 2010 Pre-Season Schedule today at the Joe Louis Arena. The Wings will meet up with their Central Division Foes in the Pre-Season this year.

The Wings will open up the Pre-Season at home on September 19th against the Nashville Predators before heading on the road for 2 games against the Columbus BlueJackets (Sept. 21st) and the St. Louis Blues (Sept. 23rd) before coming home to finish out the Pre-Season with a game against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks on Sept 25th at the JLA.

Tickets are on sale now.

[Vipers2k9]

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WINGS ANNOUNCE PRE-SEASON DEPTH CHART

Detroit Red Wings - 2010 Depth Chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LW	T. Holmstrom	K. Maltby	D. Miller	K. Draper
C	P. Datsyuk	V. Filppula	J. Hudler	M. Modano
RW	H. Zetterberg	J. Franzen	T. Bertuzzi	D. Cleary
DEF 1	N. Lidstrom	B. Stuart	J. Ericsson
DEF 2	B. Rafalski	N. Kronwall	R. Salei
G	J. Howard	C. Osgood

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[Vipers2k9]

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4 AT 5
Final - Overtime

"SWED" OT WIN
Zetterberg nets game winner, Wings win 5 - 4

DETROIT, MI - Henrik Zetterberg score just one minute and fifteen seconds into the overtime period to give the Wings a 5 - 4 overtime victory at the Joe Louis Arena last night.

The Predators came out and controlled the play in the first period out shooting the Red Wings 9 - 6 in the shots on goal and that did pay off as Nashville would score the only goal of the first when left winger Taylor Beck scored at the 17:34 mark to make it 1 - 0 Nashville after 1.

The scoreboard then was lit up in the second period as both teams would combine for 5 goals in the period starting with the Predators taking a 2 - 0 lead after David Legwand found the back of the net. The Wings then came storming back as Pavel Datsyuk got things started as he deflected a Brad Stuart shot into the net to make the score 2 - 1. The Wings then tied the game at 2 - 2 when Brad Stuart's shot found twine and the game was tied.

Nashville though made sure to let Detroit know they were not going away with out a fight as Taylor Beck found the goal for a second time in the game to give Nashville a 3 - 2 lead. Detroit would answer though as newly acquired defensemen Ruslan Salei would score his first of the pre-season to tie the game 3 with just over 6:00 left in the second period.

In the third things had quieted down until Detroit had thought that they had taken the lead on a power play goal by Tomas Holmstrom but the goal was waved off due to the referee calling that Holmstrom knocked the puck in with a high stick. After video review confirmed Holmstrom stick was above the crossbar of the goal, it was waived off and the game stayed tied at 3 - 3 until Nashville's Nick Spaling intercepted a pass and broke in all alone and put one past Jimmy Howard to give Nashville the lead at 4 - 3.

Detroit then put on the pressure again and with under a minute to go in the game it was Valtteri Filppula who would receive a beautiful pass from Tomas Holmstrom and break in to tie the game at 4 - 4 and head to overtime.

In Overtime the Wings were able to keep the pressure up and Henrik Zetterberg was able to gain the slot and fire a puck that was stopped and deflected into the air, glancing off a Nashville player in front and trickling into the net to give Detroit the 5 - 4 win in overtime.

Detroit now hits the road for their next two pre-season games starting with a game this coming Tuesday, September 21st against the Columbus Bluejackets.

NHL Scoreboard - Nashville Predators (0-0-1) at Detroit Red Wings (1-0-0)

September 19, 2010 1 2 3 OT F Nashville Predators 1 2 1 0 4 Detroit Red Wings 0 3 1 1 5 Three Stars Detroit - Brad Stuart, D 1 Goal & 1 Assist Nashville - Taylor Beck, LW 2 Goals Nashville - David Legwand, C 1 Goal & 1 Assist

Team Stats Comparison NAS DET Shots on Goal 23 39 Hits 21 21 Faceoffs Won-Lost 22/43 21/43 Penalty Minutes 4:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 1 2 Time on Attack 4:33 10:07

Scoring Summary First Period Scoring NAS Taylor Beck (1) M. Staal (1), M. Latta (1) EV 17:34 Second Period Scoring NAS David Legwand (1) M. Lombardi (1), R. Josi (1) EV 3:05 DET Pavel Datsyuk (1) B. Stuart (1), B. Rafalski (1) EV 5:41 DET Brad Stuart (1) J. Franzen (1), T. Bertuzzi (1) EV 7:22 NAS Taylor Beck (2) R. Josi (2) EV 8:07 DET Ruslan Salei (1) T. Bertuzzi (2) EV 14:46 Third Period Scoring NAS Nick Spaling (1) D. Legwand (1) EV 15:09 DET Valtteri Filppula (1) T. Holmstrom (1), N. Lidstrom (1) EV 19:16 Overtime Scoring DET Henrik Zetterberg (1) Unassisted EV 1:15

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[BlueLineBomber]

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Nice, clean and clear. Well done so far. I do like the banner as well, it grabs your eye.

[Vipers2k9]

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0 AT 1
FINAL

SWARM EFFECT
Columbus blanks Red Wings on the Road

COLUMBUS, OH - The Detroit Red Wings suffered it's first pre-season defeat last night 1 - 0 at the hands of the Columbus Bluejackets.

The lone goal of the game came when Bluejackets Captain R. J. Umberger found the back of the net at the 7:37 mark of the second period. Columbus goaltender Steve Mason stopped all 29 shots by the Red Wings offense.

On the plus side Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood only allowed the 1 goal on 27 shots by Columbus and seemed to be pretty happy with the outcome of the night.

"They could have had more the way they out played us tonight but I really felt good and relaxed in net tonight and that's what kept us in the game. Said Osgood.

The Wings now head to St. Louis to face off with the Blues on Thursday Night, September 23rd.

NHL Scoreboard - Detroit Red Wings (1-1-0) at Columbus Bluejackets (2-0-0)

September 21, 2010 1 2 3 F Detroit Red Wings 0 0 0 0 Columbus Bluejackets 0 1 0 1 Three Stars Columbus - Steve Mason, G 29 Saves Detroit - Chris Osgood, G 27 Saves Columbus - R. J. Umberger, C 1 Goal	Team Stats Comparison DET CBJ Shots on Goal 27 29 Hits 18 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 9/45 36/45 Penalty Minutes 4:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Total Power Plays 1 2 Time on Attack 8:29 6:12
Scoring Summary Second Period Scoring CBJ R. J. Umberger (2) J. Voracek (N/A), N. Filatov (N/A) EV 7:37

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[Vipers2k9]

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5 AT 3
FINAL

WINGS CRASH HOUSE OF BLUES
Offense comes alive in 5 - 3 Win

ST.LOUIS, MO - The Red Wings offense came alive at the Scottrade Center last night with a 5 - 3 win over the St. Louis Blues.

The Wings opened up the game with what they thought was a power play goal by Tomas Holmstorm but the Ref waived it off and went up stairs as he had believed that it was knocked down by Holmstorm's glove into the net. Upon further review the replay showed that it did not hit Holmstorm's glove but his jersey between his arm and chest and deflected in and Holmstrom was awarded his first goal of the pre-season on the power play to make it 1 - 0. Late in the period, Pavel Datsyuk caught a streaking Henrik Zetterberg on a break away down the right side and Zetterberg flipped it in just under the glove of the goaltender for his second of the per-season and the Wings lead 2 - 0 after the first period.

In the second period, The Blues got on the board with their young star T.J. Oshie finding the back of the net for the first time this pre-season the bring the Blues with in one at 2 - 1. The Wings though would kill that momentum as Jiri Hudler would get a rebound goal off the shot of Jonathan Ericsson just a minute and eighteen seconds later to put the Wings back up by 2 at 3 - 1 at the end of the second period.

In the third period The Blues tried to mount one more comeback and looked like it was going to work until Wings defensemen Brian Rafalski fired a shot from the point after a pass from Mike Modano to put the Wings up 4 - 1. The Blues how ever did not give up as them came storming back with goals by Alex Pietrangelo & Brad Boyes, both getting their first of the pre-season to close the game to a 4 - 3 game. But with under a thirty seconds to go in the game and errand pass led to Henrik Zetterberg getting his second of the night and third of the pre-season, an empty net goal to seal the fate of the Blue and give the Wings a 5 - 3 victory on the road.

The Wings finish the pre-season road record at 1 - 1 with Chris Osgood playing very well in both games. They now head home for the final contest of the Pre-Season as they face off with the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks at the Joe Louis Arena this Saturday Night.

NHL Scoreboard - Detroit Red Wings (2-1-0) at St. Louis Blues (1-2-0)

September 23, 2010 1 2 3 F Detroit Red Wings 2 1 2 5 St. Louis Blues 0 1 2 3 Three Stars Detroit - Brian Rafalski, D 1 Goal & 1 Assist Detroit - Henrik Zetterberg, LW 2 Goals St. Louis - Brad Boyes, C 1 Goal

Team Stats Comparison DET STL Shots on Goal 24 34 Hits 16 19 Faceoffs Won-Lost 13/51 38/51 Penalty Minutes 2:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Total Power Plays 2 1 Time on Attack 5:52 6:40

Scoring Summary First Period Scoring DET Tomas Holmstorm (1) N. Lidstorm (2), B. Stuart (2) PP 3:11 DET Henrik Zetterberg (2) P. Datsyuk (1), B. Rafalski (2) EV 17:36 Second Period Scoring STL T. J. Oshie (1) A. Steen (1), R. Polak (2) EV 16:24 DET Jiri Hudler (1) J. Ericsson (1), R. Salei (1) EV 17:42 Third Period Scoring DET Brian Rafalski (1) M. Modano (1) EV 9:39 STL Alex Pietrangelo (1) A. Peluso (1), V. Sobotka (1) EV 11:42 STL Brad Boyes (1) D. Backes (1), A. McDonald (1) EV 16:33 DET Henrik Zetterberg (1) EN 19:55

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[bthomp05]

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Excellent record so far... Are you looking to bring in some youth as you have alot of aging players.

[onlybygrace]

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Good job with this...but not good beating the Blues!!!

[HeroWorship]

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Nice to see Jiri Hudler score a goal in a Red Wing uniform. It's been awhile.

Good start to the season, and nice job beating the Blues.

[Vipers2k9]

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1 AT 5
FINAL

HOCKEYTOWN ENGINES REVING AT FULL STRENGTH
Wings fly by Hawks in final pre-season game 5 - 1

DETROIT, MI - The Detroit Red Wings finished out the 2010-2011 pre-season by soundly thrashing the Chicago Blackhawks at the Joe Louis Arena last night 5 - 1 to finish the pre-season with a 3 - 1 - 0 record.

The Wings got off to a hot start again last night in the first period when on the power play, Tomas Holmstrom got a hold of the loose puck out in front and slide it home to give the Wings a 1 - 0 lead. Chicago came back later in the period and tie the game up on a 2 on 1 breakaway that saw Hugh Jessiman fake a pass and deposit the puck top shelf over Jimmy Howard's shoulder and we were tied up going into period number 2.

Midway thru the second period everything fell apart for the Chicago Blackhawks and netminder Hannu Toivonen as the Wings scored the next 3 goals in just a minute and thirty six seconds to jump out a 4 - 1 lead as Kirk Maltby, Pavel Datsyuk, & Jiri Hudler all scored.

Later in the third period, Tomas Holmstorm fired a shot from the slot that flew past Toivonen to put the Wings up 5 - 1 and they would go on to win from there.

The Wings are now finished with the Pre-Season and now get set to open up the 2010-2011 regular season schedule with the Home Opener on Friday Night, October 8th against the Anaheim Ducks with a 7:30pm face off time.
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*Note this game was played with the new tuner set (1.04) that came out and don't know if it was just the final pre-season game or what but Chicago did not come out to play in the game. Hope that Anaheim does not play like this or I may up the CPU Strategy setting to 2 to make it a challenge.