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The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast is taking the pulse of the Detroit Red Wings rebuild. If you enjoy Detroit Hockey, this is the show for you.
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In this edition of The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the first-place Red Wings, who moved into top spot in the Atlantic Division with a 4-2 victory over the Kraken. The podcast interview guest is Grand Rapids defenseman Alex Kannok Leipert, who is trying to become the first player born in Thailand to make the NHL.
In this edition of The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast, Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan takes a look at the team's successful road trip heading into this weekend's centennial celebrations. FanFest starts Thursday at MotorCity Casino and the Wings are home against two Original Six teams, Friday against the Rangers at 7 p.m., and Sunday against the Blackhawks at 1 p.m. We're also counting down the top 100 Red Wings in the last 100 years at detroitnews.com. Tuesday was the top players from 76-100, Wednesday 51-75, Thursday 26-50 and Friday 1-25. The top 10 teams of all-time will be released Saturday. The interview guest is former WJR broadcaster Rich Kincaide, the author of "The Gods of Olympia Stadium: Legends of the Detroit Red Wings".
Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan takes a look at the early success of the Red Wings (5-1) heading into Wednesday's game in Buffalo and ex-Wolverines captain Jacob Truscott is the interview guest.
Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan predicts an 87-point season for the Red Wings heading into Thursday's home opener against the Montreal Canadiens at Little Caesars Arena. The interview guest is former Red Wings defenseman Bob Wilkie, who will be featured in an upcoming documentary on the 1986 Swift Current Broncos' bus crash, killing four players.
Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan takes a look at James van Riemsdyk's return to the team on Wednesday and how the roster is shaping up before next week's season opener against the Canadiens. The interview guest is Jake Davis, a linesman from Wyandotte who just selected to work in the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy from Feb. 6-22.
Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan is in Traverse City for the first day of training camp in Steve Yzerman's seventh season at the helm of the 11-time Stanley Cup champions.
Commerce Township native Anna Segedi is living her hockey dream after being adopted from a Chinese orphanage more than 20 years ago.
Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' early free-agency signings and trades following the first-round draft selection of forward Carter Bear.
Ted Kulfan takes a look at Steve Yzerman's "pivotal week" in the Wings' rebuild with upcoming free agency, the draft and possible trades.
Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Detroit Red Wings' season-ending news conference with general manager Steve Yzerman and coach Todd McLellan.
Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 4-1 loss in Montreal which all but eliminates them from the playoffs for the ninth straight year and Panthers analyst Bill Lindsay is the interview guest on this episode of the OctoPulse podcast.
Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' slim playoff chances after a 2-1 OT loss in St. Louis and ESPN reporter Emily Kaplan is the interview guest on this episode of the OctoPulse podcast.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 5-2 loss in Denver on Tuesday and Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch is the interview guest.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' slim playoff chances with 14 games left in the season and David Legwand is the interview guest.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Joe Veleno trade with the Blackhawks and PWHL defenseman Mellissa Channell-Watkins is the interview guest.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan takes a look at the Red Wings' 5-3 loss against the Blue Jackets in the Stadium Series on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about Saturday's outdoor game in Columbus, the Ville Husso trade to Anaheim and Ducks analyst Brian Hayward is the interview guest.
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about the team's four-game sweep on the western road trip and Sportsnet draft analyst Jason Bukala is the interview guest. Before Christmas, the odds of the Red Wings making the playoffs were less than one percent under coach Derek Lalonde. After Christmas, under new coaches Todd McLellan and Trent Yawney, Detroit has gone 15-4-1 and the odds, according to moneypuck.com/predictions, are 50-50 of ending the franchise's eight-year playoff drought. "As we sit here doing this podcast, I would be a little surprised at this point if they didn't make the playoffs," Kulfan said. "This has been about as good as they've played in years, quite honestly. The one thing which really stood out during this four-game road trip, you kind of expected them to win during points in these games."
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about Dominik Shine's successful NHL debut at age 31 and NHL podcaster Julie Petry is the interview guest. After nine years in the minor leagues, Shine played in Monday's 5-2 win over the L.A. Kings and he'll make this week's road trip which begins Thursday in Edmonton (9 p.m., FDSN, 97.1). "It is a great story," Kulfan said on the podcast. "You need these type of stories throughout the course of a long season. I think the team really embraced it last night. He's kind of an everyman Joe. He's 31 years old, a career minor leaguer from the area, from Pinckney and went to play at Northern (Michigan). He's stayed in Grand Rapids since 2016 because he wants to build a base for his family."
On this edition of the Detroit Red Wings/Detroit News podcast, Ted Kulfan talks about the Red Wings' mini slide after the seven-game winning and Kraken broadcaster John Forslund is the interview guest.
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