Unsung Octopi: Detroit Red Wings History

Join the Unsung Octopi crew as they kick off the spoopy season with a fresh look at the Detroit Red Wings four-time Stanley Cup Champion and perpetual netminder menace, Tomas Holmstrom! But before we do, Sean and Adri talk about their summer and things happening in their lives. Adri talks about the job search grind and Sean discusses his diagnosis with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. As discussed in the episode, please consider learning more about EDS & donating to the Ehlers-Danlos Society by clicking here. Original episode air date: 9/22/22 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8--83hav5Yw  Head over to our website: unsungoctopipodcast.com Support the show via donation: PayPal Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

First up: Sean & Adri discuss the 2022 NHL Draft & Detroit Red Wings Draft Party at Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit. Afterward: Adri, Sean, & Sarah hang out for post-recording chat and plenty of Harry Potter nerdiness comes to the surface. Original episode air date: 7/16/22 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cBDolMVBitQ Head over to our website: unsungoctopipodcast.com Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

Ever wonder what on earth Alaska has to do with Michigan or the Detroit Red Wings? That's what the Unsung Octopi Podcast crew try to figure out on this episode of the show. Our hosts discuss the 2022 NHL Draft and Detroit Red Wings Draft Party; story time about the three time ECHL Kelly Cup Champion Alaska Aces; and top it off with an interview with our Alaska Hockey Representative, Sarah! Thank you so much to Sarah for joining us today on the show! Check out her podcast, Devil Details, about the Apple TV+ show, Blackbird.   Original episode air date: 7/17/2022 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading: Google Doc Head over to our website: unsungoctopipodcast.com Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

Got some extra laughs for everyone! Enjoy Sean and Adri discussing their hair situations; Adri has some Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Vipers jerseys from good friend of the show, Rohan; and Sean gives up in editing the Adri Hair Touching Tally. Original episode air date: 6/29/22 Produced by Sean Dery Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

After a bit of a break, Sean and Adri return with their Unsung Octopi Podcast Review of 2021-2022! Join us as we discuss all the happenings over the last year including: Thank you's to our guests (Jake Rivard, Noland Bianchi, Em, Rohan, and Darren McCarty); our original season expectations; the Detroit Red Wings home opener, the Unsung Octopi Podcast crew's first game together & first Red Wings game for Sean; All the players who we enjoyed and head coach Jeff Blashill being released; Moritz "Mo" Seider becoming the first Detroit Red Wing since 1965 to win the Calder Trophy; and a big thank you to all of our listeners!   Original episode air date: 6/27/22 Produced by Sean Dery   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8WZlDfiM7Tw Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

  On this episode of the Unsung Octopi Podcast, Sean and Adri are joined by reigning "Canceller of Podcasts," "Diplomatically Immune Aussie," and resident Darren Helm superfan, Rohan! (@YzeRohan)   Rohan joins us to talk about Detroit Red Wings legend, Darren Helm; discussing authenticating jerseys; the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche (affectionately and deliberately nicknamed "Snow Waves") rivalry; and everything in between. Prior to Rohan's presence, our hosts talked about Adri's attendance at the Winged Wheel Podcast Night: Part Two and generally thanked everyone for listening to our shenanigans over the last year.   We put together this episode as a casual conversation to get to know our friend Rohan. We wholeheartedly appreciate him joining us all the way from Australia!   Original episode air date: 4/17/2022 Produced by Sean Dery   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yxIkdvo5hRQ Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

Hang on to your hats everybody, do we have a show for you! On our lucky number thirteenth episode of the Unsung Octopi Podcast, hosts Sean & Adriana are joined by "Winging It In Motown" writer, Jake Rivard for a discussion with "Fight Night At The Joe" grinder & four time Stanley Cup champion, Darren McCarty! On this episode of the podcast we all discuss life lessons (mostly Darren's dad-like wisdom)(0:00); our love of the Detroit Red Wings organization; Darren McCarty fields some questions from us & a couple of Unsung Octopi Podcast followers; also Darren gives us the full story on everything revolving around that fateful March 26th, 1997 'Fight Night At The Joe'! (25:00) Thank you so much for listening and it was an absolute pleasure to have both Jake Rivard and Darren McCarty on this action packed episode!     Original episode air date: 3/24/2022 Produced by Sean Dery   Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/VgOO75SmlkM Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us all on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs   Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!  

  The Unsung Octopi Podcast crew welcome you all to a fabulous episode regarding one of the most elite players to ever grace the Winged Wheel! We're of course talking about the Detroit Red Wings alum, Darren Helm! We're joined by our friend, resident Twitter user, and Darren Helm superfan, Em!   We discuss the Unsung Octopi Podcast crew going to the Detroit Red Wings vs Colorado Avalanche game together for Sean's first Detroit Red Wings game ever (0:00); The baffling gong show that was the following game, a 10-7 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs (23:35); and we all discuss the life and career of Darren Helm! (38:19)     Original episode air date: 3/2/2022 Produced by Sean Dery   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ERPTXpx-ZhM Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs   Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!  

Welcome to a new year of the Unsung Octopi Podcast! Thank you all for joining us as we set the stage for 2022! On this episode of the podcast, Sean and Adriana are taking you back in time to talk about one of the most legendary arenas in the National Hockey League: Olympia Stadium! The stadium for the Detroit Red Wings was affectionately nicknamed the “Old Red Barn.” Also, we discuss our Unsung Octopi Podcast Sticker Giveaway (12:30); the Detroit Red Wings hire Nicklas Lidstrom as their Vice President of Hockey Operations and Dylan Larkin is a 2022 NHL All-Star (18:03); a fun little game of “Stonk or Sell” (34:30); and shenanigans in general as we always do. Original episode air date: 1/30/2022 Produced by Sean Dery Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ROBqFCK4snI Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

The Unsung Octopi Podcast crew, Sean and Adriana, reconvene for the 2021 NHL Holiday Break; very conveniently coinciding with a Covid-19 outbreak in the NHL. Enjoy our discussion on Lucas Raymond and Nick Leddy being placed in Covid protocol; our dream interviews of Detroit Red Wings players; and apparently some ALDI love in the process. Happy Holidays everyone! Original episode air date: 1/3/2022 Produced by Sean Dery Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/43kEiH1Y-uk Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

The Unsung Octopi Podcast crew of Sean and Adriana return with another wonky story of the career of Livonia, Michigan's very own, Mike Modano! We dive into a few of the last months worth of Detroit Red Wings games, including a 3-2 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres (5:33); Taro Hirose dangles opponents with the Grand Rapids Griffins (15:24); the Detroit Red Wings rookies and prospects discussion of Alex Nedeljkovic, Moritz Seider, and Lucas Raymond; Styx opens for the Federal Propects Hockey League's Port Huron Prowlers (25:09), Ontario Hockey League's Flint Firebirds defeating the undefeated London Knights; and the Detroit Red Wings shutting down Connor McDavid & the Edmonton Oilers (27:25); Discussing Adri attending Winged Wheel Podcast Night at Little Caesar's Arena against the Montreal Canadiens (35:14), and the main topic of the show, Michigan native & former Detroit Red Wing, Mike Modano! (58:50) Give the Jamie Daniels Foundation some love as they strive to end the stigma of substance use disorder and get help to those in need: https://jamiedanielsfoundation.org/   Original episode air date: 11/17/2021 Produced by Sean Dery Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y0vaYYYOojE Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @Sean_Unsung Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Join our Discord server: discord.gg/nkTFPC4dKs Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

| Content Warning: discussion of death & suicide in this episode. Please follow timestamps if you wish to skip ahead | It's been a while but the Unsung Octopi Podcast crew are back in the saddle with one helluva show! Opening the show with discussion of the tragic passing of Sean's best friend, James, whom this show is dedicated to (6:20); the Detroit Red Wings season opener events against the Tampa Bay Lightning & some off-season talk (41:39); finally the World Hockey Association's (WHA) brief stint in Michigan with the Michigan Stags! (1:27:47) Original episode air date: 10/17/2021 Produced by Sean Dery   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

Doing big things this week as Sean & Adriana host Last Word On Sports & Winging It In Motown editor, Jake Rivard, in a hilarious discussion! Gotta talk about life transitions for all three of us (2:20), Detroit Red Wings re-sign Filip Hronek & Givani Smith (22:14), Detroit Red Wings Prospect Tournament in Traverse City (34:55), some questions for Adriana & Jake about the upcoming 2021-22 season (43:35), and the legendary Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver & Little Caesars Arena building manager, Al Sobotka (1:02:20), the namesake of our beloved mascot, Al the Octopus! Thank you all so much for listening & thank you to Jake Rivard for joining us! Check out Jake's Twitter (@RivardNHL) & his work with Last Word On Sports & Winging It In Motown! Original episode air date: 9/15/2021 Produced by Sean Dery   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

This episode, join Sean & Adriana as they return, semi triumphantly, back to the show this off-season as they discuss a little off topic work story (5:27), our Unsung Octopi Podcast snap raffle winner (12:20), the contracts of Jakub Vrana, Adam Erne, and Sebastian Cossa (22:50), and discuss former Detroit Red Wings first round pick Riley Sheahan (36:37) and his contributions on the ice and in the world of mental health advocacy. Check out Riley Sheahan's show, "Speak Your Mind with NHL's Riley Sheahan" as he breaks the stigma regarding mental health and sports. Available wherever you get your podcasts. (https://apple.co/3tnUE71)   Original episode air date: 8/31/2021 Produced by Sean Dery   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

A huge thank you to Nolan Bianchi for joining us today & as a special treat, you all get the BONUS EPISODE where we talk to Nolan about how he got started at the Detroit News & began the Locked On Red Wings podcast! Follow him on Twitter: @nolanbianchi Check out his work at the Detroit News (detroitnews.com/staff/2646749001/nolan-bianchi/) His show, Locked On Red Wings, is on Twitter @LO_RedWings & give them a listen! Shoutout to playmichigan.com for providing this episode today as well.   Original episode air date: 8/6/2021 Produced by Sean Dery   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show! Our Unsung Octopi "Picnic & Hockey" get together is on August 21st at 3pm at Civic Center Park in Woodhaven, MI. (http://evite.me/ZCrnC1VxKy)

We're back after a few weeks off with a brand new episode! We have a very special guest; the host of the Locked On Red Wings podcast & sports contributor for the Detroit News, Nolan Bianchi joins us! Today we discuss all of our birthdays being in the first week of August (2:20), dive into the National Hockey League Expansion Draft for the Seattle Kraken & the 2021 National Hockey League Entry Draft; Detroit Red Wings re-signings, signings, & trades (7:40), and discussing Mrs. Hockey, Colleen Howe (1:00:53). A huge thank you to Nolan Bianchi for joining us today! Follow him on Twitter @nolanbianchi Check out his work at the Detroit News (https://bit.ly/3K2XJ29) His show, Locked On Red Wings, is on Twitter @LO_RedWings & give them a listen! Shoutout to playmichigan.com for providing this episode today as well.   Original episode air date: 8/6/2021 Produced by Sean Dery   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Sources & Further Reading: Google Doc Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show! Our Unsung Octopi "Picnic & Hockey" get together is on August 21st at 3pm at Civic Center Park in Woodhaven, MI. (http://evite.me/ZCrnC1VxKy)

Sean and Adriana return with a far kinder episode of the show. They discuss some personal life happenings (5:40); alongside story time from an outdoor hockey rink (13:15); happenings from the Detroit Red Wings hiring American Hockey League's Iowa Wild assistant coach, Alex Tanguay, as Detroit's assistant coach (25:23); The tragic passing of Columbus Blue Jackets goalie, Matiss Kivlenieks, at goalie coach, Manny Legace's home on July 4th (30:12); the Tampa Bay Lightning have repeated as NHL Stanley Cup champions (35:43); finally, the main story of the man, the myth, and the Detroit Red Wings legend: Jordin Tootoo (48:45). The Team Tootoo Foundation can be found here: www.jordintootoo.com/team-tootoo   Original episode air date: 7/14/2021 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

| Content warning for discussion of sexual assault | Sean and Adriana are back with a vengeance! Mostly because this episode is filled with animosity. We discuss Adriana's Twitter ban (2:20); our new Unsung Octopi Podcast discord server (7:59); June being Pride month (12:00), Round three of the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and the Stanley Cup finals (19:43); the Chicago Blackhawks and Kyle Beach assault news (32:25); and finally, former Detroit Red Wings draft pick, Sean Avery's time with the team (47:02). Original episode air date: 6/30/2021 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

Sean and Adriana are back discussing some recent shout outs from Octopus Thrower and Darren McCarty on Twitter (3:18); existing with ADHD (7:10); properly introducing ourselves and our relationship with hockey (10:57); Round two of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs (40:25); and finally getting into the 1954 Detroit Red Wings Prison Exhibition game (1:07:53). Original episode air date: 6/11/2021 Produced by Sean Dery Sources & Further Reading   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!

In episode two, Sean and Adriana discuss a few more gardening thoughts and the store 2nd & Charles (0:15); Mo Seider being SHL Defenseman of the Year (18:31); Detroit Red Wings head coach, Jeff Blashill, being extended (22:40); the first round of the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (25:14); and finally, getting into the deep dive of the career (and personal) parallels of the Detroit Red Wings' longtime captain, Steve Yzerman, and Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche's longtime captain, Joe Sakic (57:37).   Original episode air date: 5/28/2021 Produced by Sean Dery Our icon & banner was made by Camila James (@Camila_James8 on Twitter) Our intro & outro music was made by Aryan (@circle_tone on Instagram & fiverr)   Visit our Podbean site: https://unsungoctopipodcast.podbean.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @UnsungOctopiPod, @Adri_Unsung, @StrayAdult Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYkv-Jbs0QlrPu3CK7MLfoQ Check out our merch on RedBubble: unsungoctopi.redbubble.com Like, comment, subscribe, follow, retweet, grab some merch, & thank you for supporting the show!