He has earned that right. And in the brave new NHL, the Wings can use all the savvy and leadership Yzerman, 40, brings. No, he doesn't play with speed and flair anymore, but he did score 18 goals during the last season after recovering from knee surgery.

He will begin his 19th season as captain -- the longest streak in NHL history -- and before he retires, he could serve as a significant link from the flashy, three-time champion Wings to the trimmed-down Wings in the salary-cap era.

Thank you Kenny! Steve, you're my hero!

Final skate for Wings' captain?

That explains the bond between the fans in Detroit and McCarty, who was, and is, the Wings' most popular player next to Steve Yzerman over this last decade of championship success.

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But it was McCarty's toughness and his willingness -- eagerness, really -- to stick up for teammates on the ice that quickly won over Detroit fans, who had grown to love the Pistons' Bad Boys and the Wings' Bruise Brothers in the 1980s. His pummeling of Colorado's Claude Lemieux in the now-infamous March 1997 brawl in Detroit -- payback for Lemieux's vicious hit on Draper in the 1996 playoffs -- is still viewed as a "coming-of-age moment," as McCarty puts it, for the Wings en route to Cup titles in 1997 and '98.

When that highlight was played on the television sets Tuesday night at the restaurant, the crowd roared as if it had just happened the night before.

Oh Mac, we'll miss you so much. Thanks for the memories!!

Detroit can't forget McCarty

For 301 days, hockey fans have waited for this day — the day when sanity finally prevailed and the sport and its players were able to agree on a common ground and announce that a new collective bargaining agreement had been struck.

Ten burning questions about the NHL's CBA

he NHL and the players' association reached an agreement in principle on a new labor deal, ending a lockout that wiped out last season, the sides announced in statements Wednesday.

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Commissioner Gary Bettman warned in February when he canceled the season that the offers the union passed up were better than any it would see once a year of hockey was lost.

It's official. And yes, the line starts here to punch Bob Goodenow in the face.

GAME [almost] ON!

NHL, players' union reaches agreement in principle

Dave Lewis will not be behind the Detroit Red Wings' bench when the NHL makes its return.

The Red Wings on Friday announced that Lewis, who served as coach for two seasons, will not return.

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Red Wings fire coach Dave Lewis

An American newspaper is reporting the National Hockey League and its players' union have reached a tentative deal that could lead to the end of the 10-month hockey lockout.

an end to this saga?

Deal reached to end NHL lockout: report

Larry Bowers, a Colorado resident, has filed a class action lawsuit against the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), Formula One Group, Formula One Administration, Michelin Tires and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway following Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.

As well he should. And a host of other lawsuits should also take place. This was a completely avoidable incident that many parties had an opportunity to remedy and didn't. In the end, nearly 1M people who attended the event got screwed and nearly 250M people who watch the event had their time wasted. It's not as bad as the NHL, but the FIA's definitely set themselves back about 5 years in terms of making Formula One relavent in the biggest consumer market on the planet.

Fan sues over Grand Prix 'race'

] ESPN said it had declined an option for the right to
] broadcast National Hockey League games next season, even
] if they resume after a yearlong lockout.

The NHL takes another huge step towards irrelevance. Meanwhile, no one notices.

ESPN to drop NHL broadcasts

] Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars will captain the U.S.
] team at the hockey world championships.

Despite the significant "gayness" of the US squad, they look like they have a chance to win the tournament.

Modano is U.S. captain at hockey worlds - 04/30/05

] Born in the village of Basti Danishmandan, near the
] northwest Indian city of Jalandhar in 1904, Khan was a
] contemporary of Indian hockey great Dhyan Chand and they
] played together at the 1928 Olympics.
]
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] In an interview with Reuters on his 100th birthday on
] September 9 last year, Khan said discipline in every
] facet of life had helped him live a long and healthy
] life.

Who woulda known that India had an Olympic hockey program?!

Oldest Olympic gold medalist dies - Apr 21, 2005