2011-2012 Detroit Red Wings

Front Row, from left: Joey MacDonald, Senior Vice President Jimmy Devellano, Director of Hockey Administration/Assistant General Manager Ryan Martin, Vice President/Assistant General Manager Jim Nill, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ken Holland, Alternate Governor/President Ilitch Holdings Christopher Ilitch, Owner/Secretary Marian Ilitch, Owner Mike Ilitch, Captain Nicklas Lidstrom, Head Coach Mike Babcock, Assistant Coach Bill Peters, Assistant Coach Jeff Blashill, Assistant Coach/Video Keith McKittrick, Special Assistant to the General Manager Kris Draper, Goaltending Coach Jim Bedard, Jimmy Howard, Ty Conklin.

Middle Row, from left: Assistant Equipment Manager Bill Kerstetter, Team Masseur Sergei Tchekmarev, Assistant Athletic Therapist Russ Baumann, Head Athletic Therapist Piet Van Zant, Darren Helm, Todd Bertuzzi, Brad Stuart, Johan Franzen, Tomas Holmstrom, Alternate Captain Pavel Datsyuk, Alternate Captain Henrik Zetterberg, Alternate Captain Niklas Kronwall, Ian White, Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula, Justin Abdelkader, Head Equipment Manager Paul Boyer, Assistant Equipment Manager John Remejes, Massage Therapist Ainars Treiguts, Assistant Equipment Manager Adam Sheehan.

Back Row, from left: Strength and Conditioning Coach Peter Renzetti, Gustav Nyquist, Chris Conner, Jan Mursak, Jakub Kindl, Drew Miller, Jonathan Ericsson, Kyle Quincey, Brendan Smith, Patrick Eaves, Jiri Hudler, Cory Emmerton, Dressing Room Assistant Rick Szuber.

theyslayedthedragon:

The Detroit Sports Scene - Simplified.

Happy birthday to our perfect ageless captain, Nicklas Lidstrom!

urbanehood:

Tigers’ Opening Day (by Moobyluvsme)

Holmstrom is Wings' Masterton nominee

“The way he’s battling through injuries and able to come back and play, we know the beating he’s been taking in front of the net and in the offensive zone, but he keeps getting up there and getting back in there. He’s got so much determination and will to get back in there again. You can tell with his bad knees that he’s not giving up at all.” — Nicklas Lidstrom

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(via A View of Detroit As Captured Beneath a Photographer’s Dangling Feet - Design - The Atlantic Cities)

Detroit-based photographer Dennis Maitland has conceived of a new way to see the city, turning the experience of the skyscraper up on its head. In a series called “Life on the Edge,” Maitland climbs atop some of the highest perches in his hometown, dangles his feet precariously over the edge, focuses his lens downwards, and snaps a photo that is sure to induce perspiration. Maitland not only documents his personal overcoming of a fear of heights, but he captures views of Detroit that elevate city streets from their quotidian designation and paint a new image of our built environment.