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Niklas Kronwall Out After Knee On Knee Hit By Laraque

by Paul on 11/21/09 at 07:51 PM ET
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Wings announced Kronwall will not return to the game after taking a knee on knee hit from Laraque.  Earlier on the same play, Laraque high-sticked Darren Helm so Laraque received 4 for high sticking and 2 for tripping.

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Kronwall Going Home

by Paul on 09/21/09 at 03:25 PM ET
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from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

For Kronwall, it will feel like a pair of home games. He has played in the Globe more than 100 times and spends the summer working out and skating in the rink right next door. He knows all the nooks and crannies of the building.

“I have walked through those doors and in that arena for many years,” Kronwall said. “I feel pretty comfortable there.”

He said he has put in for 120 tickets for the two games. For games at Joe Louis Arena, Kronwall said he usually doesn’t have to ask for any more than the two each Red Wings player is allotted. Sometimes those don’t even get used.

“These last few weeks, it’s been more and more text messages and phone calls from family and old friends who would like to see the game and are asking about tickets,” Kronwall said. “It will be different for sure.”

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A Hockey Hit

by Paul on 05/23/09 at 08:46 AM ET
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from David Staples of The Cult Of Hockey at the Edmonton Journal,

The only thing wrong with the Kornwall hit was that someone truly deserving of such a masterpiece such as Jordan Tootoo, Steve Ott, Matt Cooke, Sean Avery, Ben Eager, Adam Burish or Robyn Regehr wasn’t on the receiving end of it.

The puck came around the boards to Havlat and shortly after it arrived in his skates, Kronwall rammed into him with his shoulder, as if he were Jack Lambert, Mike Singletary, Lawrence Taylor, Scott Stevens and Brian Herosian all rolled up into one ball of explosiveness.

It was a brilliant open-ice hit and, at first, neither referee raised his arm to call a penalty on the play, though that should have happened,…

The apologists at the NHL’s website said that Kronwall “appeared to have left his feet” making the hit.

Hogwash.

more and thanks to a KK reader for the screenshot.

added 9:32am, from Damien Cox of The Spin at the Toronto Star,

But in a playoff season in which the NHL has gotten so many calls wrong time after time, Kronwall’s was arguably the worst miscarriage of justice outside the inexplicable non-suspension of Carolina forward Scott Walker for his goon sucker punch on Boston’s Aaron Ward.

Who actually made the call? What was the explanation? The NHL needs to explain itself on this one. And apologize for screwing up so badly.

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Kronwall Hit On Havlat

by Paul on 05/22/09 at 09:17 PM ET
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Niklas Kronwall of the Detroit Red Wings delivers a hit to Martin Havlat that resulted in a five minute interference call and a game misconduct to Kronwall.

HNIC video…

added 10:02pm, Empty Netters chimes in…

That said, Kronwall’s a head hunter who has a history of leaving his feet to deliver hits. And he charged Havlat. Versus commentators Ed Olczyk, Brian Engblom and Keith Jones kept saying Kronwall didn’t leave his feet to deliver the hit. They must have depth perception issues because this is what we saw:

Kronwall was up in the air for maybe a split second, but that doesn’t matter. According to Rule 43 of the NHL’s rulebook:

“43.1 Charging - A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player or goalkeeper who skates or jumps into, or charges an opponent in any manner.”

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Kronwall Finds His Game

by Paul on 04/08/09 at 07:19 PM ET
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from Dave Waddell of the Windsor Star,

It took Kronwall several months to realize he was going to have to gradually build his game up to reach the level he played at in the finals.

His impatience had put him in too many bad spots and his game only began to round into form when he got paired with Lidstrom for a stretch midway through the season.

There he got view of a maestro at work on how to control a game by letting it come to you.

“It’s keeping it simple and not being too hard on myself,” said Kronwall, who feels these past 11 games have been his best stretch of hockey this season.

“A lot of times early in the season I was trying to do too much. I was looking for the big hits and trying to make plays that aren’t there.

“Now, I’m letting the play come to me. If something is there than make it, if not take the simple way out.

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Kronwall Out, Not A Lower or Upper Body Injury, but…

by Paul on 01/10/09 at 07:50 PM ET
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via the Detroit Free Press,

Defenseman Niklas Kronwall is out with an illness tonight

added 8:56pm, Ah, the flu!

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Post Game with Kronwall

by Alanah McGinley on 06/03/08 at 02:09 AM ET
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Transcript from a brief media session with Detroit Red Wings player Niklas Kronwall.

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Zetterberg a Top Dog

by Alanah McGinley on 06/02/08 at 04:00 PM ET
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From the CP via TSN,

Whether he gets recognized with the award or not, it’s been quite a ride. Red Wings defenceman Niklas Kronwall first played with Zetterberg as a teenager in Sweden and never thought he’d see him blossom into the player he is now.

“Back then I didn’t think too much about it,” Kronwall said Monday before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup. “When I was 17 and he was 18, it was all about the Sedin twins. Hank was kind of the second-line winger on that team and didn’t get a lot of attention.”

There’s no question in Kronwall’s mind that Zetterberg is among the “top dogs” in Swedish hockey now.

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Red Wings Sunday Quotes

by Alanah McGinley on 06/01/08 at 03:01 PM ET
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Q.  Has Lidstrom said anything to you guys, either last night or this morning, and if you could just talk about what he’s meant to you during this playoff run?

NIK KRONWALL:  I think Nick is one of those guys, when you have a chance to be on a team with a guy like that, it helps you to grow as a hockey player, and as a person as well.  We had a little talk this morning and just want to make sure that all the guys knew what was going on and stay focused on what we need to do.

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Malkin Plans to Throw it Around

by Alanah McGinley on 05/28/08 at 10:22 AM ET
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From CBC,

To call Pittsburgh’s top regular-season scorer a non-factor so far in the Stanley Cup final may be generous. Malkin’s penalty minutes (four) easily exceed his number of shots on goal (one), and his minus-3 rating reflects the defensive contribution he made as the Penguins were manhandled by a combined 7-0 in the opening two games in Detroit.

Malkin often found himself bothered by Niklas Kronwall and the other bone rattlers on the Red Wings’ defence corps, something the Russian acknowledged in his halting English before a 3-0 loss in Game 2.

“Detroit have a good defenceman. Kronwall,” Malkin said. “I need to be more physical play. Have to pressure defenceman. Hit. Yeah, hit.”

more on Malkin and possible new pairings

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Keep Your Head Up

by Paul on 05/27/08 at 03:35 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

The original Motor City hit man was Thomas Hearns. You may remember him: Kronk gym, seven times a world champion, all those memorable fights with Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler, a local folk hero.

The new Motor City hit man is Niklas Kronwall: originally from Stockholm, older brother of Maple Leafs’ farmhand Staffan, injured for most of his first four NHL seasons, now starring in the Stanley Cup finals as the Kron “Wall of pain.’

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Little Nick Stepping Up

by Paul on 04/20/08 at 09:32 AM ET
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from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press, T

hat the Wings have the edge in their battle against the Nashville Predators owes no small part to Kronwall, who has been their most impactful player physically and is tied for the lead in scoring; his five points rival that of star forward Pavel Datsyuk.

Kronwall added two assists to help the Wings push the Predators near elimination, coming up with a key interception that led to the winning goal in Game 5.

“He made a great, great pass on the breakaway goal in overtime,” Chris Osgood said Saturday.

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The Other Nick In Detroit

by Paul on 03/12/08 at 03:29 PM ET
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from Karl Samuelson at NHL.com,

“I think Niklas Kronvall will continue to develop and be a strong offensive guy for us,” Babcock said. “With Brian Rafalski and Niklas Lidstrom, plus Kronvall, it gives us three real puck movers. Brett Lebda, Andreas Lilja and Chris Chelios can move the puck, but the other three are all guys you can count on offensively and are among the top scorers in the NHL on the back end. In today’s game you need offense from your defensemen.”

Kronvall is an exceptional skater with great hockey sense and those talents allow him to join the Red Wings rush as the fourth attacker and even step into the deep slot to one-time the puck. Some regard Kronvall as the next dominant European defensemen.

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Kronwall Sustains Shoulder Injury

by Paul on 01/30/08 at 10:18 PM ET
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Niklas Kronwall was checked into the boards and his left shoulder was trapped against the glass. 

Babcock in his post game presser said it appears he has a slight separation, but will know more tomorrow.

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Wings Lose “Soft” Tag

by Paul on 11/10/07 at 07:59 AM ET
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from Puck-rakers at the Columbus Dispatch,

Random thoughts on the Blue Jackets’ 4-1 loss to the Red Wings tonight at Joe Louis Arena.

Nashville coach Barry Trotz is right—these Red Wings are no longer soft around the edges. They were every bit as physical as the Blue Jackets. Niklas Kronwall’s hit on Sergei Fedorov absolutely set the tone for the game. Fedorov ended up taking a penalty moments later and the Red Wings scored on the power play.

-- All the Red Wings’ goals were the result of hard work in front of the net or the willingness to drive to the net.

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