Hockeytown Heroics and Heartbreak ft. Ken Daniels and Kirk Maltby - Mar. 22nd, 2026
Winged Wheel Podcast - A Detroit Red Wings Podcast
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4.9 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Anxiety in Hockeytown...this Detroit Red Wings podcast delivers the Red Wings vs Canadiens recap & Boston heartbreak from Winged Wheel Podcast Night at the LCA, plus a live interview with Ken Daniels and Kirk Maltby! Detroit Red Wings news and analysis covers Alex DeBrincat's heroics, Andrew Copp's return, and another devastating third period collapse.
(00:00) - Intro: Detroit Red Wings Falling Out of the Race?
Another tough loss has Todd McLellan's squad reeling, as well as Red Wings fans everywhere.
(04:50) - Detroit vs. Montreal Win
DeBrincat blows the roof off LCA in the playoff-style win over Montreal. Andrew Copp returns ahead of schedule while Simon Edvinsson delivers chippy play against Cole Caufield and the Canadiens.
(11:25) - Red Wings vs. Boston Loss Analysis
Another third period collapse, including Gibson's tough night opposite a stellar Swayman. Also, Raymond and DeBrincat scoring, Seider and Edvinsson's lapses, & more as Detroit struggles without Dylan Larkin.
(29:05) - WWP Night at the LCA! Live Show with Ken Daniels
Live from Little Caesars Arena before the Bruins game, we host our 10th Winged Wheel Podcast Night at the LCA. Ken Daniels, Lead Announcer for the Detroit Red Wings, joins the show to talk Hockeytown, working alongside Mickey Redmond, Steve Yzerman's moves at the deadline, the playoff push, NHL news, and more.
(1:12:50) - Kirk Maltby Joins the Live Show
4x Stanley Cup Champion Kirk Maltby joins Ken and the gang on the live show to talk about his championship days, how he sees this Red Wings team progressing, tales from the era of Draper, Osgood, Bowman, and Fedorov, and plenty more.
(1:33:05) - Overtime Q&A
Your questions on the razor's edge playoff race and upcoming critical Ottawa Senators matchup.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Wingwheel podcast, the number one source for news, analysis, and discussion on the Detroit Red Wings, the NHL, and all things hockey. |
| 0:19.2 | Here are your hosts, Brian Hanna, Brad Criscoe, and Evan Lopsinger. |
| 0:28.9 | Standing up in the gondola as those final seconds were ticking down, |
| 0:33.5 | I think the best description of how this feels to watch the Red Wings lose that game was multiple people said something to the effect of, man, I don't want sad bar. |
| 0:46.9 | What they mean by I don't want sad bar is after Wingwheel podcast nights, we always go to Harry's Detroit right across from the arena. |
| 0:54.4 | And after a win, it is such a fun time. |
| 0:57.5 | Everyone's there. |
| 0:58.3 | It's a packed house. |
| 0:59.2 | The vibes are good. |
| 1:00.0 | Everyone's buzzing. |
| 1:01.5 | And after a loss, like a devastating loss like that, it's just everyone's still going to go. |
| 1:07.6 | Like we all want to hang out, see each other and, you know, talk about the game and not let the night end. |
| 1:13.1 | But the vibes are terrible. |
| 1:15.3 | And, you know, in the fall was the devastating collapse against Buffalo. |
| 1:20.8 | And this one was the third period collapse against Boston. |
| 1:24.5 | And it's like, yeah, it's sad bar. |
| 1:26.3 | We're still going to go to Harry's, but it's not a... |
| 1:29.3 | Drink our sorrows away after that one. |
| 1:32.6 | Pretty, like, whatever you had to do, because it was... |
| 1:37.1 | It wasn't the same as the Buffalo game, but I'll tell you, it's what we've been saying on |
| 1:43.4 | the show and what we said in person to so many people like |
| 1:47.1 | moral victories just don't count for anything anymore, which is a shame |
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