Detroit Red Wings Fit Into Hockeyville with 4-1 Pre-Season Win

The "Hockeytown" team seemed rather comfortable in "Hockeyville", Up North in Calumet, while two youngsters scored two goals each in the Red's pre-season 4-1 win. Detroit Wings on Defending Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues Thursday.

Anthony Mantha, scheduled for the first line of Wings, opened the scoring with a score on the power play with just over 4:30 to go in the first period. Mantha's first goal was assisted by young defender Dennis Cholowski, who is fighting for a spot in the lineup.

Ryan O'Reilly of the Blues, who was the most valuable player in this spring's Stanley Cup playoffs, equalized less than a minute from the second, but Mantha, unassisted, gave the game. advantage to the Wings 22 seconds later.

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Mantha left the rest of the mark to Michael Rasmussen, 20, first choice of the Wings in 2017. Rasmussen scored a little over 13 minutes in the second period, thanks to the help of Mantha's projected companions, Tyler Bertuzzi and Dylan Larkin. Less than two minutes later, Rasmussen did it again, scoring the last goal of the Wings thanks to a decisive pass by Cholowski and rookie Taro Hirose, who spent most of last season at Michigan State.

The Blues did not do much attacking the Wings and goaltender Calvin Pickard, who should start the season in the AHL with Grand Rapids. Pickard stopped 20 of 21 shots against the Columeum Calumet, which has 700 seats.

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