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Red Wings' DeBrincat Goes On Top Gun-Style Adventure with U.S. Navy Blue Angels
Red Wings' DeBrincat Goes On Top Gun-Style Adventure with U.S. Navy Blue Angels

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time12 hours ago

  • Entertainment
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Red Wings' DeBrincat Goes On Top Gun-Style Adventure with U.S. Navy Blue Angels

Detroit's Alex DeBrincat experienced a high-flying thrill ride with the U.S. Navy's elite Blue Angels pilot team in new video. The Detroit Red Wings posted a video to YouTube on Thursday featuring forward Alex DeBrincat trading in his skates for a flight suit. This past June, he joined the U.S. Navy's elite Blue Angels pilot team for a high-octane airshow experience in Metro Detroit. The team captured the thrilling ride in a cinematic YouTube video, styled like the blockbuster film Top Gun, complete with aerial loops and sky-high drama. DeBrincat climbed aboard an F/A-18 Super Hornet with Navy pilot Major Scott Laux for the unforgettable flight. Soaring through the skies at speeds reaching 600 mph and pulling up to 7.5 G's (which is 7.5 times the force of gravity) the Red Wings winger experienced the kind of ride that usually only fighter pilots and action heroes see. Bookmark The Hockey News Detroit Red Wings team site to stay connected to the latest news, game-day coverage, and player features. On the ground, his wife and two young children watched proudly as DeBrincat zipped through the sky above Southeast Michigan, including a scenic flyover of the iconic Big House at the University of Michigan. During the flight, Major Laux guided DeBrincat through special breathing techniques designed to keep him conscious and alert during the most intense moments of the flight. At extreme speeds and sharp turns, the body can struggle to pump blood to the brain, which can lead to fainting, something DeBrincat admitted he came very close to at points. DeBrincat's ride included barrel rolls, steep climbs, and thrilling loops, all captured for Detroit faithful to see. The plane weaved through layers of cloudscape, revealing stunning views of the region and resulting in one of the most unexpectedly stunning videos the Red Wings have ever created. At the end of the flight, a smiling and slightly exhausted DeBrincat handed Major Laux a custom Red Wings jersey as a thank-you for the unforgettable ride. Never miss a story by adding us to your Google News favorites!

Former Red Wings Stanley Cup Winner Slava Kozlov Fired By KHL Club
Former Red Wings Stanley Cup Winner Slava Kozlov Fired By KHL Club

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time16 hours ago

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Former Red Wings Stanley Cup Winner Slava Kozlov Fired By KHL Club

Before Pavel Datyuk dazzled Detroit Red Wings fans all over the world while wearing jersey No. 13 and playing for two separate Stanley Cup-winning teams, the club had a different Russian-born forward who also wore the same number. Like Datsyuk, Slava Kozlov won the Stanley Cup twice while playing for the Red Wings and was a key component of Detroit's consecutive championship seasons. In a similar unexpected fashion of when Kozlov was traded from the Red Wings in the stunning 2001 Dominik Hasek deal, he's once again been dealt another difficult piece of professional news. Kozlov has reportedly been fired as head coach of HC Sochi in the KHL, with the most puzzling aspect of the situation being that he was recently hired and hadn't even coached a single game for the team. Bookmark The Hockey News Detroit Red Wings team site to stay connected to the latest news, game-day coverage, and player features. He was hired in early June to coach HC Sochi, who finished last in the KHL last season with a League-worst 41 points, after having spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach with HC Dynamo Moscow. Kozlov spoke to Sport-Express, a Russian-based sports publication, about the circumstances surrounding his being let go from HC Sochi. Not only was Kozlov let go, but several other staffers, including assistant head coach Alexander Savchenkov, were also removed. (Kozlov's words, originally published in Russian, have been translated via Google Translate.) "At first they told us that everyone would stay, but then they started to remove people one by one," Kozlov said. "I learned about it after the fact, because I wasn't inside and didn't work with many of them, I wasn't familiar with them. The news came to us gradually, people were fired one by one." "I'll take a week off, but I'll be looking for a job." Kozlov was selected in the third round (45th overall) of the 1990 NHL Draft; earlier, the Red Wings selected Keith Primeau third overall. He would go on to become one of the most important contributors over the next several seasons with the Red Wings, and was also 1/5 of the famed "Russian Five" put together by coach Scotty Bowman starting in the 1995-96 season. While playing for the Red Wings, Kozlov scored 202 goals with 213 assists in 607 regular season games, and added 42 goals and 37 assists in 114 playoff games. Kozlov was traded to the Buffalo Sabres on June 30, 2001 for Hasek, and he spent a lone, injury-riddled season in Buffalo before being dealt once again, this time to the Atlanta Thrashers. With Atlanta, Kozlov was able to regain some of his old form that made him a dangerous offensive threat with the Red Wings. Following the 2009-10 season, Kozlov returned to Russia and played several more seasons in the KHL before retiring in 2015 after 28 years of playing professionally. Never miss a story by adding us to your Google News favorites!

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