Brian Rafalski

This story about a connection between Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski and U.S. Army veteran Damon Suiter, from the Ogemaw County Herald's (think West Branch, MI) Eric young speaks for itself:March 5, Ogemaw County Herald: Local veteran and Purple Heart...  

In assessing the best-performing players of the 2010 Olympic games, TSN's Scott Cullen makes an obvious statement--a somewhat injury-riddled Brian Rafalski performed at a very "middling" level during the Red Wings' first sixty-one games, and the Wings need the Olympics'...  

NHL.com's Phil Coffey argues that 11 NHL participants in the 2010 Olympics have impressed to the point of meriting "pleasant surprise" status, and he suggests that a certain Red Wings stalwart has earned "pleasant surprise" status, and then some:February 26,...  

Brian Rafalski scored a powerplay goal in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 NHL victory over the Northeast Division-leading Buffalo Sabres.  

Team Canada defeated Team USA 3-2 in overtime to capture the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on Sunday afternoon, with Sidney Crosby (gak, gak) scoring the game-winning goal in overtime.  The IIHF (plus a post-game notebook), NHL,...  

Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski has no letter on his chest despite his status as Team USA's most senior player, but he finds himself leading Team USA in scoring, having posted 4 goals and 2 assists as the Americans prepare...  

Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski, in the media's eyes, anyway, casts a shadow as short as his 5'8" (with his skates on) height and slight build in the Wings' locker room, essentially reprising his role as Nicklas Lidstrom's shadow despite...  

CHICAGO (AP) - Pavel Datsyuk capped a five-goal second period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Chicago 5-4 on Sunday, spoiling a hat track by the Blackhawks's Andrew Ladd. Brian Rafalski, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jason Williams and Valtteri...  

CHICAGO - Pavel Datsyuk capped a five-goal second period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Chicago 5-4 on Sunday, spoiling a hat track by the Blackhawks' Andrew Ladd. Brian Rafalski, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jason Williams and Valtteri F...  

VANCOUVER - The Americans didn’t believe in miracles. They just believed. And they pulled off the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament. Brian Rafalski scored two goals, Ryan Miller held off a flurry of shots and the Americans quieted a raucous, pro-Canada crowd that came to cheer its dream team, only to see it upstaged by a bunch...  

VANCOUVER -- Brian Rafalski scored two timely goals, assisted on a third and seemingly was in the middle of everything of significance that transpired during Sunday's  scintillating 5-3 Team USA victory over Canada. Just off the Canada Ho...  

The Americans didn't believe in miracles. They just believed. And they pulled off the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament. Brian Rafalski scored two goals, Ryan Miller held off a flurry of shots and the Americans quieted a raucous, pro-Canada crowd that came to cheer its dream team, only to see it upstaged by a bunch of unproven...  

VANCOUVER, British Columbia The United States pulled off its biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament. Brian Rafalski scored two goals and set up another, and Ryan Miller held off a flurry of shots to lead the Americans. "We know we can beat anybody now," Rafalski said. One day short of the 30th anniversary of the country's...  

The Providence College men's hockey team earned a 1-1 overtime tie against No. 17 Vermont Saturday night in a Hockey East game played at Schneider Arena. Senior John Cavanagh (Warwick, R.I.) scored at 16:18 of the first period and sophomore goaltender Alex Beaudry (Cumberland, Ontario) stopped 28 shots. With the tie, PC moved to 9-16-2 (4-14-2 HE) while Vermont sees its record go to 13-9-4 (7-8-4 HE). Vermont goaltender Rob Madore made 32...  

Denver -- Silver medal-winner Brian Rafalski and Mike Babcock, coach of gold medal-winning Canada, arrived in Denver from Vancouver at the same time Monday, both too late to attend the Red Wings morning skate.