Shaved Ice – Nov. 25

Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. And that you have some great leftovers over the next few days.

Quick hits

The Red Wings take on the Boston Bruins this afternoon in the inaugural NHL Thanksgiving Showdown. Puck drops at 1 p.m. We’ll be in…metro Detroit for the game, but I’ll be on Twitter so we can chat about it anyway. Join me – @MiHockeyNow and @michaelcaples.

Instead of going to Boston, I’ll be going to East Lansing tonight. The Spartans take on No. 2/3 Minnesota at Munn Ice Arena, in non-conference action. MSU might as well get familiar with the Golden Gophers though, in a few years these will be conference games.

And then I’ll be back at the Joe tomorrow, when the Wings take on the Predators.

Highlight reel

Did you see Larry Murphy on a float yesterday?

Outside the Mitten

NHL.com catches you up on the top storylines from the first quarter of the season.

Check it out

Pavel Datsyuk discusses Thanksgiving with Detroit Free Press writer Helene St. James.

Next up

College hockey coverage tonight, Red Wings coverage tomorrow, some other stuff in between…we’ve got you taken care of this weekend.