The Daily: Red Wings’ Rudy In Semis; Hughes Reunion?

Detroit Red Wings undefeated goalie prospect Rudy Guimond returns to action this week when his Moncton Wildcats play the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Semifinals.

The No. 1-seeded Wildcats and No. 6 Huskies will start their best-of-seven series Thursday and Friday in Moncton. The Wildcats alternated goalies Guimond and Mathis Rousseau in the first two rounds, but coach Gardiner MacDougall could certainly shift to one goalie at some point.

Guimond has enjoyed a historic run of success since jumping from the USHL to the QMJHL  early in the season.  He was 16-0 in the regular season, and now is 5-0 in the postseason. His regular-season goals-against was 1.73 and his postseason GAA has been 2.02. His postseason save percentage is .922. He has better numbers than Rousseau.

The other QMJHL semifinal features Shawinigan playing Rimouski.

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Red Wings Extra

Former Red Wings player Jake Walman played 19:35 minutes Monday for Edmonton in the team’s 6-5 Game 1 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Kings. He was the No. 4 defenseman for the Oilers who primarily played five defensemen in the game. No. 6 defenseman Joshua Brown played 4:54. Walman received limited power play time (15 seconds) and played only 1:08 shorthanded. Walman showed no points, but was plus-1.

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Philadelphia: GM Daniel Briere gives update on coaching search.William James looks at who could be in the running. Philadelphia Flyers.

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