When Valtteri Filppula signed with the Islanders over the summer, the expectation was that he'd help revive the team's penalty kill and bring a reliable veteran presence down the middle. Filppula wasn ...

Former Detroit Red Wing Valtteri Filppula—a member of the Triple Gold Club as a Stanley Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and World Championships gold medalist—has announced his retirement from the ...

When Flyers general manager Ron Hextall acquired veteran center Valtteri Filppula from the Tampa Bay Lightning in a trade-deadline deal last March, the move made sense at first glance. After all, ...

This will force the Lightning center to be out of action for three weeks. As a result, the 6 foot tall, 195 pound center will miss his opportunity to represent Team Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympic ...

What an year it's been already for former Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula. He joined the triple gold club Sunday, on home ice, when Finland defeated Canada, 4-3, in overtime to claim the ...

PITTSBURGH - JUNE 09: Valtteri Filppula #51, head coach Mike Babcock, Darren Helm #43, Kris Draper #33 and Brian Rafalski #28 of the Detroit Red Wings look on from the bench while playing against the ...

Valtteri Filppula admits he didn’t perform as well as he’d hoped last season. “You always want to do better in every aspect of the game,” Filppula told the Tampa Bay Lightning website. “Last year I ...

More NHL Playoffs: Scores | TV Schedule | Expert Picks | Odds | Mock Draft | Rumors The Detroit Red Wings lost forward Valtteri Filppula in the first period of Wednesday's Game 7 in Chicago when he ...

DETROIT-- It somehow makes perfect sense that Valtteri Filppula would reach 1,000 NHL games wearing the Winged Wheel on his chest. After all, the Red Wings were the ones who originally drafted ...

After struggling during the first five games of the Western Conference semifinals against San Jose, Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula stepped up when his team needed it the most. With the Wings ...