Kris Draper loved playing hockey, and he loved playing for the Detroit Red Wings. Once the 40-year-old Draper learned he wasn't a sure bet to play for Detroit next season, he decided to hang up his ...

DETROIT – Kris Draper was a little uneasy when Steve Yzerman called him into the office a few weeks ago. “I was never a big fan of being called down to the office,” Draper said. “I saw the principal ...

DETROIT --For more than a decade, Kris Draper has ascended in the Detroit Red Wings' front office. That upward career trajectory continued Wednesday, as Red Wings Executive Vice President and General ...

When he checked into the old Ponchartrain Hotel in Detroit in late January 1994, Kris Draper's reservation was only for one night. The Red Wings had called him up from their farm team in upstate New ...

Nashville Predators center Colin Wilson (33) and Detroit Red Wings right wing Kris Draper (33) try to control the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, April 2, 2011, in ...

Kris Draper was a 20-year veteran in the NHL, and Jamie Langenbrunner played for 18 seasons. On Wednesday, they shared a remarkable moment for any hockey parent: the chance to select their own sons in ...