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Red Wings starting Conklin against Flames

Thursday, 12.22.2011 / 2:23 PM

By Aaron Vickers - NHL.com Correspondent / At the Rink blog

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Red Wings starting Conklin against Flames
CALGARY -- Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard will get a rare night off as the Red Wings try to tackle the Flames in Calgary tonight.

In his place, Ty Conklin will draw into the crease for just his fifth start and sixth appearance this season.

"Jimmy's been playing so well, too, and it'll be nice to get in there and get some action," Conklin said.

Keeping focused while waiting for an opportunity to get back between the pipes has been the mandate in practice for Conklin, who hasn't played since a Dec. 4 loss against Colorado.

"Just trying to stay sharp in practice," he said. "When you don't get in there that often you want to make sure you take advantages of the opportunities you do get. It's always difficult. It's been my role for most of my career. That's just the way it is."

Outside of Conklin's start, the Red Wings are expected to ice a similar roster that dropped a 4-2 decision to the Vancouver Canucks last night.

RED WINGS
Johan Franzen - Pavel Datsyuk - Todd Bertuzzi
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Jiri Hudler
Danny Cleary - Darren Helm - Drew Miller
Cory Emmerton - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Holmstrom

Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White
Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart
Jonathan Ericsson - Jakub Kindl

Ty Conklin
Jimmy Howard

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