Red Wings mid-day news: School of Grind, second-class status and a different kind of ?battle?

If you?re in Troy, Michigan this week and have a free minute to head to the Troy Sports Arena, Red Wings special assist?hockey op?erm, executive Kris Draper?s Core Sports Fitness center is holding its annual youth hockey camp this week, and the Troy Patch?s Kevin Elliott reports that both Draper?s Grind Line teammates and a few other Wings will be making appearances as they filter back into town:

The official Red Wings Grind Line will take the ice this week with about 130 youth skaters at the Troy Sports Center for a four-day hockey camp for kids ages 6-13. Former Detroit Red Wings Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby and Darren McCarty are back on the ice to deliver a hockey school. Draper, who has been hosting the hockey school for the past three off-seasons with CORE Fitness, is co-owner of the fitness company, along with Dr. Jeff S. Pierce.

During the camp, a few surprise guests from the Red Wings typically come on the ice to work with the skaters.

?I started talking to Maltby about it during a round of golf,? Draper said in a news release. ?He wanted to do it, and then we wanted to include Mac as well, sent him a text and he was on board right away. We talked about how much fun the three of us have had playing for the Red Wings and the friendship we?ve created, and thought it?d be pretty neat to put a hockey school together.?

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