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Red Wings prospects keep grinding during coronavirus crisis: Go find a hill

The Detroit Red Wings no longer allow media access to locker room over COVID-19 fears. Filmed March 10, 2020 in Detroit. Detroit Free Press

A conversation with the Detroit Red Wings’ director of player development inevitably includes him saying a prospect needs to spend time in a gym to gain strength.

So what to do when that option has been taken away, as countries around the world deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic?

Get creative.

Shawn Horcoff, in his fourth year overseeing the club’s future players, is trying to find ways for players to stay active.