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Former Red Wing Darren Helm Scores Game-Winning Goal for the Avalanche on a Very Special Daye Red Wings in the playoffs

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ST LOUIS, MO - MAY 27: Marco Scandella #6 of the St. Louis Blues fights Darren Helm #43 of the Colorado Avalanche for control of the puck in the second period at Enterprise Center on May 27, 2022 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Darren Helm helped the Detroit Red Wings score the Stanley Cup, and now he’s helping his current team.

Helm earned the Colorado Avalanche a spot in the Western Conference finals on Friday (May 27), when he scored a goal with just 5.6 seconds left on the clock against the St. Louis Blues.

“We had three guys going hard to the net and I was just kind of trailing,” Helm said during a post-game conference. “The pass bounced off the side wall, I just wanted to get the puck on the net, and it found its way.”

The goal actually happened 13 years to the day Helm scored in OT against the Chicago Blackhawks to snag the Wings a win. That was during Game 5 of the 2009 WCF.

Anne Erickson started her radio career shortly after graduating from Michigan State University and has worked on-air in Detroit, Flint, Toledo, Lansing and beyond. As someone who absolutely loves rock, metal and alt music, she instantly fell in love with radio and hasn’t looked back. When she’s not working, Anne makes her own music with her band, Upon Wings, and she also loves cheering on her favorite Detroit and Michigan sports teams, especially Lions and MSU football. Anne is also an award-winning journalist, and her byline has run in a variety of national publications. You can also hear her weekends on WRIF.

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