In this edition of The Detroit News' OctoPulse podcast, Red Wings beat reporter Ted Kulfan takes a look at the team's successful road trip heading into this weekend's centennial celebrations.

FanFest starts Thursday at MotorCity Casino and the Wings are home against two Original Six teams, Friday against the Rangers at 7 p.m., and Sunday against the Blackhawks at 1 p.m.

We're also counting down the top 100 Red Wings in the last 100 years at detroitnews.com.

Tuesday was the top players from 76-100, Wednesday 51-75, Thursday 26-50 and Friday 1-25. The top 10 teams of all-time will be released Saturday.

The interview guest is former WJR broadcaster Rich Kincaide, the author of "The Gods of Olympia Stadium: Legends of the Detroit Red Wings".