MotorCity Casino: The NHL's home away from home in Detroit?

Earlier this month, MotorCity Casino hosted a Texas Hold'em Tournament featuring the Detroit Red Wings. Those who entered the tournament could play beside Red Wings team members for a fee of $500. Originally promoted on the Red Wings' official NHL Web site, the details of the poker tournament were later pulled from the site.

And now, it appears MotorCity Casino has been marketing its new hotel property to other NHL teams when they are in town to play the Red Wings. The Detroit Free Press reports today that:

"It's not a coincidence that two of the hotel's confirmed guests are the Minnesota Wild and Ottawa Senators hockey teams."

One has to wonder if the Ilitch family's MotorCity Casino will play host to the likes of Rick Tocchet and Mrs. Wayne Gretzky (Janet Jones) or other's involved in the illegal sports gambling ring when they're in town on NHL related business.