DETROIT – While the Detroit Red Wings didn't want the Nashville Predators using their ping-pong table, a report that Todd Bertuzzi actually folded the table and wheeled it in the dressing room is false.

“We just went out there to play and the security guard said we’re not to play, so we were a little disappointed, but we went back and did our normal routine,'' Nashville's Brandon Yip said.

“There were no (Red Wings) players out there.”

Roman Josi, who was playing with Yip at the time, said, “They didn't really take it away, they just said we're not allowed to play.

“It was a little funny, it’s nothing to look too far into, I don’t think.''

The Red Wings found the whole incident amusing.

“I wasn't even aware of that,'' Nicklas Lidstrom said, laughing. “But I guess it shows that it's our ping-pong table.''

Danny Cleary said Bertuzzi is a “terrible ping-pong player.''

Before learning that the report was false, Cleary said, “At least he can do something with it. That’s good, he’s our sheriff around here. I would have done the same thing. But listen, we have two tables, a lot of guys want to play, so we have to have them free.”

Said Nashville coach Barry Trotz: “If they want a ping pong table in Nashville, I’m more than willing to give them one.

“It’s their toys. We have our toys, all those things, a ping-pong table, a soccer ball. We have our things that we do. There’s nothing really to it. That’s their decision, it’s their toy.''