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Let’s take a quick poll: Is anyone concerned that the Red Wings have only won 2 out of 7 pre-season games thus far? And that they’ve dropped the last 5 consecutively? I’ll be honest: it’s a little...
View ArticleBlackhawks at Red Wings, Home Opener, 8 October
I unfortunately wasn’t able to watch the game live and had to DVR it. Which led to me finding out the score ahead of time. Oh well, at least I knew we won… Goals were as follows: Detroit – Nicklas...
View ArticleOilers at Red Wings, 3 December
Well that was vomit inducing. I missed most of the first period running home from work, and it turned out I didn’t miss much at all. Goals were as follows: Detroit: Dan(ny) Cleary (Bertuzzi, Lidstrom...
View ArticleCoyotes at Red Wings, 14 December
Goals were as follows: Detroit: Kris Newbury (Draper, Miller); Patrick Eave (sh; unassisted); Derek Meech (Abdelkader, Stuart) Phoenix: Taylor Pyatt (Lang, Jovanovski); Radim Vrbata (Hanzal,...
View ArticleAn Annual Tradition
It’s Festivus! And part of the traditions of celebrating Festivus is the “Airing of Grievances”–a declaration of how you’ve been disappointed by those in your life the past year. We may be only 30+...
View ArticleRed Wings at Ducks, 3 February
I don’t know if it was just because it was a late game, or what, but I felt just as wiped out as the Wings looked. I half paid attention in the second and third periods, and may have spent a little...
View ArticlePre-Season Game 2: at Blackhawks
Red Wings hockey on my television. It’s like an oasis in the middle of the desert that is the offseason. I don’t care if it was pre-season. It’s the Wings. It’s hockey. In the spirit that is the...
View ArticleThe Jonathan Ericsson Watch
Update, 9:01pm MT: I was thinking when I posted this about setting up some sort of actual pool, with a real winner and everything, and Matt’s link today reminded me of that. So, put in your bets in...
View ArticlePreviewing the Ducks
photo: Jeff Powers/Flickr This is what we’ve been waiting for all summer. The drop of the puck in regular season. Red Wings opening night. Here are the lines, courtesy of Khan:...
View ArticleDucks at Red Wings, 8 October
photo: AP Now that’s what you call starting with a bang. A big bang, punctuated loudly with 4 goals, a shutout, and a Gordie Howe hat trick. Goals were as follows: Detroit: Johan Franzen (Filppula,...
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