game preview 26 December 2009

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Howard is starting, according the News. And I don’t know how I forgot to mention this, but Filppula’s making his return today. And it sounds like Rafalski is feeling better, too.
I’m posting this from my Blackberry, so forgive me in advance if there’s anything weird with the formatting.
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 game preview 20 December 2009

The Wings are headed to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks Sunday.  I’ve been saying that Babcock giving Osgood the nod to play this game says something about Osgood’s position as the number one goalie.  But I realized that it’s a slightly hasty statement.  I’m not backtracking, but what I …

 game preview 19 December 2009

This is going to be crazy quick because the game starts in 15 minutes.
The Wings did a great job rallying on Thursday when Zetterberg went down, so let’s hope they can continue to channel that determination.  Helm is back in the lineup.
Marty Turco’s in net for the Stars
Career stats vs …

 game preview,game recap 12 December 2009

Didn’t get to watch this last night, so no full recap from me.  I’m DVRing the NHL Network re-air (Ducks broadcasters, ugh), though.
I get the ESPN score alerts on my phone, and when saw that Bertuzzi scored 2 goals, including the game winner, I wondered if I was more drunk …

 game preview 18 September 2009

Tonight the New York Rangers will be rolling to Joe Louis Arena to take on the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit’s second game of the pre-season.
Fresh news out of Detroit, Zetterberg’s not playing due to a flareup in his sore groin.  I’m not freaking out about this.  They’ve got 6 …