Red Wings at Ducks, 3 February
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4th, 2010 by EM – Be the first to commentI 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 more time slinging “Super Troopers” quotes around the Twittersphere. That kind of says something about the Wings’ level of play last night.
The Wings did look tired, especially in the first, though they still managed 47 shots. Let’s not kid ourselves, they could have won it if Hiller hadn’t been playing lights out.
Quick recap from me today, as it’s a bit busy at work.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk (pp; Rafalski)
Anaheim: Ryan Whitney (Getzlaf, Ryan); Kyle Chipchura (Eminger, Marchant); Bobby Ryan (Getzlaf, Perry)
This whole Fighting After A Clean, Hard Check thing is absurd. Ericsson had a great hipcheck, and Bodie decided he needed to be dealt with? McKenzie had a very good piece on this the other day. It’s just stupid. I also had an instant fear that he was going to break his hand or something again.
That Chipchura goal was a load of shit. He batted the puck in, but it still counts? Did they change the rule book again when we weren’t looking? The puck can bounce in off a leg or torso (or face, in Draper’s case), but Chipchura waved his hand at it. You cannot hand pass in the offensive zone, so I fail to see any circumstance in which he took his hand off his stick to reach for the puck as legal. Especially not when the explanation was that “the batting motion happened after the puck was in the net.” George has video of the goal.
Ducks announcer described Pavel going end to end as “coast to coast like buttered toast.” Yeah, I know.
Oh Pavel. His first break away attempt ended with a great save by Hiller. Tried it again later in the period and pops the water bottle. Awesome. He’s now tied at 15 with Homer and Bertuzzi for most goals. That thought depresses me. Moving on…
Flip had a great game, even though he couldn’t score. 7 shots on net, he had some of the best chances out of any forward.
Brad May’s going to be gone once everyone gets back. He has to be. If Babcock wants to carry toughness for the playoffs should we make it, he need look no further than guys like Eaves, Ericsson, Abdelkader who will be brought up for the postseason, and even Maltby. They’ve shown more grit and willingness to stand up for themselves than May has all season.
I hate Corey Perry. Just sayin’.
