stars of the week 28 April 2010

I wanted to post up my three stars of the series for the Red Wings against the Coyotes, and kind of pick up again on this little weekly feature that I had done earlier in the season…
#3: Jimmy Howard
You gotta hand it to the kid. His first ever playoff series, …

 game recap 29 December 2009

That was one of those games that proves that low scoring, tight games are no less entertaining than high scoring barn burners.  That feeling of “this is fun to watch” was quickly washed out when Lebda lost Modin, who scored in OT.  In a strange way, I feel less upset …

 stars of the week 28 December 2009

My picks for the stars of the week 12/21-12/27
#3: Valtteri Filppula
He didn’t put any points up in his return against Columbus, but Flip was clearly a steadying force out on the ice. As I mentioned in my game recap, it was so relieving to have one of the top players …

 stars of the week 14 December 2009

My picks for Detroit’s stars of the week for 11/30-12/13:
#3: The Penalty Kill
I don’t know if it’s lame to choose the entire penalty kill, but it has just been so good of late as a whole.  Babcock praised Helm and Eaves in particular, for getting into the lanes and blocking …