Uncategorized 26 May 2009

Sergei Fedorov defected from what was then the USSR in 1990 to join the Detroit Red Wings. He is the all-time highest scoring Russian player with 483 goals and 1179 points. He won the Hart Trophy, Pearson, and Selke awards in one season, another Selke, and owns 3 …

 Uncategorized 26 May 2009

The Free Press recently posted an update on the injured Red Wings. I had not seen any mention of Lilja returning to practice, but David Guralnick of the Detroit News has a photo of him on the ice:

Good to see that Lilja is able to skate and is making …

 Uncategorized 22 May 2009

It’s hard enough playing the Stanley Cup Conference Finals against a quick young team with a lot of skill. It becomes impossible when you include the officials to the people they must play against.
If you are not watching the Blackhawks v. Red Wings game 3 right now, Detroit defenseman …

 game recap 17 May 2009

I can’t believe people actually picked the Blackhawks to win this series.
Lidstrom and the rest of the Detroit defense corps held Patrick Kane to 0 points, 0 shots on goal, 1 hit, and -3 in 15:10 TOI. Toews have 3 shots on goal, and was -3.
The Red Wings came …

 Uncategorized 30 April 2009

Watching the Versus intermission report after the first period of the Chicago/Vancouver game, Keith Jones basically made the point as to why the Hart trophy is not really for the Most Valuable Player. Rather, it’s for the more Dynamic, Entertaining, high scoring player.
Jonesy said that if Pavel Dastyuk wasn’t …

 game recap 23 April 2009

Well, that was a barnburner.
Detroit scored, then Columbus scored. Then Detroit scored a couple, and then Columbus scored a couple. That was pretty much the story for the first two periods.
The Red Wings looked a little loose, lax on the defense, at least compared to the previous two …

 game recap 16 April 2009

To all the Osgood naysayers: he knows how to win when it matters.
The MSM and the bloggers all targeted Detroit’s goaltending as their big weakness, and rightfully after the showing Osgood gave during the regular season. But the one thing about Osgood is that he’s always been able to …

 Uncategorized 2 March 2009

I stumbled across this amusing little video that Reebok posted to promote their new SmoothFit SelectRide running/training shoe. Reebok has done a number of spots with athletes who endorse Reebok, and we all know that Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk is a Reebok guy–skates, sticks, pants, and apparently now athletic shoes. …