game recap 8 January 2010

First off, I’ve been kind of terrible about blogging this week, but several things have chosen this moment to take over my life.  This late, the recap is kind of a moot point, but oh well.
This was a game that I mentioned on The Obstructed View that I was looking …

 game preview 7 January 2010

Screw the preview.
R. S. V.
Homer’s out 3-4 weeks with a fractured foot, per Khan.
I knew it was too good to be true, that we were starting to get people back and soon we’d have a full roster again.  Fluke accident during practice.  Seriously.
So the big news that’s already been flying …

 game recap 6 January 2010

Wings had a crap effort tonight.  But at least for me, my mood was tempered some by the fantastic, amazing overtime win by the Under-20 USA team who stole gold from Canada at the World Junior Championships today, ending Canada’s 5 year streak.
Changing up the formatting a little bit for …

 game recap 3 January 2010

That was the best game the Wings have played this calendar year.  And now that I’ve stated the obvious, I was thrilled to see that they followed up a good game on NYE versus Colorado with another strong outing.  Maybe the ship’s turning in the new year.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: …

 game recap 1 January 2010

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone who visits my little corner of the interwebz.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk (Bertuzzi, Janik); Darren Helm (sh; Draper, Lidstrom); Ville Leino (Meech, Filppula); Darren Helm (EN; sh; Lidstrom)
Colorado: Brandon Yip (pp; Tucker, Duchene); Brandon Yip (pp; Tucker, Duchene)
Pluses:
+ Pavel was certainly …

 game preview 31 December 2009

The Avs are in town for the New Year’s Eve game at the Joe.  Colorado is on the second half of a back to back, and it sounds like Craig Anderson will be making his second start in as many nights.  Howard is starting for Detroit.

Jimmy Howard
(career stats vs Colorado)
Craig …

 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 …

 game preview 28 December 2009

This is going to be quick, as I don’t have a lot of time this afternoon.  Steve Mason will be starting for the BJs, and Howard’s in for Detroit.

Jimmy Howard
(career stats vs Columbus)
Steve Mason
(career stats vs Detroit

GP
3
6

W
2
3

L
0
3

GAA
1.21
3.43

Leino will be sitting in the press box tonight, because Babcock isn’t happy with …

 game recap 27 December 2009

Very glad that I was wrong when I said this was exactly the type of game the Wings like to lose.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Todd Bertuzzi (pp; Datsyuk, Lidstrom); Todd Bertuzzi (Rafalski, Lidstrom)
Columbus: Antoine Vermette (Voracek)
Pluses
+ I know that Bertuzzi knew Petrella was in the building when he scored that …

 game recap 20 December 2009

Hey, Chicago?  Congrats on winning against the Grand Rapids Griffins.  This is not being bitter as a Wings fan, it’s a fact that Detroit iced about half of the team they had when they played in October.  So here’s a pat on the back for shutting out a Red Wings …