game recap 22 September 2009

Yes it’s just the pre-season, but I’m still upset that we lost. The Red Wings had a fairly atrocious first period, but got it back together in the 2nd and 3rd. The finishing isn’t quite there yet.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit – Leino (Filppula, Ryno); Maltby (Abdelkader, Delmore)
New York …

 Uncategorized 4 June 2009

This was a must win, for both teams.  Pittsburgh didn’t want to get into a 3-1 hole, and Detroit didn’t want to let Pittsburgh have all the momentum.
It was starting to become noticeable in Game 3, but in Game 4 it’s particularly glaring.  Zetterberg is exhausted from carrying the offense …

 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 …

 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. …