summer speculation 12 August 2010

As I’m sure most of you were also doing last night, I watched the NHL Network air the ABC/ESPN broadcast of the 2002 Stanley Cup Game 5 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.  Gary Thorne and Bill Clement kept reiterating the star power, and the to-be Hall of Fame players.  That …

 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 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 4 November 2009

First and foremost, congrats to Ozzie on his 50th career shutout.  He made some huge saves.
Secondly, congrats to the Detroit Red Wings, for not following this trend.
Goals were as follows:
Detroit: Henrik Zetterberg, (pp; Datsyuk); Tomas Holmstrom (Datsyuk, Bertuzzi)
Boston: none

Doug Janik was called up from GR to fill in for an …

 game recap 10 October 2009

Well that was a nice win.  I miss seeing the Mule out there.
Goals were as follow:
Detroit: Ville Leino (Cleary, Filppula); Jason Williams (pp; Kronwall, Filppula); Holmstrom (pp; Datsyuk, Rafalski)
Washington: Matt Bradley (Poti, Gordon); Brendan Morrison (pp; Ovechkin)
Some thoughts (most of these I also Twittered during the game):

I liked seeing the …