2-1 Series
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Big Hit, Chicago Blackhawks, Justin Abdelkader, Kris Draper, Martin Havlat, Mike Babcock, Playoffs, Round 2 | No Comments »It's Memorial Day Weekend so I'll make this quick: -Chicago played well. I don't know how one team has a 9-0 lead in power play minutes, but the refs evened those up for us in the 2nd that allowed us to ...
2-0 Heading to Chicago
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Chicago Blackhawks, Marian Hossa, Round 3 | No Comments »I didn't get to see anything but the 3rd period onward. That was fun enough, to see. Marian Hossa seemed to be flying and it was good to get a win. I wouldn't be shocked if this came back to Detroit ...
5-2 Over the B-Hawks
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Bobby Ryan, Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks, Chris Osgood, Dan Cleary, Duncan Keith, Khabibulin, Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk, Playoffs, Round 3, Ryan Getzlaf | No Comments »So, I didn't get a chance to make a post after the Anaheim series. Lets just say that I'm a big Ryan Getzlaf and Bobby Ryan fan. The Hawks scare me. Box score, highlights. Some thoughts... -I'm not asking Chris Osgood to be ...
Anaheim Smothers Wings
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Faceoffs, Henrik Zetterberg, Jiri Hudler, Johan Franzen, Jonas Hiller, Pavel Datsyuk, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf | No Comments »Well, we'll be having a game 7 Thursday night back in Motown. Not a lot of time to write much more but: -Detroit looked pretty average most of the night. That nearly 100% due to Anaheim's defense tonight. They were stifiling ...
Dominating Wings Effort; Lead Series 3-2
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Brad Stuart, Darren Helm, Faceoffs, Johan Franzen, Jonas Hiller, Marian Hossa, Nick Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf, Uncategorized | No Comments »So, the Wings brought it for the full 60 minutes this evening, aside from a 7-8 minute stretch near the end of the 2nd period where Anaheim got their second wind. Here's the highlights. Since it's Mother's Day, I don't ...
2-2 Coming Home
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Chris Osgood, Faceoffs, Jonas Hiller, Marian Hossa, Mike Babcock, Nick Kronwall, Pavel Datsyuk, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf | 1 Comment »Nice to not have to eek out a 1-goal win tonight. Definitely hated the start they got off to, but rebounded nicely. Some quick thoughts: -Great adjustment by juggling the lines by Mike Babcock. Hossa-Franzen-Filppula was the best line on the ...
Anaheim Survives; 2-1 Series
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Brad Stuart, Chris Chelios, Derek Meech, Jonas Hiller, Marian Hossa, Pavel Datsyuk, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf | 1 Comment »Box score. Not a lot of time right now, but let me say this as clearly as I can: THE BLOWN CALL DID NOT COST US THE GAME. The fact that the Wings failed to show up in the first half ...
1-1 Series Heading West
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Andreas Lilja, Brad Stuart, Darren Helm, Jonas Hiller, Nick Kronwall, Round 2 | 1 Comment »Todd Marchant's goal early into the third overtime notted up the series at 1 apiece. I don't have much time so I'll just go with this: -Darren Helm is quickly becoming one of my favorite Red Wings players. Dude was everywhere. ...
Late Second Win; Wings Lead 1-0
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Big Hit, Cory Perry, Darren Helm, Jiri Hudler, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf | No Comments »Man, that was intense. I missed the first period, but the second and third were entertaining. Thank you Nick Lidstrom. Box score and highlights. Thoughts: -I didn't see the Hudler hit live, but I didn't get as worked up when I saw the ...
Anaheim-Detroit Schedule
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Playoffs, Anaheim Ducks, Awards, Bobby Ryan, Cory Perry, Gary Bettman, Pavel Datsyuk, Round 2, Ryan Getzlaf | 4 Comments »After the Ducks finished off a fightless San Jose squad last night, Detroit officially knew it would be getting a second crack at Anaheim in the postseason. The schedule will be as follows: Game 1 -- Friday at Detroit, 7 p.m., ...
