Saturday, November 30, 2013
blog statement...
i am taking the day off... i am still very sore from a nasty fall that i took on Thanksgiving... it will be memorable for the family for years... just too bad i will have to hear about it for years(laughing)...
Friday, November 29, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and commentary...
Red Wings 5,Islanders 0... Darren Helm,and Daniel Alfordsson both scored twice,along with Gustav Nyquist,as the Red Wings broke a five game,ten year losing streak,against the Islanders... Red Wings' goaltender Jimmy Howard notched his 18th career shutout,as the Red Wings have won four of the last five games that they have played,and the Red Wings have out-scored the Buffalo Sabres,the Boston Bruins,and the Islanders,14-2,in the last three games...
note...
knowing that they played only five times in ten years,the last time the Red Wings beat today's opponent,the New York Islanders,was on Black Friday,2003... Red Wings have lost five straight games,to the Islanders...
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and comment...
Red Wings 6,Bruins 1... six different Red Wings scored,in a game that the Red Wings dominated,before the Bruins scored in the last three minutes...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
historic broadcasting agreement in Canada...
NHL and Rogers Communications announced a 12 year,$5.232 Billion agreement for Canadian broadcast rights... Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC) will keep the Hockey Night In Canada franchise(61 years of broadcasting it,and counting)... the French broadcasting corporation TVA will get all French broadcasts,and multimedia rights,from fellow French broadcasting corporation RDS...
Monday, November 25, 2013
Red Wings' news...
accordingly to the Detroit News,and Red Wings.com,Pavel Datsyuk got hit in the jaw by an elbow,against Ottawa and felt "fuzzy",so he did not play against Buffalo(in fact,he did not even make the trip)... Red Wings are being cautious,and listing Datsyuk,as "day to day",with a possible concussion... he will go through the concussion protocol... Red Wings do not play again,until Wednesday,against the Boston Bruins,in Detroit...
Sunday, November 24, 2013
commentary...
in the game against the Sabres,today,it was tight,and yet physical,like most of the Red Wings' games lately... after the Sabres(Cody Hodgson)scored early to go up 1-0,the Red Wings(Darren Helm)scored in the first minute of the second period,and both teams played tentatively the rest of the game,with Johan Franzen scoring the game winner,when the puck went off Sabres' goaltender Ryan Miller's pads,popped into the air,and deflected into the net off a Sabres' player's thigh... Daniel Alfordsson then put the puck into the net for an empty net goal,in the last minute,to put the Sabres away... Johan Franzen and Daniel Alfordsson both had two point nights(a goal and assist each)...
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and comments...
Senators 4,Red Wings 2... with seventeen penalties(nine for Ottawa),including a slashing penalty on goaltender Jimmy Howard,and a fight,between the teams,it was a rather nasty "street fight",on ice... a rather ugly game,period... in last ten home games,Red Wings are 1-3-6(a very ugly stat line)... a rather forgettable game,unless you like a street fight....
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and comments...
Red Wings 4,Hurricanes 3... Gustav Nyquist scored twice,the first with seventeen seconds gone in the first period,as the Red Wings dominated third period,and Nyquist also scored game-winner in the third period... Nyquist,who got recalled from Grand Rapids earlier in the day,had his best game in the young career... Andrej Sekera also scored two goals for the Hurricanes,as he scored in last twenty seconds,but it was too little,too late,for the Hurricanes...
comments...
Red Wings may lose tonight(they are tied,at 2,after two periods),but they just killed off a two man advantage,for the Hurricanes,to end the second period,thanks to an amazing Pavel Datsyuk... they are now playing "Red Wings" hockey for the first time in nineteen days... hope they can finish the Hurricanes off,and make the fans finally smile...
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl update...
Lokomotiv Jaroslavl is basically a .500 team... they are 14-14,after 28 games... the Russian standings are odd to figure:with regular wins,shootout wins,overtime wins,shootout losses,overtime losses,and regular losses put at the very end of their team line... (it is the way that they put the standings,odd,isn't it)... they have scored 52 goals and have allowed 51 goals,and are in fifth place in the Western Conference,of the Kontinental Hockey League...
Griffiths' update...
the Grand Rapids Griffiths of the American Hockey League are 11-4-1-1,so far... the defending Calder Cup champions are the affiliate of the Red Wings...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
comment...
i am truly pissed off,simply because of the putrid effort that the Red Wings displayed,last night... get your head out of your rear ends,Red Wings,and just play hockey!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
a total lack of effort...
i am sorry,folks... i was supposed to take day off,but watching the Red Wings over the first two periods makes my blood just boil,because they seem to not care about the game against Nashville,and they also seem to be disinterested in playing the game... i know that there is one period left,but they were not prepared to play,tonight,and i totally blame the top players,and the coaching staff for their total failure,and lack of preparation in this game... they have not won a game in seventeen days,and they have a non-winning streak of seven games,at home(the longest streak of that length,since 1989,in the Dead Wings era)... they are playing like they are a big pile of manure,and the entire team is playing with no edge,anger,or desperation,and that really stinks,period... not enough fire in their collective bellies,and they seem not to care a whit about playing hockey,right now... "the Joe" is booing,half empty,and appear disinterested... i am a hardcore fan of the Red Wings,and yet,i am very pissed off,and i am pissed off,because of the seeming lack of total team effort,period!!!!!!! IT IS TIME TO GET PISSED OFF,RED WINGS!!!!!!!
Red Wings' news,and comment...
Nashville Predators/Red Wings,tonight... will note final score,tonight,but will type commentary,tomorrow morning...
Monday, November 18, 2013
commentary...
this weekend has been very strange for me... i started this weekend a little depressed because of the tough times that the teams that i root for are going through,but honestly,i ended this weekend with a smile,because i remember all the good times of my life... tough times do pass,but tough people endure,and i truly know,and have known my share of them,no doubt... i remember what hockey is:a simple and beautiful game of a kid shooting a puck into an empty net,and skating on a clear sheet of ice,day after day,preparing for the game every day,growing up,and then rising to heights in junior hockey,minor league hockey,and the various pro leagues around the world,and yet,it started a long time ago,with a kid shooting a puck,and just skating a clear sheet of ice... that is real true hockey...
Sunday, November 17, 2013
commentary...
Pavel Datsyuk scored twice in a wild regulation,of a game,including game tying goal,with just under 43 seconds left,in regulation,but Red Wings lose in a shootout... note of fact:in this strange weird stretch of Red Wings' games:Johan Franzen,Red Wings' captain Henrik Zetterberg,and Pavel Datsyuk twice have scored two goals in a game,but the Red Wings have lost games in stranger ways than i can count...
good news,bad news...
the Red Wings have points in ten of last thirteen games... that is good news... now,for the bad news... the Red Wings have not won a game outright,since November 2nd,2013,when they beat the Edmonton Oilers,5-0... they lost six games in a row... the last five games in overtime,or shootout,including the last three games,in a shootout... do you think i am,as a fan,frustrated???
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and commentary...
Capitals 4,Red Wings 3,shootout... in a wild frustrating game,Johan Franzen scored two goals,but two weird bounces led to two late third period goals,by the Capitals(one by Alex Ovechkin),which led to a crazy penalty-filled overtime,and then to another shootout loss... in the last seven home games,the Red Wings have only one regulation loss,but have six overtime,and/or shootout losses... Red Wings did lead,3-1,after two periods... what a weird stretch of games!!!!!!!!!!!!
Red Wings' news...
Washington Capitals/Red Wings,tonight... Red Wings have lost four straight games;three of them in overtime,or shootout... they are 0-2-4,at home,in last six home games... does misery at home continue,tonight???
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
comment...
to tell you how cold the Red Wings are,in the last ten games,they are 3-2-5,with the last three games decided in overtime,or a shootout,all losses...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and commentary
Jets 3,Red Wings 2,shootout... Red Wings out-shoot Jets 43-21,and was 2 for 4 on power play... Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for Red Wings... that was the good news,now the bad news:Andrew Ladd,who beat the San Jose Sharks,5-4,in a shootout with game winning goal,did the same to the Red Wings,tonight... Red Wings are 0-2-4,in last six games... misery continues... ugh!!!!!!!!!
Red Wings' news,and comment...
Winnipeg Jets/Red Wings,tonight... can finally Red Wings win a game at home,or is the misery going on???
Monday, November 11, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
correction...
OOPS!!!!! the Red Wings are 0-2-3 in last five home games,not overall... however,i will say that both the Sharks and Red Wings have hit a cold spot in their schedule,and i honestly believe that both teams should be in the Stanley Cup Playoffs,in April- June... they end in June,2014...
trivia...
i know the Red Wings are 0-2-3 in last five games,but what team is 0-1-4,in last five games??? answer:San Jose Sharks...
Saturday, November 9, 2013
correction,and comment...
i corrected the slight mistake in mentioning that the Lightning went on defense,and killed a four minute double minor penalty against the Red Wings... however,i forgot the words "power play" during the description... after posting the blog post,i noticed the mistake,and corrected it... let me say that it has been a very strange week,and i am just shaking my head...
commentary...
the Red Wings are actually not playing that bad,but they can not seem to get a break... for example,they go on a four minute(double minor)power play(:36 of that,a two man advantage),then four seconds after the Lightning killed that penalty off,they score a goal on a broken play... Red Wings' captain Henrik Zetterberg scored both goals,for Detroit,then they went into overtime,and lost... at home,they have lost five games,three of them,in overtime and/or shootout,in a row... it is the longest non-winning streak at home since 1996-1997,when they went 0-2-2-1*(*a different way that was used to show NHL standings back then)... they are simply stone cold and snakebit....
Friday, November 8, 2013
blog statement...
i am just taking the day from blogging today... turning things mentally off today... couch potato day...
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and commentary...
Stars 4,Red Wings 3,overtime... a heartbreaking loss,with 0:18 seconds left in overtime,with Rich Peverly scoring a rocket past goaltender Jimmy Howard... a late power play goal in the last minute tied game for the Stars... Pavel Datsyuk scored a highlight goal off a beautiful deke,to give the Red Wings a short lived 3-2 lead in the third period... Stars never led game until overtime winning goal... good news is that the Red Wings got a point in an inter-conference game... bad news is that they should have gotten two points... home cooking should help:they will play seven of the next eight games,and eight of the next eleven games at home to close out the month of November... however,they are 0-2-2 in the last four games at home,and have lost two straight games,overall...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
commentary...
the morons of the NHL scheduling department has made the NHL regular schedule into a stupid chaotic mess... having the Anaheim Ducks,and New York Rangers on an eight game,and nine game road trips,respectively,and having the Red Wings play only four times,since October 26th(they play tomorrow,against Dallas) makes the NHL look like something out of the Keystone Kops... they also have an over two week break because of the 2014 Sochi Olympics already in the schedule,so this schedule makes no sense... what a league!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Red Wings' game score,and comment...
Winnipeg Jets 4,Red Wings 2... six of a possible eight points on a Western Canadian road trip is good(three wins of four games),but a bad game overall...
comment...
folks,do you believe that i am tired of all the weird and stupid stuff that is reported on??? yes,i am!!!!!!!!
shame on you,NHL...
Philadephia Flyers' goaltender Ray Emery is a goon,for beating up Washington Capitals' goaltender Braden Holtby during a line brawl,in the Capitals' 7-0 stomping,of the Flyers,Friday night... Emery made a mad dash toward Holtby(200 feet),and beat him up and referee Francis St. Laurent would not let anybody break the fight,and St. Laurent is totally incompetent,as a NHL referee... he is infamous,in calling moronic penalties... ask Mike Richards who elbowed Patrick Kaleta during a game,in 2011,after Kaleta made a run at Richards??? guess what? Richards got a five minute major for elbowing,which,by all accounts,was done in self defense... to top it off,NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman basically said there is no rule to punish Emery... hey,Gary,how about rule 48???,and many others... you and your department of player safety is not worth the spit on the ice or wall,if you do not suspend Emery,but,alas,you,or your department of player safety do not have the "grapefruits",to use a term from the WWE,or spine,to suspend Emery for a blatant violation of,at least,Rule 48,and as for St. Laurent,he is one of the worst referees,in the NHL,period...
Sunday, November 3, 2013
blog statement...
i injured my index finger this morning-soft tissue injury to the underbelly of the finger near the main knuckle,and some bruising... will try to blog on everything,tonight...
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Red Wings' news,and comment...
Red Wings 5,Oilers 0... of the last forty four games between the teams,Red Wings have only two regulation losses... commentary,tomorrow morning...
commentary...
the game against the Flames was a typical Red Wings' win,and game from this up and down season... the Red Wings got off to a 2-0 lead,after Pavel Datsyuk,and Henrik Zetterberg scored,the Red Wings dominated the period,looked like a team that could be very good,and then the sloppy Red Wings returned,for a period,and they played ole' defense on the Flames,as Chris Butler,and Sean Monahan scored 2:32 apart,to tie game at two... the second goal by Monahan was an example of the lax defensive effort that,at times,Detroit has had this season... Monahan just skated through the Red Wings' defense like melted butter,and shot puck past Jimmy Howard... after getting their rear ends chewed by head coach Mike Babcock,they tightened their team defense up,as Joakim Andersson scored early in the period,and the Red Wings played stellar team defense,forcing the Flames to the outside of their offensive zone,as minutes ticked off the game,then Justin Abdelkader scored the game-winner just as the clock passed the four minute mark,at 16:36,and as the clock ticked off the time,Curtis Glencross scored a goal,at 19:50,that absolutely looked like a lost puck that crawled over the goal line... it was a tap-in,but the puck found the goal with its last roll,as the Flames and Red Wings had a scrum in front of the net... what a fitting end to a strange game...
Friday, November 1, 2013
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)