Red Wings' season schedule...

the NHL season starts October 8th,and the Red Wings begin on the 9th,against the Boston Bruins,who beat the Red Wings four games to one in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs,last season... they play the Bruins,twice,in six days,and the Red Wings play the Anaheim Ducks,on October 11th,in between the two games against the Bruins...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Red Wings 3,Maple Leafs 0... Petr Mrazek shut out the Maple Leafs,with 27 saves...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,HC Sochi 1...

blog statement...

day off,unless breaking news happens... "Idaho Spud" time...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Bruins 3,Red Wings 1... former Red Wings' player Ville Leino scored game winning goal,and the Bruins scored a empty net goal to ice the game with less a minute to play in third period... halfway into preseason,the Red Wings are 2-1-1...

preseason Red Wings' news...

Boston Bruins/Red Wings,tonight,in Detroit...

blog statement...

i am taking day off from blogging,because hopefully,i can do some things around the house... be back tomorrow... will catch up on hockey tomorrow...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Salavat Vulaev 5,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2... Lokomotiv Jaroslavl got bulldozed in the second period,and early in the third period,giving up four straight goals,in a 5-2 stomping of the Train...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Red Wings 3,Blackhawks 2... the only bad thing about the Red Wings being in the Eastern Conference is that the Red Wings only play the Blackhawks twice,this season... really too bad... i miss the rivalry...

Red Wings' news...

Chicago Blackhawks/Red Wings,tonight,in Detroit... note:the Red Wings break ground on their new arena,today...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,Barys 3,shootout... Lokomotiv Jaroslavl scored the only shootout goal,as both teams swapped goals,in a very good hockey game,for the fans...

Red Wings' news...

Pavel Datsyuk,of the Red Wings,has a second degree shoulder separation and will miss up to five weeks... fortunately,he will only miss the first two or three weeks of the regular season,and will be the first time that he will miss the opening of a season... most likely,he will miss the opening month(ten games),or even shorter time...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Blackhawks 2,Red Wings 1,overtime...

Red Wings' news...

Red Wings play Chicago Blackhawks,tonight,in Chicago...

Red Wings' news...

Darren Helm had his nose broken,and suffered a cut eye,by a high stick,during the preseason opener,with the Pittsburgh Penguins,and Pavel Datsyuk suffered a shoulder injury,while being hit into the curved boards... he believes that it is not serious,but have a MRI scheduled...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Red Wings 2,Penguins 1... Pavel Datsyuk scored game winning goal,with 16:05,left in the second period... both goaltenders(Jimmy Howard(25 shots),and Petr Mrazek(10 shots)stopped 35 of 36 shots... of course,this is preseason.folks...

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Red Wings play Pittsburgh Penguins,tonight... however,the game is on local television,in the Pittsburgh area... so,i will only get a paper rundown on the game,and yet,i,probably,will see highlights of the game,on NHL Network...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Avangard 4,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2... the only game in KHL,today... Lokomotiv Jaroslavl did tie game at two midway through the second period,but Avengard went ahead shortly after that,breaking the tie,and iced game,56 seconds into the third period,with a goal,for the win...

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Hockey starts today... NHL preseason starts today... YAY!!!!!!!!! Red Wings play the Pittsburgh Penguins,tomorrow...

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sorry,folks,i have taken some time off,because i am tired,and need to get amped up for the NHL season... note:the first three pre-season games are against Pittsburgh Penguins,and a home and home series against the Chicago Blackhawks... at this time,dates are not really important,but will note scores on the blog at the time of the games...

blog statement...

day off... am tired.... "Idaho Spud" time... will be back tomorrow...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time... need to do some things today,or tomorrow,so i need some time off...

Red Wings' news...

Red Wings pack up for Traverse City,Michigan,today,for six days of training camp...

Red Wings' news...

Red Wings re-signed defenseman Danny DeKeyser to a two year contract;terms not disclosed...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2,Avtomobilist 0... two third period goals,5:18 apart,including a empty net goal,iced the game for Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,in a rough and tumble game...

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i will note the KHL game between Avtomobilist,and Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,later in this day...

a look at the current Lokomotiv Jaroslavl team...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl has gotten off to a very very bad start,winning only once,in five games,getting only one point(a shootout loss),in their four losses,and with three points for a win,they are in 12th in the Western Conference... i am a true fan of the team... the goaltender on the team is a former NHL backup by the name of Curtis Sanford,best known for his time playing for the St. Louis Blues,while in the NHL... Sergei Plotnikov is the best player on the team coming off a spectacular IIHF World Championship performance,for Russia... Geoff Platt,and a brother of Alexander Galimov,who died in a hospital,five days,after the 7/September/2011 Yak-42 crash that wiped out the previous Lokomotiv Jaroslavl team,Emil Galimov,who is also a 2013 San Jose Sharks draft pick,is on the team... in four of the last five years(they missed the 2011-2012 season,of course),the team has finished in the top four teams in the KHL,including third last year... in their team history,they have won the championship three times,and being runners-up in 2008-2009... knowing their team history,they should improve,with forty nine games,left in the regular season... GO TRAIN....

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Ak Bars 3,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2,shootout... if you went to this hockey game,in Kazan Russia,actually one of the oldest,and historic cities,after the twenty eight minute mark,in which Ak Bars and Lokomotiv Jaroslavl swapped goals,in a 2-2 tie,you could have gone to sleep,or even walked the city(you would have had more fun),then watch the end of this game... in the text written down for the third period,there is absolutely nothing... in the eight round shootout,Oskar Moller scored twice,including the shootout winner,for Ak Bars,to mercifully end this snoozefest for the crowd,that must have gone to sleep before the end of the game... note:i have to figure how the KHL runs their shootouts,because two players,one of each team,shot twice...

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i will note the results later,of the Lokomotiv Jaroslavl/Ak Bars(KHL)game that has not started yet,in Russia...

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day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

NHL news...

NHL tweaked rule 38.4(finally)allowing broader discretion on "intent to blow whistle" calls in accordance to pucks going into the net... an example of this "major screwup" happening was on November 18,2009 when Dallas Stars played the Red Wings when Brad May shot a backhand shot short side into the net,and the referees disallowed the goal that would have tied the game at two,claiming that the whistle had been blown,when the audio,and video did indicate that it was not the case,at all... in fact,the puck was in the net for a good two or three seconds before the whistle was blown... the Stars won the game,3-1,that November night,in 2009... funny thing is that the video of the goal,on Yahoo,was labeled,"the screw of the year",by someone... it was that bad,folks... another funny thing is that i really remember that goal,honestly... it was one of many disallowed goals and major refereeing screwups that happened between the two teams at that time,including a quite memorable shootout goal allowed by Mike Leggo,from 30 feet away from the net,when in fact there was a referee that actually bumped into the goal,trying to see if the puck was in past Jimmy Howard,and he waved his arms in a safe motion,indicating that it was no goal... even the announcers for the Stars could not believe it,saying once that the shootout was going to continue,and then they said that the game was over... they were even stunned by the call by Mike Leggo... i called Leggo at that time something that was unmentionable,and,i believe,i said that he was the worst referee in the NHL,among other things that i can not mention on here,even now...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 1... the defending Gagarin Cup champions steamrolled Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,before a late goal by Lokomotiv Jaroslavl broke up the shutout... Danis Zaripov scored the first two goals for the defending champions...

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in a recent interview,Pavel Datsyuk,of the Red Wings,said that he hopes the Red Wings is not bitten by the injury bug too hard this upcoming season,because they basically have the same roster,as last season... this is good and also bad... last season,the Red Wings were a walking M*A*S*H unit,having as many as twelve players on the injured/reserve list,at one time,and most of the year,they had ten players on the injured/reserve list,including Datsyuk,and Henrik Zetterberg,their two big guns on the team... the good element of the injured/reserve list of players is that fact that the players on the Grand Rapids Griffiths (the Red Wings' American Hockey League affiliate)got major exposure in the NHL... in fact,twelve different players had game time in the Motor City,with the Red Wings,and nine players had their NHL debuts,most since 1991,when the Red Wings had thirteen players make their NHL debuts,that year... even though,the Red Wings have made the Stanley Cup playoffs twenty three straight years,they had only thirty nine regulation wins,and Datsyuk(a knee injury)and Zetterberg(back surgery)played in only about 54 games,apiece,before major injuries took them out of the lineup... now looking forward to this season,general manager Ken Holland has not signed any major free agent during this off-season,and does not seemed to be panicked about it... the fan base,however,is not too happy about the inactivity of the team over the off-season,period... the young players on the roster is actually a very good thing,but the inexperience of those players is also a major drawback,for the Red Wings,as they go through this upcoming NHL season... if the Red Wings can be a relatively healthy team,they will be a very good team,this year... let us talk about the Stanley Cup playoff series against the Boston Bruins,even though the Red Wings got Pavel Datsyuk back into the lineup,he was not 100% healthy(he was struggling through most of the second half of the season,including the Sochi Olympics,with a very painful/injured knee),but he won game one with a highlight goal,1-0,no other Red Wings' player had a very good playoff series... that is where the inexperience of the team came into focus,because of the experience of the Bruins,during the past few playoff runs paid a dividend to the Bruins,against the young,but undermanned,and inexperienced Red Wings,because the Red Wings played poor defense,and had a non-existent offense,during the Stanley Cup playoffs,scoring only six goals during the series with the Bruins,in five games,losing four games to one... back to Holland,he has done very little to change the roster,since Nicklas Lidstrom retired,except improve the Griffiths' roster,which does help,and the free agents from last off-season did very little to help the main roster,so the fans are more than a little nervous,about this upcoming season... i guess Holland is hoping that the roster remains intact,and last year's free agents(i.e. Stephan Weiss,and Daniel Alfordsson,who remain unsigned,but could sign during training camp-contempting retirement)have much better seasons... Weiss had four goals in twenty six games,before being on the injured/reserve list most of the season... Alfordsson had very good numbers last season,but also was injured a few games last season,like most everyone on the roster,at one time,or another... so what team is going to show up-the very good team,whose roster can be a playoff team,or is it the walking M*A*S*H unit,that was the Detroit Red Wings,last season??? simply flip a coin,and see for yourself...

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i will talk about the Red Wings tomorrow... i have to prepare a little more to do a great blogpost,instead of doing something sloppy...

NHL news...

the agent for free agent goaltender Martin Brodeur,who has 688 wins,says that his client wants 700 wins,in his NHL career,and wants a team to go far in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs,so he is being picky on who he wants to play for... there is a possibility that he may not play this upcoming season,but there are teams that may need a goaltender in net...

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tomorrow,i will talk about how the Red Wings improved over the off-season,and to tell you the truth,it will be enlightening to read...

blog statement...

day off... can not wait to see any NHL hockey...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 5,Dinamo Riga 2...Lokomotiv Jaroslavl scored five straight goals,after being early,2-0,to Dinamo Riga,including two goals,by Geoff Platt...

Live KHL score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,Dinamo Riga 2,midway through third period... for Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,Geoff Platt has two goals,so far... will update,with final score,later...

Live KHL score...

Dinamo Riga 1,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 0,second period...

NHL news...

Nationals Park will be the site of the 2015 Bridgestone Winter Classic,as the Washington Capitals will host the Chicago Blackhawks,on New Year's Day,2015...

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NHL training camp starts next week,because NHL preseason games start on September 21st,2014...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Jokerit 3,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2... former NHL player Niklas Hagman scored twice,as Jokerit outlasted Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,in third period...

Live KHL score...

Jokerit 3,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,1,in second period...

blog statement...

day off... not in mood to do anything...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

SKA St. Petersburg 5,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3... Former NHL all-star Ilya Kovalchuk scored the last two goals of game,including the game-winning goal,in a three point night for him,in beating Lokomotiv Jaroslavl,in the opener for both teams...

LIVE KHL score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 2,SKA St. Petersburg 2,after one period...

KHL news...

the KHL opens their season today... tomorrow,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl plays SKA St. Petersburg...

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within a few days,i will talk about the lack of movement,and change in the roster of the Red Wings,this off-season,like i said earlier...

KHL news...

the KHL did replace their team in Donetsk,Ukraine,with a very good team,out of Helsinki,Finland,called Jokerit... Jokerit is a very good European hockey team... the team,out of Donetsk,Ukraine,was replaced by the KHL,because of the turmoil in Donetsk,and eastern Ukraine...

commentary...

the funny thing about the NHL and their collective front offices over the off-season is that things change,and some general managers talk about change... there are two teams that basically did nothing to help their teams(the Red Wings,and the Sharks)... more later on the Red Wings,and i really do have to say something about the Red Wings(i am not happy about them)... however,this is about the Sharks right now,so here i go... let me take you back to last season,as a backdrop:the Sharks had a great regular season(111 points),and blitzed the Los Angeles Kings in the first three games,in their first round series,and making Jonathan Quick look like a paper goaltender,but then the Sharks' scoring dried up like chaff,scoring only four,or five,goals,in last four games.that absolutely doomed the Sharks,in an epic team collapse... the front office then talking a good game about "rebuilding" the team in the aftermath of being the fourth team in NHL history to lose a best of seven game series,after being up 3-0,in games,and then the Sharks signed some enforcers,traded away some good talent,and did not re-sign some other talent,and signed no good players,in free agency... the main reason that the Sharks lost to (now)the defending Stanley Cup Champions Los Angeles Kings was that their stars stopped scoring goals,and their third and fourth lines did not pick up the slack in the scoring,and a good team like the Kings did make adjustments in stopping the Sharks... the Sharks still have not fixed the main problem(the lack of secondary scoring)that helps to make good teams great teams... no doubt that the Sharks are a playoff team this upcoming season,but regular seasons only count because of playoff seeding,basically,and are the Sharks serious Stanley Cup contenders??? well,people talk,and teams play,and unfortunately,the Sharks can talk a good game about being contending for the Stanley Cup,but the front office are not the players on the ice playing,and there are too many teams in the Western Conference,who are proven,and better playoff teams than the Sharks,right now... unfortunately,for the Sharks,all the talk in the world will not change that...

blog statement...

my blogs today(NHL)will talk about the San Jose Sharks,and (NFL)will talk about the pundits who are still talking about Michael Sam,and his NFL future...