lordstanley

The Red Wings were held without a shot for a 16 minute stretch until 6 seconds left in the 2nd period. 0-0 after 2.

Wings have 4 games in next 7 days before the All-Star Break. Tonight at home vs Philly, then hosting San Jose in Tuesday, followed by a road back to back at Montreal and at NYI. For the rest of the regular season to have meaning as far as a playoffs push, i think they need at least 6 points, ideally 7.

Well, right on the UBC campus in Vancouver, One’s last gig, is a famous hippy hangout where students and locals and the occasional prof gather daily in the summer to lay out in the nude, do mushrooms, and play bingo drums. But what happens at Wreck Beach, stays at Wreck Beach.

Speaking of generation gap, as a 55 year old, I wouldn't be thrilled about wearing jerseys for military day, Pride day, cancer month, Greek-American night, whatever. I'd be fine with Jackie Robinson because that is directly related to the sport and many owe him a debt for the path he trod and hurdles/abuse he overcame. I'd also like to think that if I was a pro athlete I'd take my own initiatives on own time and do stuff like visit kids in the hospital, arrange and equip a street hockey tournament for immigrant or inner-city kids, host LGBT youth groups in a corporate suite I purchase, quietly donate money without fanfare, etc. I thought the sanctimonious Canadian hockey media reaction to Provorov was over the top, I guess they don't have Bertuzzi or Djokovic or Aaron Rodgers to flip out about anymore. Focus wrath, if they wish, on people who have actually done bad things, even criminal. God knows we have plenty of felons and sexual assaulters and wife-beaters and deadbeat dads and adulterers and slur-speakers in the NHL and other sports leagues.

Babcock, like Mike Keenan before him, could probably find a KHL head coaching job if he wanted one. His style might be a better fit there.

Same thing happened to Martin Tyler at this year's World Cup. Must lose your range as you get. I didn't think it's from lethargy. Speaking of ageing sports reporters, news from Jerry Green. That was quite a run. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/01/19/after-56-super-bowls-the-detroit-news-jerry-green-steps-away/69823582007/?fbclid=IwAR1NOfGQ_iPu0NLrRooxQ0BCCzQuFPKEQIbxDTnvRFpzzZkwRGYiNYASrr8 Bloomfield Hills — For the longest time, reporter Jerry Green had been quietly driven by the symmetry of matching childhood idol Joe DiMaggio. But in the end, it was another professional sports icon, quarterback Tom Brady, who helped convince Green it was OK to step away. This year, for the first time since the Super Bowl's 1967 inception, Green won't be in attendance to cover the game, ending his unmatched streak of 56 in a row.

I expect it to be a quiet deadline for the Red Wings. They don't have logical assets to sell like they had in past years, but on the buy-side the deadline isn't the best time to do that for future years, compared to the summer.

Babcock might be a jerk, but Commodore is hardly a reliable source. Nothing I heard in that interview is that incriminating. Maybe he did show up to camp in 2004 not in the best of shape, even if Commodore won’t admit it. In 2011-2012 Commodore got into 17 games, 0G 2A, then got picked up by Tampa for 13 games, 0G 0A. Nit bad treatment for a fringe #7. Next year he was in the AHL. Commode has been unhinged about Babcock for 15 years.

Bit of a turtle race the past 10 days for the 2nd wildcard spot.

Missed chances at the empty net don’t come back to haunt. Wings hang on!

Not over yet. Unlucky deflection off a skate makes it 3-2 with 43 seconds to go.

Bertuzzi hasn’t played in the 3rd period. 2:03 to go.

Wings playing a very solid road game. 5 minutes to go, still a 2 goal lead.

3-1 after 2. The Wings are full value for the 2-goal lead, almost extended it near end of the period. A win tonight if the Wings can seal this would partially make up for the Arizona fold.

Snap shot by Veleno makes it 3-1 Wings midway through a string 2nd period.

1-1 after 1, as Vegas ties it on last-minute softie. One of the biggest differences between the Wings’ results the first two months and the past month has been goaltending.

The Wings seem to have good jump so far. Raymond with the only goal. 1-0 Wings, 7 minutes left in 1st.

Golden Knights in golden helmets. They look like Coneheads from the old SNL skit.

You're saying Moore is fighting against the supremacy of Weiss Power?

He probably used a department computer to send an email to other coaches promoting the idea of running a trick play the first time Michigan was down near the goal line vs TCU. Lock him up.

That's an unacceptable single point. No way Wings shouldn't have won being up 3-1 the way they were dominating. OT was pathetic, I think the Wings didn't touch the puck once the first 3 1/2 minutes of OT - Walman may have got his stick on the puck for 2 or 3 seconds. Rasmussen did have a great effort in final 15 seconds, if he had converted that steal to a goal it would have been a goal of the year candidate.

I think the 2nd goal was a bit of a softie on Hellberg, and then a huge rebound with a wide open net on the 2nd one.

Determined effort by Fabbri, sticking with it, creates the opportunity for Suter who makes it 2-1 early in the 3rd.

Seems like a long time since the Wings have outshot an opponent by such a wide margin after 2 periods. 30-11. Yet only tied 1-1, in Arizona.