Happy birthday today to a star of the Domino Blogosphere Tom Duff, who shares today with another big name in our family's eyes former Red Wings captain and certain first-ballot hall-of-famer, Steve Yzerman!
Oh, and while I'm at it, since I likely won't get to it with all the flurry this weekend, another birthday will be coming around tomorrow for Volker and I.
The Wings are into the 3rd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, for all the marbles in the Western Conference.
Here's the latest playoff bracket wallpaper:
GO WINGS once again!
Check out the product brochure that's been created for Elguji's IdeaJam software.
Great job guys!
Just as the Wings went on a tear with that 8-2 close-out game of their second round series with Colorado, our Mustangs team has gone on their own scoring run, they've scored 17 goals in their last two games against Rocky River and Parma.
Saturday morning's game against Rocky River got off to a slow start with only 1 goal scored by both teams in the openning stanza, John scored the first goal by the Mustangs. In the second period, John again tallied one and Teddy scored 2. In the third period the boys once again scored 3 goals this time one by Boddy, one by Max, and Teddy potted a 3rd to complete his hat trick. Zach Snyder stood tall in net and kept all but that first goal early in the game out of his net. The boys had won their 5th game of the spring league season 7-1.
Game 7 just wrapped up a little while ago, and my information is second hand from Kath who was there in the stands, and from Zach who of course was on the ice. All I know was that there were 10 goals scored by our boys, it was pretty chippy (this is coming from Zach, and Kath - IM or email me later if you want more details) and that we kept the puck out of our net. Goals scored as follows: Boddy - 3 (hat trick!), Teddy - 2, Torin - 2, Zach - 1, Andre - 1, John - 1. Zach says his shot was a backhand from the left face-off dot, that went off the post, then off the goalie and in! He apparently split his shifts between offense and defense in the two halves of the game, which he has been doing a lot of lately as the coaches experiment and give all the players chances to vary the positions that they play.
So as of today the Mustangs are 6-1 in the league with 2 more games to play (one more against Parma and another against Wooster) before the apparent 10th game (which is handled sorta like a playoff between the two teams with the top records.) Who will we meet up with? I've got a hunch I know...
The Red Wings (sorry Avs fans) totally DESTROYED the Colorado Avalanche last night to the tune of 8-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
Johan Franzen scored his second hat trick of the series, Zetterberg scored two, Holmstrom had one, and Mikael Samuelsson even got a rare two goals.
Here's the highlight reel.
Who are they going to play in the WCF? Only time will tell...
Personally, I'd like the Sharks/Stars series to go a full 7 games and have them beat up on each other so we play a tired, wiped-out and banged-up team, but on the other hand, I know the Wings would like to sustain their momentum, and a week layoff until their next game may not necessarily be the best thing.
Well, Wooster got the best of us, and in game 4 of the spring league season on Saturday morning they flipped around the previous score on us, and beat the Mustangs team 5-4. The boys put up a valiant effort, but they just were outlasted by the tenacious Wooster boys. We got goals by Zach and Andras in the 1st period which ended 2-1 in our favor, then one put in by John in the 2nd which ended 3-3. Wyatt scored a goal in the 3rd, but it wasn't enough and Wooster closed it out.
Last night the coaches did some experimenting with the lines, and the boys skated hard and won a real back and forth game against Rocky River 1-0. Zach played some amazing defense, diving and stretching and sacrificing his little body to keep the puck in the zone and even cut across the goal to intercept a shot heading there right after a faceoff. Boddy scored the lone goal in the middle of the 3rd period after accepting a nice pass and then skying it into the top center of the net. Then the defense really bore down and toughed it out the rest of the way.
Next game is on Saturday morning against this same Rocky River team.
The Mustangs now sit at 4-1 in the spring league.
I'd really hate to see a Wings playoff game go this long...
Ryan Potulny's first goal of the playoffs, 2:58 into the fifth overtime, ended the longest game in American Hockey League history, lifting the Philadelphia Phantoms past the Albany River Rats, 3-2, at the Times Union Center.
The goalie on the losing team made 98 saves!
Thanks Paul
The Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2 - Conference Semifinals wallpaper is now available
Looking for a well fought series with Detroit playing it's one-time nemesis Colorado.
Will the rivalry be re-kindled again? We shall see!
I get the privilege of taking my daughter Katelyn on a date to a daddy-daughter dance.
Check out the rest of the set - http://flickr.com/photos/10104160@N00/tags/daddydaughterdate/
Hasek out, Osgood in: Red Wings change goaltenders
Just win it guys, just win it!
I have confidence in Ozzie that I don't have in Hasek!
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