Thoughts on Pre-Season game against Pittsburgh 9/25/13

Well. That game wasn't the best. There was a couple of funny moments that happened, like Miller's goal and Abdelkader's fight. But overall, I could have gone without seeing that game I think.

Pittsburgh brought their full line up. They had their good players, including Captain Crybaby Crosby. It was their good players against our not the best players.
I do think it was unfair in the lineup...but hey, its only a pre-season game. It doesn't count.

It was good for the younger guys to get out there on the ice and play against good NHL players, though. Mrazek also got more of a taste for the speed and intensity of NHL playing level. He stopped 31 of 36 shots which is decent for someone not used to this level. He is definitely a prospect to watch and it will be exciting to see him grow as a player.

I am just a little disappointed that Tatar and Nyquist weren't able to play their magic last night.

Well...we will see how tomorrow night's game goes. I might possibly be going to the game myself so that will be exciting!

REGULAR SEASON STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY...JUST 6 1/2 MORE DAYS!! :)

Miller's goal 9/25/13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjKbl0AKE0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hasek flip in 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5u0khFnHUg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sorry!

Sorry about no updates on the latest Pre-Season games! My computer took a crap. Well, I just need a new battery. But for the moment it is out of commission. I do have the Blogger App on my phone but for how I do the game updates...its hard to do with just my phone!

I may be able to do tonights game but not certain for sure!

Pre-Season Game 3: at Boston 9/19/2013

"Everybody is asking how the Red Wings are going to adjust to the East. I'm more wondering how the East are going to adjust to the Red Wings."

I agree with that statement.

Going into tonight's pre-season game, Boston Bruins are at 2-0 and Detroit Red Wings are at 1-1.

1st period penalties for Red Wings:
Fighting (5 minutes)- Kindl (17:29)

1st period penalties for Bruins:
Holding (2 minutes)- Iginla (3:53)
Fighting (5 minutes)- Fraser (17:29)
Hooking (2 minutes)- McQuaid (18:43)

Detroit scores 1st goal in 1st period @ 5:01 Power Play goal scored by Justin Abdelkader, assisted by Kindl and Datsyuk.
Detroit scores 2nd goal in 1st period @ 16:07 Scored by McIntyre, assisted by Glendening and Lashoff.

1st fight! Detroit's Kindl against Boston's Fraser. In my opinion, the kid is going to go home and brag to his friends that he got into a fight with Kindl.

2nd period penalties for Red Wings:
Holding (2 minutes)- Kronwall (4:29)
Hooking (2 minutes)- Cleary (5:39)
Illegal check to head (2 minutes)- Tootoo (10:05)
Fighting (5 minutes)- McIntyre (19:33)

2nd period penalties for Bruins:
High-sticking (2 minutes)- Chara (10:13)
Boarding (2 minutes)- Bartkowski (16:32)
Fighting (5 minutes)- Krug (19:33)

Detroit scores 3rd goal in 2nd period @ 3:32 Scored Zetterberg, assisted by Datsyuk.
Detroit scores 4th goal in 2nd period @ 9:17 Scored by DeKeyser, unassisted.

So far in tonight's game, I love how it's going! The players are really on it. They are giving the Bruins just a little taste of what is to come with the rest of the season.

Boston score 1st goal in 2nd period @ 11:43 Scored by Iginla, assisted by Bartkowski

2nd fight! Detroit's McIntyre and Boston's Krug.

3rd period penalties for Red Wings:
Hooking (2 minutes)- Almquist (9:10)
Boarding (2 minutes)- Caron (12:09)
Boarding (2 minutes)- Campbell (16:03)

3rd period penalties for Bruins:

Detroit scores 5th goal in 3rd period @ 4:36 Scored by Cleary, unassisted.
Boston scores 2nd goal in 3rd period @ 11:32 Scored by Johnson, unassisted.
Detroit scores 6th goal in 3rd period @ 12:56 Power Play scored by Kronwall, assisted by Abdelkader.
Detroit scores 7th goal in 3rd period @ 13:28 Scored by Andersson, unassisted.
Detroit scores 8th goal in 3rd period @ 14:13 Scored by Datsyuk, unassisted.

Kindl may not be in the game for the rest of the night. He was not on the bench or the ice. No reports have been told about why not just yet. It could be related to his fight with an injury or equipment problem. By the end of the game, still no report.

And the game ends with a Detroit Red Wings victory over the Boston Bruins 8-2!

3 stars of the night are:
Pavel Datsyuk
Henrik Zetterberg
Jimmy Howard

Pre-Season Game 4 will be on Saturday 9/21 at the Joe Louis Arena against the Boston Bruins.

Pre-Season Game 2: at Chicago 9/17/13

I'm writing this post as I'm listening to the game.

So far, it's just started the second period with 0-0. However, the Blackhawks are out-shooting the Wings. The Wings are also spending a lot of the game in the box.

1st period penalties to the Wings are:
Misconduct (10 minutes)- Pulkkinen (2:16)
Boarding (5 minutes)- Pulkkinen (2:16)
Interference- Athanasiou (3:26)
Closing hand on puck- Weiss (9:26)
Hooking- Ericsson (19:22)

1st period penalties to the Blackhawks are:
Roughing- Stanton (2:16)
Holding- Nordstrom (2:42)

2nd period penalties to the Wings are:
Boarding (5 minutes)- Callahan. (2:20)
Misconduct (10 minutes)- Callahan (2:20)

2nd period penalties to the Blackhawks are:
Roughing- Bollig (2:20)
Holding- Sharp (12:37)


Half way through the second period, there are already so many penalties but also so many penalty kills. Tonight in the net are Crawford for Chicago and Gustavsson (the Monster) for Detroit.

Chicago scored the first goal at 16:37  in 2nd period, by Patrick Sharp, snap shot, assisted by Morin and Seabrook.
Chicago scored a second goal at 17:46 in 2nd period, by Smith, wrist shot, assisted by Hayes and Kruger.

End of the 2nd period brings us to a scored of 0-2 Chicago.
End of game leaves us at 2-0 Chicago victory.

Pre-Season Game 1: at Pittsburg 9/16/13

So pre-season games have started!!! That means the regular season is soon to follow and there's hockey to follow and report on! This post isn't going to be much, as I'm listening to the second game right now against Chicago and I'll be posting that soon.

Wings 4, Penguins 1.
Tatar scored the first goal, Almqvist scored the 2nd and 3rd one, and Datsyuk (another amazing goal) scored the final.

Because this game was not televised or on the radio, I was having trouble trying to follow along. I finally was able to watch because of a stream link and got to see Datsyuk's goal.

This team is just absolutely amazing and I'm very much excited to see to makes the cut, since they have to get rid of 3 forwards after signing Daniel Cleary for another year, and how they do in the Eastern Conference.

I think the Pens got a taste last night. ;)

RIP Lokomotiv

Two years ago today, the tragic plane crash that took the lives of the entire Lokomotiv team happened. On board were previous Red Wings; former assistant coach Brad McCrimmon, ex-defenseman Ruslan Salei, and goaltending prospect Stefan Liv.

Any true hockey fan, no matter what team one is dedicated to and no matter what league, understands the meaning of September 7, 2011. It is truly a tragedy and affects each one of us in one way or another, be it a fan of the team, a fan of a player, or just by being a fan of the sport.

Today, thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims as they made it through this sad day.

Rest In Peace, dear Lokomotiv team. <3