Detroit finally got off to a good start, and even led 1-0 at the end of the first period. But San Jose slowly took control of the game and won on Jonathan Cheechoo’s power play goal at the 13:19 mark of the final period. With the win the Sharks took a 2 games […]
Ansar Khan at MLIVE writes about the emergence of Dan Cleary. I listed him as the #2 star for the first round playoff series. Mike Babcock is a fan of Cleary’s performance thus far too:
“He’s been as good as any forward we’ve had in the playoffs,’’ Wings coach Mike Babcock said Sunday, prior […]
Bruce MacLeod of the Macomb Daily continues to be the best source for the latest updates on the Red Wings. Here is what he’s posted over at his Red Wings Corner blog today:
>Henrik Zetterberg and Mathieu Schneider did not practice today but are expected to play tomorrow night.
>Valterri Filppula centered the 2nd line in […]
Those reports that Mikael Samuelsson has a broken hand appear to be incorrect. Samuelsson was effective yesterday, as he skated for 15 shifts, generated 3 shots on goal, blocked 2 shots and had 2:28 of power play time. However Kyle Calder probably is injured, as Ansar Khan points out he had a team […]
Such is the state of the Detroit Lions: they were in position to draft the player widely hailed as the best player in the draft and arguably the best talent at receiver to enter the draft in a decade. The word from several sources was that the Lions would use their excellent position in […]
The Red Wing knotted their Western Conference Semi-Final series 1-1 with their victory over the San Jose Sharks this afternoon. Just as important, they found their game after once again falling behind 2-0 early in the contest. The Sharks got goals from Jonathan Cheechoo and Joe Thornton in the first 4:17 of the […]
It looks like Mike Babcock is going to juggle lines in order to get the offense on track.
John Niyo - Detroit News
Babcock didn’t see enough from Robert Lang — or maybe he saw too much — in Game 1 against the Sharks. At practice Friday, rookie Valtteri Filppula replaced Lang on the Wings’ second line […]
In terms of fan support?
Michael Rosenberg - Detroit Free Press
It was the worst environment for any pro playoff game I have ever attended in this state, for any sport. It was so quiet you could hear the puck drop — and that was before the Sharks took a 2-0 lead. It was a mid-January atmosphere […]
San Jose scored two goals in a span of 24 seconds then kept the Red Wings off the scoreboard to win the game 2-0. The Sharks’ first goal came on the power play, as Joe Thornton made a perfect pass to Matt Carle who was cutting towards the net on a backdoor cut. […]
Taking a quick tour the morning of Game One…
Manny Legace offered up his thoughts on each of the teams remaining in playoffs in Ray Slover’s blog over at the Sporting News. Here is what Manny had to say about Detroit.
This is a solid team, with great leadership and a nucleus of players who have […]
