http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/06/game-5-reaction-and-commentary/ gorillacrouch [at] gmail.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/06/game-5-reaction-and-commentary/#comment-1853 Thu, 10 May 2007 01:17:06 +0000 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/06/game-5-reaction-and-commentary/#comment-1853 [...] Second Star - Dominik Hasek Dom found it tough to do the chicken dance while holding his stick Jed Jacobsohn - Getty Images There was a lot of talk following the first round series about how Dominik Hasek didn’t have to face many shots. The shot differential grew closer in the series against San Jose but Hasek still made several big saves to keep Detroit in games and to preserve leads. I commented in this post on how Dom has shut the door during long stretches of the latter parts of games. In four of the first 5 games he did not allow a goal over the last 50 minutes of play. He followed that up with a Game 6 performance where he didn’t allow a single goal. In 10 of the 12 games Detroit has played in the playoffs the Red Wings have given up 2 or fewer goals. [...] […] Second Star - Dominik Hasek Dom found it tough to do the chicken dance while holding his stick Jed Jacobsohn - Getty Images There was a lot of talk following the first round series about how Dominik Hasek didn’t have to face many shots. The shot differential grew closer in the series against San Jose but Hasek still made several big saves to keep Detroit in games and to preserve leads. I commented in this post on how Dom has shut the door during long stretches of the latter parts of games. In four of the first 5 games he did not allow a goal over the last 50 minutes of play. He followed that up with a Game 6 performance where he didn’t allow a single goal. In 10 of the 12 games Detroit has played in the playoffs the Red Wings have given up 2 or fewer goals. […]

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