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by IwoCPO on 10/18/07 at 10:33 PM ET
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If you’re joining me to stay up for this pivotal October matchup, you have issues. You need to look yourselves in the mirror and determine just what’s important to you in life. My god. You’re up? You’re all pathetic.
Whatever. Crack ‘em if you got ‘em, it’s a late night West Coast live blog courtesy of Gary Leonore Bettman.
2240: What the HELL is a Dive fan transvestite doing in San Jose? Oh..that’s Ricci. My bad.
2244: Cool. Wings wait 4 minutes real time, 90 seconds game time, to take their first penalty. Outstanding.
2253: Reaction. I believe Mike Grier scored first in Game 1 last year didn’t he? Reaction. I looked up and saw Brett Lebda with the puck and thought I saw Dino Ciccarelli. I looked up again and saw Andres Lilja with the puck and threw up in my mouth.
2258: I think I told you guys this before. Dallas Drake beat the snot out of my college roommate in a Marquette bar in 1988. I also think he just got drilled. He was holding his face on the bench, but looking at the replay it looked like a shoulder.
2301: You frigging bastard Dave. One minute after you make a comment about only one penalty called halfway through the first, one of Gary’s minions rectifies it. Nice job Dave.
2305: I swear to sweet baby Jesus I don’t think I’ve watched a single minute of Wing hockey the last four days that didn’t feature Detroit on the penalty kill.
2312: Gary you little frigging toad. When you have Wing fans publicly proclaiming their wishes that one of their own players takes a puck in the nuts, you know the scheduling sucks. That’s what happens Gary. It’s chaos.
It’s time for Intermission Playhouse!!
Red Sox are up 4-1 so I’m watching tonite’s episode of The Office, because Dwight Shroot is my new favorite tv character, taking over for Newman and before him; Speed Racer. Before I turn it on, here’s some A2Y stream of consciousness thinking for you: Hasek is in no danger of losing his job to Chris Osgood. Any of the crap in the papers this morning is just that: Digger crap. Grigorenko’s back next week then it’s off to Russia to fail for more money with ugly Russian chicks--no offense to any of you Lapeer Russians. I continued a running argument with a great friend of mine today. Subject? NHL vs. NBA. He’s a huge Pistons fan and says Rasheed Wallace is a “great teammate, a character guy.” I guess if your definition of a great character guy is someone who takes bong hits during tv timeouts than he’s on the money. Did I really predict Valteri Filppula will score 25 goals this year. Dammit. I’m sticking by it. I’m off to the office. Back for the second.
2341: Ha. All you naysayers (mostly the diggers). Kronwall...what a great play. Off the schnide.
0001: Holy Schnikees. I fell asleep and missed Zetterberg’s goal. Thanks Gary. Thanks Dave.
0006: Who gave that puck away? Was that Rafalski? Sharks’ announcers: they’re really buzzing after that second Shark goal. Arena is silent.
0009: Nice. Thornton goes after Zetterberg and Dasyuk pops him from behind...not like THAT Dive fans, jeez...retaliation and a power play. Brought to you by your future Wing Leadership.
0054. Hi. I’m still here. I was resting. Not asleep. Resting. I did miss Ellis’ goal, but only because things were going on here. Firetrucks, dancing girls and puppies were out in the street. I had to watch the festivities. I wasn’t asleep. And I saw the Datsyuk goal, the ho-hum two points for Zetterberg.
0104: Reaction: Wings look better the last four minutes than they have the entire game. That could be due to the fact that I slept through the previous 16. I’m not sure.
0116: Good win. As Matt pointed out, it may have come at a price as Rafalski may be hurt along with Drake. Great elbow to the chops of Thornton by Chelios. Made me well up with pride and happiness. I’m going to bed. You can’t stop me. Thanks Gary. Ass.
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Clark- Trust me, the class is not as advertised. After a month and a half of classes, we’re finally getting to the sport part. Barely. And it’s ancient Greek sport. My test has pretty much no material on sport- all Roman slavery, family, history, religion, etc. It sucks.
Posted by Christy on 10/18/07 at 11:10 PM ET
I don’t think the Wings have voodoo on the Sharks. They tend to be really good games.
Detroit on the PP, get the lead back!
Posted by Dave on 10/18/07 at 11:10 PM ET
My picture looks fine.
Maybe you just need a new TV?
At least the power play carries over for 45 seconds with fresh ice.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/18/07 at 11:14 PM ET
voodoo just because of the posts...passing comment.
Larry Murphy is getting better as a color commentator: he just explained that if Lids and Rafalski are on their “correct” sides then the play is to go down low; if they switch then they’re looking for a point shot.
Posted by srt on 10/18/07 at 11:17 PM ET
TV is new, picture fine on other channels, maybe a comcast conspiracy.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 10/18/07 at 11:25 PM ET
woohoo
Posted by srt on 10/18/07 at 11:39 PM ET
Tear-away jerseys?
Reebok obviously put a lot of qwality work into that.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/18/07 at 11:40 PM ET
wow.
Highlight goal, not too shabby for his first!
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 10/18/07 at 11:45 PM ET
There’s some secondary scoring! Ellis… wow.
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/18/07 at 11:45 PM ET
Congrats to Matt Ellis!
And it wasn’t even a particularly ugly one.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/18/07 at 11:45 PM ET
Only got the radio, but Eliis seems to be working right into the lineup.
Posted by soft watch from ontario plates on 10/18/07 at 11:47 PM ET
He’s workin hard tonight, no doubt.
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/18/07 at 11:47 PM ET
Nice, no way that should have gone in but no complaints from me. Sharks are getting frustrated, Wings seem pretty calm.
Posted by Clark on 10/18/07 at 11:48 PM ET
At the start of this last scrum, wouldn’t that be considered a late hit?
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/18/07 at 11:49 PM ET
“Tough, gritty” teams like Anaheim and San Jose don’t get called for late hits.
Posted by Clark on 10/18/07 at 11:51 PM ET
That’s what I thought.
I was just curious.
Boy oh boy… the fish are losin it!
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/18/07 at 11:53 PM ET
Looks like IWO went to sleep again.
I’d love to see Hudler score going against Thornton, just because the size difference would look so funny.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/18/07 at 11:53 PM ET
Nice-looking 5-on-3 there, eh? The Sharks are looking a bit frustrated.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids on 10/18/07 at 11:55 PM ET
I was resting. Not asleep. Resting.
Checking your eyelids for light leaks, eh?
It’ll be nice when the team plays a couple times zones closer to home.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/19/07 at 12:05 AM ET
For those without the FSN Detroit feed: Ken Daniels is speculating that Rafalski is hurt since he hasn’t had a shift in a few minutes. Lidstrom has played with both Chelios and Lebda while Rafalski’s been on the bench. Larry Murphy said he looked sore.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids on 10/19/07 at 12:12 AM ET
Nice elbow by Cheli.
Good game guys.
Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/19/07 at 12:15 AM ET
Player of the game: Matt Ellis, for his first career goal being the game-winner.
Good game.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/19/07 at 12:18 AM ET
Matt,
Thanks for the update. TOI shows his last shift as 13:32. Detroit really cannot afford to lose him from the lineup so hopefully it isn’t anything serious.
Posted by Dave on 10/19/07 at 12:19 AM ET
Rafalski stayed on the bench, though, instead of going into the dressing room. Maybe that means it isn’t serious and they’re just being careful.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/19/07 at 12:22 AM ET
I am a major loser, I settled down to watch the game and made it through the first period (just awful for the Wings) and part of the second and then woke up in the 3rd with the score being 4-2. Sigh. I don’t even have the timezone excuse, I was only one hour ahead of the game. I had full intentions of participating in the live blog. Bummer. :(
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 10/19/07 at 11:45 AM ET
Sometimes you have to resort to drastic measures and hit the Halloween candy early. A sugar buzz on Smarties can help you stay awake sometimes! 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/19/07 at 01:00 PM ET
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Hmm.
Rafalski hasn’t impressed the hell outta me, especially since he’s supposed to be better defensively than Schneids.
Posted by TeamDub from The gratch. on 10/18/07 at 11:05 PM ET