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Anniversary Flashback: 19 To The Rafters

by IwoCPO on 01/08/09 at 03:01 PM ET
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Two years, six days ago the inevitable happened in Detroit and it was interesting to note how it was covered in Hockeytown.

Here’s part of the post we gave you the morning of the event.

My favorite moment?  Yzerman huffing up the right wing last year in a road loss against Carolina

Five minutes left in the first and the Wings were getting blown out.  Listless, three goals down and essentially done. Yzerman picks up the puck on the right side in his own zone and rides his captaincy downhill.  The ice tilting, picking up speed, eluding various Canes then making a sharp left at the faceoff dot, willing himself across the crease, flicking the puck past Gerber, airborne, back on his skates, a fist pump then a glare at the bench. His bench.

Thanks to Daniel in Edmonton, here’s a clip of that goal.

It’s easy to point to playoff wins, celebrations to the tune of badly outdated music, dramatic moments, recounts of a speech that we’ll probably never know the true meaning of, wars with Denver, wars with St. Louis and even Phoenix, losses to San Jose, New Jersey, Calgary.  Broken feet and wrecked knees.

But, to me, the true Yzerman greatness is best reflected in a burst up the wing, in an 0-3 game, in the middle of January, followed by a glare to his teammates that said, “you don’t lie down for anyone with that jersey on.”

The greatest Captain ever.  Any sport.  Any era.

Neat.  And the next day? The day after the ceremony? The one our city’s top two columnists decided NOT to cover? 

Do I need to say another thing about Detroit’s media?  Ever again?  Let me be very clear about this.  Steve Yzerman’s jersey was retired at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena last evening and the lead columnists for both Detroit papers did NOT cover it.  I started this blog one year and 4 days ago. Why?  Because of garbage exactly like that.  I am disgusted. Offended. 

Not now.  Not today.  I’ll be back to that.  You know I will. 

Nope, not done yet.  Hey Mitch, Wojo…the greatest captain in hockey history was honored last night by a city that considers him a true hero.  If you want to read about it, since you didn’t cover it, I have an idea for you.

Head over to Behind the Jersey, because a UM sophomore, 20 years old and “only a blogger”, kicked your candy asses.

Again

Yep. Christy whipped ‘em both.

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Disappointing news.  Andrew and I had to postpone the A2Y drunkfest scheduled for tonite.  He’s battling NYC traffic and it would seem that I actually have to earn your tax dollars this evening.  We’ll probably make it happen Saturday. Details on that to follow.

Yes, there will be a live blog tonite.  Around 1900, as usual.

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