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by IwoCPO on 05/22/09 at 05:28 PM ET
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Every once in a while, at Game 2, a small but vocal band of Hawk fans made their presence felt. They were in one of those overhang deals, kind of a private box in the 202 section. They’d pick and choose their spots and yell it in unison.
“Detroit sucks.”
Idiots in the crowd got angry. They swore and pointed. A few drank some more and yelled more bad things at those people. The Hawk fans laughed and taunted the idiots.
But when Dan Cleary scored to give the Wings a 2-1 lead, something strange happened. Two entire sections, hundreds of people turned at once, peered up at the Hawk fan box and waved. All at once waving. It was awesome.
And I’ll tell you this, no matter how much you hate the Hawk fans…those guys handled it well. They laughed along with us and took it. And when Sammy pooped in a box to end it, those guys shook a few hands before they left. Pretty cool.
Tonite? It won’t even be close. Tonite? If you’re a Wing fan in Chicago you’re not safe and that’s just the way it is.
Because everyone knows what this game means. Wings win and this bitch is done. Over. Hawks? Not so much.
Half a dozen to a dozen.
It’s a Live Blog bitches.
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What the hell team took the ice in OT? Sure wasn’t the Red Wings that controlled (more or less) the latter 30 minutes of regulation.
No desperation at all. UGH.
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 05/22/09 at 10:03 PM ET
Hello Xanax? Yes this is Garrett, will you be my friend?
Posted by AxeMaster9 on 05/22/09 at 10:03 PM ET
When the hell is this team going to start a game, or in this case, a period, on time?
Pretty tough to start when you spend the first ten minutes killing penalties…
Without the first-period reffing, this game doesn’t even got to OT.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/22/09 at 10:03 PM ET
This series is ours to lose.
Hawks got nothing. Short spurts like a cheap porn star but nothing sustained. Two goals tonight without a zebra assist. ain’t gonna carry them.
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, sippin rum & catchin some rays on 05/22/09 at 10:04 PM ET
Anybody remember Jonathan Toews being on the ice at all tonight? Anybody?
Meh, no Datsyuk, no Kronner. This Chicago team doesn’t scare me.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 05/22/09 at 10:04 PM ET
Well, Gary got his wish. Ass.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 05/22/09 at 10:04 PM ET
Alright then, boys and girls, jews and gentiles, have a good night and we’ll see y’all on Sunday.
Shite loss. BAH! Alright, it’s out of me.
I still don’t fear this Blackhawks team. Like Leino, they ain’t ready for prime time.
Posted by Deuce from Brooklyn on 05/22/09 at 10:05 PM ET
Wings showed a lot of heart tonight. I hope the Hawks enjoy their celebration, because they’re going to get their asses handed to them on Sunday.
Night, folks.
Posted by Bella from puddle of her own vomit on 05/22/09 at 10:05 PM ET
Meh, no Datsyuk, no Kronner. This Chicago team doesn’t scare me.
They don’t scare me as long as we get both of them back. Without them, it turns into the Schmucks all over again.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/22/09 at 10:06 PM ET
All three goals scored by Detroit D. The offense needs to wake up.
Posted by mrfluffy from Long Beach on 05/22/09 at 10:06 PM ET
Jeebus. HTT is right. Bad officiating+injuries. So we’ll do it in one game at a time. The down side is the Hawks were due.The up side is this is the only game they get. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/22/09 at 10:07 PM ET
we can’t even speculate what Colin Campbell will do.
If he lifts the suspension, that would be admitting the officials screwed up big time. I don’t see how that is hard to speculate. There will be a lot of spin on this…..It is kind of convenient how the rule book contradicts itself every 3 pages.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/22/09 at 10:07 PM ET
Sunday.
Memorial Day weekend.
Indy 500 and Wings.
It doesn’t get any better!
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, sippin rum & catchin some rays on 05/22/09 at 10:08 PM ET
Not sure anyone has ever suspended for interference.
Posted by Ron from Toledo on 05/22/09 at 10:10 PM ET
I can’t remember the last good playoff game.
Game 3 in Round 1? Maybe Game 3 or 4 against the Ducks? I suppose it depends on what you consider good…but the Wings need to get their **** together and play 60 minutes of good hockey…it’s been sloppy all 3 games of this series.
Posted by Tyler from Arizona on 05/22/09 at 10:11 PM ET
Right, I’m goiong back to sleep.
You have a sweet night, ladies.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/22/09 at 10:13 PM ET
Well, they got their one win. No Kronners,no Pavs. The Wings will win game 4 and as I said one game at a time.Don’t complain,don’t explain. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/22/09 at 10:14 PM ET
Sunday.
Memorial Day weekend.
Indy 500 and Wings.
It doesn’t get any better!
Posted by Rumbear from Sandy Eggo on 05/22/09 at 11:08 PM ET
To me is more like “Monaco and Wings, yeah!”
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I didn’t watch the game, at the movies with the lady…
Comin’ home I thought “if it’s still on, it’s OT… damn”
Not surprised to turn the PC on and finding we lost in post-time.
But watchin’ the Kronny hit… Wow, who the f*ck was officiating?
Our man left the ice for a split, but during the hit, not before into Havlat…
That was bad…
But I thought we were going to split, so we’re ok,
Posted by Guilherme from Brazil on 05/22/09 at 10:17 PM ET
Let the excuses fly Wings fans!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/22/09 at 10:18 PM ET
Let the excuses fly Wings fans!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/22/09 at 11:18 PM ET
Don’t complain,don’t explain.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/22/09 at 10:20 PM ET
Not sure anyone has ever suspended for interference.
You could be right Ryan, we may be confusing a game misconduct with a gross misconduct. If the decision for the misconduct was indeed the vulnerable position of Havlat (I hope he is OK), then there will be SPIN.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/22/09 at 10:20 PM ET
Let the excuses fly Wings fans!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/22/09 at 11:18 PM ET
1. You’re an idiot. Yes, the Red Wings lost solely because you’re an idiot. I hope that makes you happy.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 05/22/09 at 10:20 PM ET
Hey guys, sorry - I was hosting the SBox at my own place…
Kronwall’s hit was totally clean, giving him 2, let alone a game, was horseshit.
One helluva game, 2 OTs in the series so far.
By the time this is over, we’re going to wish the Hawks and Wings could just go again.
See you Sunday…and everything I said about Campbell the other day still goes.
Posted by Forklift from Section 314 in the United Center on 05/22/09 at 10:24 PM ET
Let the excuses fly Wings fans!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor
Let the excuses fly Spitfires fans!
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/22/09 at 10:25 PM ET
Let the excuses fly Wings fans!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/22/09 at 11:18 PM ET
As I said earlier gushing like a bitch on the rag.Don’t complain, Don’t explain.
No apologies.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/22/09 at 10:25 PM ET
Unlucky finish….
If this was Vancouver, Columbus or Pittsburgh….Management would be throwing Homer under the bus….
But a Class organization like the Wings….
Well….
“that is just Hockey…”
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/22/09 at 10:26 PM ET
Too bad Kronwall FINALLY got called on an illegal hit when it was clean.
Had to happen sooner or later. He’s been charging and leaving his feet for a while now.
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/22/09 at 10:29 PM ET
I still don’t fear this Blackhawks team. Like Leino, they ain’t ready for prime time.
Posted by Deuce from Brooklyn on 05/22/09 at 11:05 PM ET
Yea, around my house we refer to them(Hawks) as The Not Ready For Prime Time Players. Night all.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 05/22/09 at 10:36 PM ET
You like gladiator movies jimmy??
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 05/22/09 at 10:41 PM ET
Was out at the bar, no sound so it was hard to judge aspects of the game.
Looked like both teams were asleep early, and the UC crowd didn’t look all that excited judging by the shots after their first goal.
The comeback was amazing, but the Wings were lucky to force it to OT.
Kronner’s main mistake was hitting the most fragile guy in the NHL. Havlat’s always been suffering from one kind of an injury or another. There was no intentional leap there, nothing like the blatant way Pronger leaves the ice.
We couldn’t figure out the deal with Khabibulin. Was he pulled due to the comback or is he injured too?
Posted by thethirdcoast from Rottenchester on 05/22/09 at 10:42 PM ET
Hmm, not sure how to feel about this game. It sucks to lose in OT but with everything that went on, I think it was amazing that the game even went that far.
I knew it when Lidstrom broke his stick. Patrick Sharp was everywhere tonight and I kept saying, “Look out for Sharp!” Arrggh.
It’s ok. We’re still up.
LET’S GO RED WINGS!!!!!
Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 05/22/09 at 10:46 PM ET
Great effort after that bravo sierra of a 1st period. I’ve been watching hockey for 35 years and have never seen a major, game miscouduct for interference. If you could’t call it a charge or boarding, is that the 3rd option in Gary the ass’s rule book against dyanisties? The wings had their chance to suck the preverbial life out of this series ,but only 6 shots on a cold goaltender in the 3rd ? We need 60 mins of total effort on Sunday. Especially you,Hossa.
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 05/22/09 at 10:50 PM ET
Draper’s got a groin pull, says MacLeod. Abdelkader may be back Sunday…
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 05/22/09 at 10:51 PM ET
Just to add stress to our already super fun night, Draper apparently strained his groin. Let’s just hope Dangle is back so we’re not relying on Leino, Abdelkader, and Helm. Helm has been great, Leino wasn’t half-bad tonight, and I think Abdelkader has a good future in the wheel, but let’s not kid ourselves—with the Pav injury, the Kronwall ejection, Hudler serving his major penalty, and Draper missing a chunk of the third, the Wings simply ran out of gas.
If not for a broken stick they might have had a shot to win the game, but if that game goes more than 10 minutes deep into OT, fact is the bench was just getting too short.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/22/09 at 10:51 PM ET
Nathan I agree the longer OT went, the worse our odds were with the short bench. I did like the energy of that Malts, Leino, Sammy line. That seems to be a good line to have when we have a lead.
Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 05/22/09 at 10:56 PM ET
Nathan I agree the longer OT went, the worse our odds were with the short bench. I did like the energy of that Malts, Leino, Sammy line. That seems to be a good line to have when we have a lead.
Fair enough. But crummy officiating and a bad break on that broken stick prevented the Wings from ever having a lead.
I’m still not impressed with Chicago’s D. Even without Dangle Dangle to match up with, they still scrambled like crazy in the second and parts of the third to keep the Wings from potting a few goals. They don’t seem to know what to do with Wally, Helm, Franzen, and Samuelsson.
And if you’re looking for a silver lining, Homer finally had some very good net-front presence in this game, and even though he didn’t get the tip on it, he was as responsible for that first goal as anyone.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/22/09 at 11:04 PM ET
If not for a broken stick they might have had a shot to win the game, but if that game goes more than 10 minutes deep into OT, fact is the bench was just getting too short.
Even though we lost the short OT may have saved a bit of wear and tear on our shortened bench.
Time to go listen to some quality Detroit jams from J Dilla, Slum Village, and Black Milk.
Posted by thethirdcoast from Rottenchester on 05/22/09 at 11:05 PM ET
For the fans of other teams who said that Dats was absent, I give you game three of this series. The offensive threat wasn’t consistant, the defensive pressure wasn’t there and the puck possession wasn’t normal. There is a lot to hockey besides the scoresheet. Here’s hoping that he’s in the lineup on Sunday.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 05/22/09 at 11:07 PM ET
Not sure anyone has ever suspended for interference.
You could be right Ryan, we may be confusing a game misconduct with a gross misconduct. If the decision for the misconduct was indeed the vulnerable position of Havlat (I hope he is OK), then there will be SPIN.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/22/09 at 11:20 PM ET
Gross Misconducts are my thing and yeah, the auto (unless Campbell wipes it away) suspensions happen on match penalties. That was not the case.
Given what we’ve seen from Campbell’s Wheel of Justice so far in the playoffs there won’t be a suspension since they’ll take Kronwall’s game misconduct to be his “punishment.”
Fact of the matter is, some how, some way, Dan O’Halloran and Dean Jackson manage to get their finger prints all over this one. Kicking out Kronwall boned over Detroit’s defense for the rest of the game and it showed late in the game as Lidstrom was double-shifting his ass off and while Stuart played one of his best games as a Red Wing, this team was gassed and sloppy at the end. You take out Pavel and you knock ‘em down shorthanded on the blue line bad things happen.
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 05/22/09 at 11:07 PM ET
It’s just one game and the Hawks won with the aid of some shotty officiating and with Pav being out for the game. Had the game been played like the 3rd period was, with no penalties and good flow, I would have liked the Wings chances. They competed hard tonight, they came back and showed heart through a ton of adversity, and in the end you just move on from the game. It’s an experienced bunch who have been through this before and I like their chances going into Sunday.
I was hoping that the turning point of the game was going to be that missed 5:00 PP opportunity the Hawks had. The fact they didn’t score on that kept lingering to me throughout the game and when the game was tied, would be a moment to look back on if the Hawks had lost.
Bettman is turning this league into the NBA where the officials control the game. It was mentioned on another board that neither referee had their arm up for a penalty on Kronwall’s hit, and seemingly only gave him a penalty once they saw that Havlat was KO’d. Penalizing the result is irresponsible officiating by the league and only proves to me that calls are being made based on reactions and injury rather than intent. It’s no wonder why everyone in the league dives.
The league already notified Babs that Kronner won’t be suspended. Proves that the referees made the wrong call.
Posted by OHWingsFan40 from Oregon/Bowling Green, OH on 05/22/09 at 11:22 PM ET
CBC feed of the hit, lifted from KK’s front page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJm-qcnnC0
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 05/22/09 at 11:25 PM ET
The one surprise tonight was CBC.
It is the first time in many years that someone besides Don Cherry didn’t sound like they were on NPR when someone went down from a hard hit.
It guess it started back when Howie Meeker retired.
I’ve given it some thought, and concluded that the Don won’t be back next season. Milbury and Hrudey are competing for his Coach’s Corner.
The real circus will be tomorrow’s papers. They have a couple of real wienie’s writing for the globe, dedicated to turning the NHL into cupcake hockey. Watch the main page, Paul will be all over it.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/23/09 at 12:07 AM ET
Paul will be all over it.
And predictably neutral.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 05/23/09 at 12:11 AM ET
*#$%@&
injuries? check
officiating? check
damn you hockeytown todd. damn you straight to hell.
you’re right, of course.
All 3 goald came from Dmen. And by goald, I mean goals.
*#$%@& being drunk. i hate this shit
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 05/23/09 at 01:37 AM ET
and don’t worry about the kronwall hit on havlavt. he got a misconduct, more than enough punishment…he’ll be back for game 4.
*#$%@& losing sucks *#$%@&
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 05/23/09 at 01:53 AM ET
Just watched the Babcock presser. I get the sense that he’s losing patience with some of the things going against us in these playoffs. He was irked after the Brown hit on Hudler, he was miffed after the screwjob in Game 3 against the Ducks, he was mum after the thug tactics of the Ducks after Game 6. Tonight (last night) he sounded edgy, like he’s getting tired of getting the short end of the stick. He said something tonight I had never heard him say: “Players can have bad games. Coaches can have bad games. Officials can’t have bad calls or games.” That’s probably the closest we’ll ever hear Uncle Mike to criticzing the refs without getting fined.
And for god’s sake, ENOUGH with O’Halloran on Red Wings games. The guy has a grudge, and he’s making it known.
Posted by EFWolverine from Dearborn on 05/23/09 at 04:09 AM ET
The league already notified Babs that Kronner won’t be suspended.
OH, where did you find this? All my sources say it’s still up in the air.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 05/23/09 at 04:39 AM ET
The league already notified Babs that Kronner won’t be suspended.
OH, where did you find this? All my sources say it’s still up in the air.
I’d like to know as well. While logically the league shouldn’t suspend Kronwall, “the league” and “logical” aren’t exactly bosom buddies.
Injuries and officiating. Christ, either the officials are purposely making bs calls, or they seriously do not know what is considered a penalty. I’m not sure which scares me more.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/23/09 at 06:54 AM ET
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