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by IwoCPO on 11/18/07 at 06:08 PM ET
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So you may recall that I’d opted for the NHL Center Ice Online Guaranteed To Please You plan, rather than the tried and true DirecTV.  No problems, until I leave town and all goes to hell. 

Logging on this evening, I see the Wings game is blacked out.  A phone call to Tom at NHL Center Ice Online The Only Network Who Guarantees a Degree of Customer Satisfaction You Can’t Argue With No Matter How Pissed Off You Are resulted in his embarrassed retort that due to the fact that the NHL Network (unavailable on Verizon in DC) has bought “exclusive rights” to this game, it’s not available to those of us who have paid approximately 130 bucks to prevent crap like this happening. 

So, yeah…we’ll live blog this mother, despite the fact that I can’t see it.  Ken and Paul sound nifty.  And, yes, I’m aware the Wings haven’t won since I left town.  I expect explanations as to “mitch”, “foblog”, and the fact that this place has taken on some sort of directionless life of its own the last two weeks.

Oh, and yeah, Gary…I blame you.  Ass.

1726: A 1-0 deficit has me feeling a little critical, so—because it’s what I do, and because I haven’t had a chance to peruse the stats in nearly two weeks—I’ve taken a gander at our goaltending.  Not counting the PP goal against Osgood tonite, he’s allowed 15 goals on 218 shots.  Hasek:  28 goals on 199.

1734: Since Gary won’t let me actually watch the game, I’ve been reading and I see that last night was “support the hunting widow” night at the Joe.  I think that’s just cute.  Nice job Hahn.  I also see that last night was the first “announced” sellout of the season.  Not sure if that’s due to this sudden renewed rivalry with Chicago, the venison jerkey crowd or a bunch of loaded and morose UM fans.

1736: The NHL didn’t want me to see Lidstrom’s goal, but it sounded nice…AND SO DID HOMER’S.  40 goals….did anyone predict that?

1743:  I didn’t see the last penalty, because Gary wouldn’t let me, but I understand Mickey Redmond’s going frigging nuts.  I’m sure Gramps agrees with the call.

1803:  Gary just called and reminded me I’m unable to watch this game, so I didn’t see Fedorov’s goal…but it sounded like classic Sergei.  There will be at least ten goals scored in this game.

1811:  Great call by Mickey Redmond—which I didn’t hear because Gary decided I shouldn’t—but Baroque pointed out in the comments that Redmond said he believed LeClaire would be back, and he is. 

1821: Gary has no intention of letting me watch this game, and I’ve spent the last ten minutes trying to figure out how Barry Trotz is going to outcoach Babcock—despite the fact he hasn’t done it the last two season, with a lot more talent.  When I finally, out of frustration, stopped wondering about that…I turned to Barry Melrose’s video segment on ESPN. When discussing the bitter Blues he said “and they brought back fan favorite Dallas Drake.”  I stopped listening, but will post here if you’d like.

1833: Email from Gary.  “How’s the game?”  Boxscore is interesting.  Detroit’s let up 24 shots already (to their own 16), and Zetterberg—according to the box—has zero shots on goal.  Oh and Draper’s 10/12 on faceoffs.

1858: Thanks to Gramps for the heads-up and to George Malik for the revelation.  If you’re looking to watch the third period, here you go.

1918:  Uh oh.  Anyone care to research the last time the Wings lost four straight to the Division that Gary Built?  I’d bet it was pre-Bubba/BJ, in the Norris years.

1920:  While I was on my recent travels to New Zealand, I asked the odd Kiwi if they follow hockey.  Most said no.  Around ten said they did.  Of those, more than half said their favorite player was Pavel Datsyuk.  What a move that was, and an amazing feed from Zetterberg.

1929: OT. Pick your winner.  I say….Lidstrom.

1945:  I guess it’s some sort of wacky coincidence that this evil streak ends the day I return.  I’m just sayin’.  Here’s what else I’m sayin’: Chris Osgood needs to be the starter.  Oh, and I almost turned it off the second I heard Fedorov had the game on his stick.  No need to watch that. 

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