OT: Farewell to the Joe open thread
What was played?
...and so far, the last game is off to a good start.
To paraphrase: "It's really not dead, so long as we remember it."
April 10th, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^
No one in the area uses South to describe their geographical relationship to the City of Detroit, except the Southland Mall, and, as a result, no one knows where Southland is. Just shows the songwriter had no knowledge of how the locals talk. Not a big deal but true nonetheless.
Actually, as a hockey venue it is nowhere near awful. Perfect sightlines, quality ice, great bounces of the boards. When a championship caliber team is fielded in one rink for that many years in a row it is going to be sad to say goodbye.
Top notch hockey rink for the NHL. Like you said, the ice and boards were awesome. The boards gave a GREAT home ice edge when Lidstrom bounced it behind the net to Yzerman!
Im personally really disappointed that they wont be taking these same boards to the new arena. Those crazy bounces are a stable of Detroit hockey.
April 10th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
Like stuff wasn't overpriced at the Joe before?
April 10th, 2017 at 10:16 AM ^
That I could buy at a LC near my house for $5 was 17.50 inside the Joe. The facility may have been behind the times but the price structure was not.
A small post on a UM-themed blog is over-the-top?
April 10th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
The Pistons opened up that place with two titles, then tacked on another one in 2004. Six straight ECF appearances. And a lot of the former Pistons stayed active in the area as opposed to the Red Wing players who have moved on.
I wonder if the Pistons would've received more attention if they gave more advance notice to their move.
April 10th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
Read on the news and on twitter that Probert's widow, Dani, scattered some of his ashes in the penalty box. Fitting farewell.
Goodbye Joe! Thank you for the wonderful games and concerts. I will miss you.
It will be interesting how the ice holds up with the Pistons in the same arena.
There's Red at the celebration.
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Lot's of historic games in that joint. I grew up going to games at Olympia and saw one game at the Joe about 6 years ago. Outside of the Wings skating on the ice nothing about the place excited me. Give me the old Hockey barns and get off my lawn.
Can we say goodbye to Karen Newman now, too? She stays with the Joe, plz.
April 10th, 2017 at 12:55 AM ^
He was one of those unknown European players. I think they found him in the hills outside of Salzburg.
It's time. I hope they have designed the new building in a way that it lasts for a long time. Good design should be somewhat timeless. As an obvious example, I think Michigan Stadium, aka the Big House, has great bones. And the way they designed the luxury boxes enhanced and didn't destroy the stadium. (unlike the monstrosity of design shoehorned into Chicago's Soldier Field.)
I think there has been a recognition that modern faceless soulless concrete boxes serve no one well. I was there before the Silverdome and Joe Lewis, and now they are both gone. I have hope that Comerica and Camden and some of the other new stadiums will last longer than 30 years.
As regards the Joe, what made them great was the Red Wings. And honestly, what made the Red Wings great was Scotty Bowman. Being in Chicago, I am a Blackhawks fan. I give a huge amount of the credit for their success to not only Stan Bowman, but also his dad Scotty. Best thing the Blackhawks ever got from Detroit. Of course, the Blackhawks are successful because of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Corey Crawford, Marian Hossa, Artemi Panarin, et al. But Scotty Bowman may just be the shrewdest guy in the game as far as identifying talent, both in youngsters and in veterans. I am sure that he is a key part of the brain trust making decisions on who and who not to sign.
April 10th, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^