OT: Red Wings vs Hawks Game 4 Open Thread
Another big game at the Joe. Win and step on the Hawks' throats; lose, the Hawks reclaim home ice, and it's a whole new series. I hope the Wings outhit them, are heavy on the puck, and go hard to the net. And stay out of the damn box.
TV: 8PM ET on CBC & NBCS
Let's Go Red Wings!
WINGS WIN!!! WINGS WIN!!! WINGS WIN!!!
3-1 in the series!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Remember when the Black Hawks won like their first 25 games or something this season?
Yeah I dont either.
GO WINGS GO!
Beating Chitown is always, always a good thing.
Even as a former goalie, I say no. Not like throwing a bomb up by two touchdowns. It's easy to lose track of time as you're playing, and I've seen a comeback of two goals in as little as 25-30 seconds, so no hard feelings in finishing it off.
Close game, you take the point, even with whatever tiny amount of time there was left. If a team pulls the goalie they're operating under the premise that they could come back, and there's no reason for the attacking player to act differently.
Exactly -- more like picking off a pass from a team still throwing it deep. Letting up in those situations bites you more than just playing through the finish line.
Always fun to knock down Chicago in anything. This is giant. First time the Hawks lose three in a row this season. Game 5 will be fun.
Crown Royal 3 stars:
3) Jakub Kindl
2) Crawford
1) JIM-MY HOW-ARD! *clap clap clapclapclap*
Saturday night: FINISH THEM!
Wings over Hawks 9-2 over the last nine periods? As someone who grew up playing with Blackhawks fans and heard a lot of shit before this series, this makes me very, very happy.
Quenneville is making this too easy for the Wings. Babcock has a great gameplan, and the Hawks won't adjust. They just keep trying to play their game.
he shook up all his lines and had his team throw stretch passes up the ice all game, something the Wings have struggled with all year. They mentioned the whole broadcast how the Hawks were shooting away from Howard's glove hand.
They've tried almost everything, except keeping their f'ing captain from taking stupid back-to-back-to-back penalties.
Way to go Jimmy!
After being on the verge of not making the playoffs, then having to win game 7 in Anaheim, it's pretty amazing to be up 3-1 on Chicago.
This team has been a real treat for long-time Wings fans. After years of being the victim of the underdog, the Wings have turned the tables to become the vaunted underdog themselves. All the essential components are there: clicking at the right time, a goalie playing out of his mind, youngsters from the farm system making key contributions. And after barely clawing their way into the playoffs, they are one game away from the Western Conference Finals.
I've been a lifelong Wings fan, but this is such a unique experience to be treated to.
Couldn't agree more! As frustrating as it's been being on the other side of these matchups, I'm really enjoying being in our current role. Let's just hope we can finish off the Western Conference in our last year there!
Exactly my thoughts, it is fun to be the "less skilled" youthful plucky team coaches by Babcock that makes other teams sad. That said Blackhawks are damn young (only 2 players over 31) but you get the point. We've been on the opposite side so many times as the favorite, this is so fun. Reminds me of the Tigers in 06 when they had no expectations.
if we jump out to a lead early in Game 5, the United Center is going to sound like a funeral home. Let's go!!!
Not if I can help it!!!
Those Wings fans that thought Jimmy Howard couldn't steal a game disappered almost as fast as the Chicago bandwagon
I am still here (I was chaperoning a high school prom tonight) . I admit I was wrong about Jimmy.
Home school??
Well it is Memorial Day weekend, maybe the school has today off. And to help the kids going out of town, they held it on a Thursday.
My high school prom was on a Monday in June because the venue double booked and didn't have anything else available on a Saturday.
What a treat this has been. How many times have the Wings been on the opposite side of this script? For the first time since I've been alive, the Wings are the hungry young team winning all the little battles, aggitating the superstars out of their game, and getting timely goaltending.
And the cherry on top is Toews acting like a little bitch and Mr. Chicago Eddie O trying to justify it.
Ok please win this series and also please win Kings so I can go to the Western Conference Finals and talk some smack to my neighbors. We've been cheering for each other so far, but that will all change next week!
Great win, I'm headed to Chicago for Memorial day weekend and game 5. Go Wings
I was wondering what the Wings' playoff history was as an underdog, so I took a look back all the way to 1975, when the playoffs went from 8 to 12 teams. 7th is the worst seeding during this period. There were 3rd seeds in the Norris division that would have been the equivalent of 6th seeds.
During the current playoff streak, the Wings have been a low seed only 4 times.
If I didn't list a year, the Wings didn't have a low seed.
| YEAR | SEED | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7th | up 3-1 in the 2nd rd |
| 2012 | 5th | 1st rd exit |
| 2010 | 5th | 2nd rd exit |
| 1991 | 3rd in Norris | 1st rd exit |
| 1990 | missed playoffs | |
| 1986 | missed playoffs | |
| 1985 | 3rd in Norris | 1st rd exit |
| 1984 | 3rd in Norris | 1st rd exit |
| 1983 | missed playoffs | |
| 1982 | missed playoffs | |
| 1981 | missed playoffs | |
| 1980 | missed playoffs | |
| 1979 | missed playoffs | |
| 1977 | missed playoffs | |
| 1976 | missed playoffs | |
| 1975 | missed playoffs |
The Dead Wings era, 1967-83, had only two playoff appearances.
Don't remind me of the Dead Wings, I was growing up then. I went and saw a game with my Dad somewhere around 72' or 73', they lost to St. Louis, in the old Olympia. I have not had a chance to go see a game in the Joe and they are building a new stadium.
will be the most difficult win for the Wings to get. The Hawks are too good to just fold.
Very surprised the Red Wings were able to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Can't let them back in the series. Finish them now.
Been a while since the Wings have been in the Conference Finals. They're playing very well right now.
the Joe is absolutely electric right now--everyone realizes that the kids need the support and it's amazing rooting for a underdog for the first time since the 1980's??!
Drew Sharp said it best in the Free Press (I know that this is anathema around here, but I believe in giving credit when / where it is due),
Joe Louis Arena rocked like it rarely has in Game 4. The Wings experienced this type of mind-jolting, blood-percolating electricity before. But it was when they took to the playoff road as the fat, pampered series favorite suddenly struggling against a determined underdog.Joe Louis Arena resembled those spring evenings in Edmonton and Calgary when the crowd sensed a No. 1 seed teetering at the edge of elimination and they thought that raising the decibel level might provide that last push.They just might have.