Wings vs. Ducks - Round 1 Game 1
Puck is about to drop. Can the Wings continue the ride? Can Howard continue to stand on his head? Time to find out.
My only hope is that I will be able to function completely tomorrow after watching the game. "Enjoy" the last playoffs with these ever-so-frequent late ass starts.
April 30th, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
LGRW!
April 30th, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
Wrong thread
to play in the dark
April 30th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
Was just going to make this thread.
My prediction: Wings 3 - Ducks 1
April 30th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
This is one of the few times a year working around 2am isn't painful! Go Wings!!
April 30th, 2013 at 10:43 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/embed/tRoNqiiY6Lg
I woke my parents up yelling like crazy!
April 30th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
Just gives me chills. What a great era that one was. The best of hockey
April 30th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
This is one of the few times a year working around 2am isn't painful! Go Wings!!
April 30th, 2013 at 10:40 PM ^
Wings are hot. The defense is playing great and Howard is proving his worth in these last 18 games. 3 shutouts and a 1.83 gaa.
The problems plaguing the wings the last couple years in the playoff has been their offense. Hope Frazen can stay hot and the other key contributors can step up.
4-1 wings
April 30th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
A stream that's not on the hawks intermission?
April 30th, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
It's on NHL network now. Don't know about a stream.
April 30th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
Let's go Wings!
April 30th, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^
Who else has their playoff beard going?
April 30th, 2013 at 11:27 PM ^
Out of laziness I started 2 weeks ago. I'm a LEAFS fan. I was so excited about making the playoffs I started a while ago. I resemble a homeless person already.
April 30th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
Why the f is everything blacked out on directv in Chicago? NHL Network and NBCSN are both blacked out. Arghhh
April 30th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
Watching Chicago and wishing we still had Marion Hossa.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
Should have kept Hossa and got rid of Franzen instead. Don't get me wrong, I love Franzen - but only Playoff Franzen
If I recalll, I don't really think that was an option. Hadn't we already resigned Franzen? I don't think we had the cap room to sign Hossa for anything more than a 1 year small deal.
I think you're right. Wings made offer of 6 or 7MM for one year, and I believe he signed for like 8-9MM with Pittsburgh.
Easy part to remember- 2008 Pittsburgh: lost in finals, 2009 Detroit: lost in finals, 2010 Chicago: finally won.
He made $7.45m with the Wings on a one year deal and signed with Chicago for twelve years and a cap hit of $5.2m per season.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
I'm honestly watching (more like listening) on the SportsMix channel - Ch. 205.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
Thanks. Great suggestion. I'm on 205 now
Btw, I called Directv and the customer service rep couldn't figure out why the wings game is blacked out. The strange thing is that my buddy a few blocks away can see the game on NBCSN through Comcast.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:32 PM ^
Blackout lifted. It's on NBCSN
April 30th, 2013 at 11:21 PM ^
I think it's blacked out because NBC sports had this hawks game. I'm thinking once this is over it switches.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
But it wasn't blacked out on Comcast in Chicago. Just directv apparently
I don't believe NBC Sports comes on the basic Directtv package. I've had this problem for a while.
You might be rig, but either way I pay for the sports package and it was blacked out. It came on at the start of the 2nd period.
April 30th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
Fuck fuck fuck
April 30th, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
I'm sick of seeing Filppula missing great scoring chances over and over and over and over again
April 30th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
Lets Go
April 30th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
Can't watch the game but just wanted to give my two cents. I HATE the ducks and how dirty they play.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
power play let's get one back
April 30th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
April 30th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
GOOOOOOAL!!!
April 30th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
YES.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
About time cleary does something
April 30th, 2013 at 11:08 PM ^
Got it back, but kinda pissed it didnt happen on the 5 on 3.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
1-1 and 1/2 on the PP! Not bad! No more turn overs or bad penalties
April 30th, 2013 at 11:18 PM ^
Playoff hockey is the best thing in professional sports. Double OT games. 5-4 power plays late in games. The emotion and intensity is unmatched. The heartbreak at 2 am when you lose in OT. It's everything that is great about sports
April 30th, 2013 at 11:24 PM ^
Benefitted a bit by a mysterious make-up call that negated Phoenix's powerplay
April 30th, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
in hockey, but that call was complete BS. You can't jam your stick up into a guys armpit and then expect to get a holding the stick penalty called on him. At the worst, if he closed his glove around the stick, Toews was hooking/obstructing as well.
Beautiful game winner though, you fantasize about that opportunity if you're a forward and wake up in cold sweats about it if you're a defenseman/goalie.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:39 PM ^
Quite a bit north of Phoenix.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:42 PM ^
Although that's still a good bit east. Good catch, I didn't even notice.
I guess Minnesota's whites just reminded me of the Coyote's whites
April 30th, 2013 at 11:26 PM ^
Nothing like watching playoff hockey. Combine that with watching Denzel stop a train during intermission, and it makes for one hell of a night.
April 30th, 2013 at 11:37 PM ^
Feel a bit flat to me right now