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May 05, 2010
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The Wings simply fell apart last night. You could drive a train through Howard's five hole.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 11:29 AM on May 05, 2010
Holmstrom seems to have forgotten where that line is for "mixing it up" in front of the net, and "interfering the goaltender".
That penalty he got in the late stages of the third period was just pure stupidity. He MIGHT have gotten away with the initial shove (that put Boyle on top of Nabokov), but the second and third pushes to hold him down on top of the goalie, with the referee 5 feet away, was too much.
The ref didn't want to call the penalty, but it was so damn obvious he had to do it.
posted by grum@work at 12:05 PM on May 05, 2010
Redmond had been going on all game about how Holmstrom was going to get a penalty callled on him too. Quite frankly, while there have been some dubious calls in this series the majority of the penalties have been the Wings making boneheaded plays.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 12:26 PM on May 05, 2010
Penalties aside you cannot take anything away from the Thornton to Marleau gamewinner, that was a beaut!
posted by billsaysthis at 12:49 PM on May 05, 2010
Milton Bradley badly misunderstood what it means to be asked to leave a game.
posted by yerfatma at 03:07 PM on May 05, 2010
The Wings simply fell apart last night. You could drive a train through Howard's five hole.
Howard hasn't been great, but Nabakov has had a few groaners go past as well.
The big difference is in the energy level, SJ just appears to have more jump, especially towards the end of the games. No way the penalty count evens out unless Detroit picks up their level of play.
If the Wings work a little harder (and smarter) they could still turn this around ... they are playing like crap and still are in every game.
posted by cixelsyd at 03:48 PM on May 05, 2010
Cracking match at Eastlands right now in the playoff for fourth spot. Still scoreless between Manchester City and Tottenham, but quite a fun watch so far.
posted by boredom_08 at 04:19 PM on May 05, 2010
posted by yerfatma at 08:01 PM on May 05, 2010
Crouch, don't see how Capello can leave him home now.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:49 PM on May 05, 2010
Hockey announcers like to say that penalties even out over the course of a season or playoff series. If that's true, the Sharks are in for a parade to the box tomorrow night, as they hold a 22-11 advantage on the power play so far...