Thursday, October 9, 2008

Hey, Hey, Hockey Town!

Your Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings are back!  (That was almost an entire sentence with justifiable caps.)  Tonight the Wings lost a close one to the Leafs, 3-2.  Actually, I didn't see the game.  I don't have Versus, and until I hook one of my parents up with Slingbox, I am out of luck in Kansas City.  Some observations courtesy of the box score:
- glad to see Osgood back again
- Holmstrom's two goals are the only offense
- the standard: outshoot the opponent (37-29), still a close game
- Lindstrom led the team in ice time
- Hossa had an assist and plenty of shifts

I am eager to see Hossa work with the other talent on this team.  My next post will be about him, as I concentrate on hockey for a couple weeks.  I'll still comment on the baseball playoffs when I think about it, but hockey probably won't pique my interest as much as it does now until after the New Year, so better get it while it's hot...

1 comment:

Andy said...

I predict the Red Wings will have a huge following this year. Not only are they defending champs, but the competition for sports attention will be a lot less this season. The Lions will soon be out of playoff contention and the Pistons are rebuilding. Actually, the Pistons will be interesting this year. They were a dominant team in the East for so long, it'll be interesting to see how they hold together.

There's a lot of excitement over Hossa, but I don't know much about him. Looking forward to your next post!