Friday, November 17, 2006
Go Chucky
Tonight the Detroit Red Wings franchise, for the 6th time in 6 opportunities, failed to extend a 9-game winning streak to 10 games. Are they chokers, or just snakebitten? Ah, I kid -- because I love (I'm looking at you, Bill).
Kipper had a nice game; Kobasew had a stupendous game; Tanguay made another sick pass for an assist; the Flames did not allow an even-strength goal again (add another 45 minutes to these numbers). The special teams are regressing to the mean - why yes that IS a good thing! It's not going perfectly, but: ...they look good...
For tomorrow, though, ich bin ein Michigander. The Wolverines are playing the Buckeyes of The Ohio State University for the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the national title game, and my desire is for Ohio State to "suck it". Go Blue (and sorry about Bo).
Kipper had a nice game; Kobasew had a stupendous game; Tanguay made another sick pass for an assist; the Flames did not allow an even-strength goal again (add another 45 minutes to these numbers). The special teams are regressing to the mean - why yes that IS a good thing! It's not going perfectly, but: ...they look good...
For tomorrow, though, ich bin ein Michigander. The Wolverines are playing the Buckeyes of The Ohio State University for the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the national title game, and my desire is for Ohio State to "suck it". Go Blue (and sorry about Bo).
# posted by Matt @ 10:19 pm 
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I just got back from the game and it was great. Too bad Miikkaa lost his shut-out in the last minute -- even though the D was so good even Roloson could have got through the night with a GAA of 1.00.
I have one question -- in the first period I was ready to give the guy in charge of rinkboard advertising a gold star because the boards along the visitors bench had a big 'viagra' ad on them. But, later in the game it was a Toyota ad. Admittedly, I did consume some Molsons product in the dome this evening, but did they change the ad? Did I dream the Viagra thing?
Thanks, Matt. It's going to be one motherfucker of a stressful day. I already lost it over at A2Y.
Whooping for joy indeed. That's a pair of assists in 4 consecutive games. 'member that thing last year where Hemsky had about as many assists as the top 2 Flames combined? Not happening again...
Also, even with the cheapie at the end, Kipper's SV% is up to .928. His home shutout streak ended at 214:23. Also, he broke Fred Braithwaite's franchise record shutout streak (minutes) - by ten seconds.
They were outshot yet again though. In fact they've been outshot by 47 shots in the last 6 games, I think.
Also the Flames were drubbed by Corsi's shots directed at net measure (Shots+missed+blocked)62 to 40 last night. If the scoring chances are reflecting the shooting totals, then Matt's "underlying fundamentals" are something to worry about. It's amazing how much their fortunes ride on Kipper's shoulders.
I'm not shrugging here, RQ: in the grand scheme, it's a concern. Continuously being outshot, as well as spending more time in the PBox than the opponent (as they have 10 of the last 11 games) is not something to hang your hat.
That said, I can't imagine a single person watching last night's game would say the Wings had better chances. The score, IMHO, was exactly indicative of the balance of chances and play.
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I just got back from the game and it was great. Too bad Miikkaa lost his shut-out in the last minute -- even though the D was so good even Roloson could have got through the night with a GAA of 1.00.
I have one question -- in the first period I was ready to give the guy in charge of rinkboard advertising a gold star because the boards along the visitors bench had a big 'viagra' ad on them. But, later in the game it was a Toyota ad. Admittedly, I did consume some Molsons product in the dome this evening, but did they change the ad? Did I dream the Viagra thing?
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: November 17, 2006 11:01 pm
: November 17, 2006 11:01 pm 
Thanks, Matt. It's going to be one motherfucker of a stressful day. I already lost it over at A2Y.
# posted by : November 18, 2006 7:23 am
: November 18, 2006 7:23 am Whooping for joy indeed. That's a pair of assists in 4 consecutive games. 'member that thing last year where Hemsky had about as many assists as the top 2 Flames combined? Not happening again...
Also, even with the cheapie at the end, Kipper's SV% is up to .928. His home shutout streak ended at 214:23. Also, he broke Fred Braithwaite's franchise record shutout streak (minutes) - by ten seconds.
They were outshot yet again though. In fact they've been outshot by 47 shots in the last 6 games, I think.
Also the Flames were drubbed by Corsi's shots directed at net measure (Shots+missed+blocked)62 to 40 last night. If the scoring chances are reflecting the shooting totals, then Matt's "underlying fundamentals" are something to worry about. It's amazing how much their fortunes ride on Kipper's shoulders.
I'm not shrugging here, RQ: in the grand scheme, it's a concern. Continuously being outshot, as well as spending more time in the PBox than the opponent (as they have 10 of the last 11 games) is not something to hang your hat.
That said, I can't imagine a single person watching last night's game would say the Wings had better chances. The score, IMHO, was exactly indicative of the balance of chances and play.
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