Game Two Blues

Despite Jason and Zetts scoring, the Wings lost. Eh, it's only game two. I might be singing a different tune on my Wednesday blog, but for now, there is plenty of time. I wish the Wings would find some enthusiasm and passion within the locker room and BRING IT to the ice. Geesh, don't they know the slogan is supposed to get them pumped up, too? Prongs is still a pain in the ass, and even though I don't like him at all, he did have the best goal of the game. What can I say, I'm an equal opportunity hockey fan. How else can Peter Forsberg be my second favorite player when I'm a Detroiter through and through? Not to worry, there is one who holds the top spot in that category, and his name...let me think now...Lemieux (hmmm, Mario or Claude?), Roy, Hasek, MacInnis, Robitaille, Sakic, Cuj, Mac, Hully, Malts, Drapes, Cheli, Homes, Shanny.........wait no, no, I mean Stevie, duh, of course. No one can come close to Yzerman. ;)

Back to the game: good crowd. Playoff tickets are more expensive, leaving me to believe that I have a little higher end people come to my standing room. Cool people too, well except for those guys last game. My favorite ticket holders were there. And Jack (the old man who I am always happy to see, and yes, I finally learned his name) was there with his friend. I had a couple bring in a dog they're training to be a sight dog. It was cute, golden retriever, and well behaved. I asked how he held up at the end of the game, and they said with the exception of the drums and lights in the beginning, he was great. They take him to a lot of Griffins games, so he was used to it. But the Joe is louder, bigger, and brighter than VanAndel, so I'm just glad he get too freaked out.

With the salary cap and reshuffling of funds within the organization, it is the usher's concensus that the marketing department was the first to get thinned out. The show sucks and I still don't understand the drums, it would have been cool if they were an introduction to something else. I miss Alto Reed and his sax and the skaters with the flags. I saw more of the video yesterday too...dumb. So if someone has seen it and can better explain it to me, please do so.

Old News worth mentioning: Friday night, Mac scored the OT goal and won it for the Flames. Malts scored it for the Wings. Once again, I had an 1825 night. Saturday night after I got home, I was flipping between my horrible OLN of the Philly game and CBC. I was able to see Mikey get set up for his goal, but then the screen went out and he scored. So I'm calling WOW today and finding out why OLN is the only channel that appears like that. Thank goodness for San Jose yesterday, all the other teams I wanted to win lost. And even after 13 hours of hockey yesterday, I'm ready for more games tonight. BRING IT.