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I like the Club Level, great view of the whole surface....between the bowl and the balcony.

Looks like I am SOL though, my computer will not link to Ticketmaster thanks to my virus. Brokers will get my money if the Hawks make Round 3. :(

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As long as Avery isnt around he should be safe. :r

Told you to stop visiting those sites they have viruses. Okay last one I promise.

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Just got ticket's to game 5 at The Joe. Gonna be another great time!:tu

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that was not a trip at all

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Nope. Got the puck first. Bad call.

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least we agree on that

i'm not a fan of our power play right now

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Ovechkin is a beast... not looking forward to seeing him if we can get past the Bruins. :D

Both Alexander the Great and Sid the Kid had hat tricks - Caps won 4-3.

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I'm hoping Sid the sniveler is golfing soon!

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Sid and Ovechkin both had the hat tricks, but Alex's goals were amazing....that kid can play. ;)

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hoping for a replay on one of the neworks tonight. being westcoast makes some of these games hard to watch.

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and dive.


the pens still need to start playing better. very disappointed in the quality of play

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Game 3 tonight in Anaheim! Hopefully the Wings can get out with a victory. Gotta get to Hiller more with traffic around the net. Don't want to fall behind to a scrappy Ducks team.

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Have to agree on that one. The boys and I thought he should of been called on that last one for sure. :D

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the one at center ice with 1:40 left in the second? yeah that was just horrible...looked like drunken icecapades to me.


everyone note I am not blaming the refs or calls or anything else for the pens loss, for some reason we can't put enough pucks in the net. It would be great if they could put a solid 60 mins in with the next 4 game

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I missed the dive by Ovechkin, but I hate that kind of hockey.....just play the freakin' game.

The tripping call in the 3rd against Malkin was bad too, Steckel looked like he was flipped like an omelette....I wish all the teams would move away from that nonsense.

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:tpd:

It's not what the founding fathers would have liked at all.

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the tripping call in the first period was bullshit also...i think it was against stall. He dove, got the puck first then it went from there.

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One thing for sure about the Red Wings/Ducks series is the refs have been letting them play for the most part. Only had the one whistle in the three overtimes, one tripping call that had to be made and that was it. Win or lose that is all you can hope for.

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And my hate for Crosby the Crybaby grows!

I cut this out. Full link HERE!

WASHINGTON (AP) -Alex Ovechkin's first playoff hat trick was cause for celebration, worthy of so many red caps that Sidney Crosby wanted fans to be told to stop throwing them.

Minutes later, Crosby notched his first postseason hat trick, a consolation prize in a loss. Less than a half-dozen pieces of headgear made it to the ice.

Ovechkin nailed a one-timer from the left circle that beat Marc-Andre Fleury on a power play with 7:07 left, then skated between the circles before unleashing a slap shot that sailed past Fleury's glove with 4:38 remaining for his third goal of the game and seventh of the postseason. After the first wave of hats came a second wave, prompting Crosby to speak to the referee about the long delay.

''People kept throwing hats,'' Crosby said. ''And I was just asking if he could make an announcement to ask them to stop.''

Crosby gave the Penguins leads of 1-0 and 2-1. His third goal came on a power play in the final minute after Fleury was pulled for an extra attacker, giving Crosby an NHL-leading eight in the playoffs...........

What a F**king brat. NHL's poster boy is nothing more than a huge spoiled crybaby!

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Yeah, that's a bit silly. I don't mind Crosby myself, but that's pretty bad. If it favors anyone, which I doubt it really does, it would favor the Pens because it stops Washington's momentum. It's a free timeout to regroup.

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exactly Al. You know damn well he would not be asking the ref to do a damn thing if it was in pittsburgh and it was his hattie. The funny thing is that Ove would not have asked the refs to stop it if it was reversed. He would likely just be laughing and smiling like he always is and saying its great for the game to have this happen in the playoffs.

while I think some of Oves hits are questionable, and he gets away with a little more than most, He is an amazing player who plays with heart and loves the game. Ever notice how much you seem him smile out there and how little you see crybaby smile and laugh. I love seeing the little kids at the rink rocking yellow laces. If the kids are any indication in Cali Ove is more popular than Sid by a lot

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i was wondering what crosby was talking to the ref about and yeah that's just stupid of him to do

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Here's hoping the Wings stomp some Ducks Arse tonight! Keep out playing them and things are bound to get better!:tu

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I hope Ovechkin gets hat tricks in Games 3 and 4.....then Sid can ask that people stop burning their Pens jerseys in the stands. ;)

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2-0 Canucks. :bh

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Not one word about jack-offs comment between 1 and 2. All about the two hat tricks but not one word about the spoiled brat poster boys slap in the fans face.

God I hate him.

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I'm with you on that one Al. But I'm not one bit suprised that they didn't say anything about the Golden Boys crying. Real justice will be served when he gets bounced from the playoffs!

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we love you too al

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Time for the Wings to score a goal.

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Ducks take a 1-0 lead over the Red Wings.

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You guys are pretty rough on the kid! :r

I am not a Pittsburgh fan... and not particularly a fan of Crosby, but I can't help cutting him some slack. He is only 21 years old... guess I'm not too old to remember what a putz I was at 21 - full of piss and wind. And I didn't have the hopes of a professional sports team and a city like Pittsburgh depending on me. :D

My son is 20 and a pretty good kid... but I don't think he could handle all of that pressure - especially with full-grown men trying to take his head off every night. I was such a hot-head at that age, I would have tried to stab somebody with my skate by now! :r

Gotta say, I enjoy watching the skills he and Ovechkin display on the ice. They both seem pretty immature to me, but I try to remember they ARE immature. :hf


:ss

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Hoping the Wings can get a little momentum here. :tu

And hoping the Hawks play a LOT better than they did tonight when I go to the game on Thursday. ;)

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best reference ever

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I have been a little surprised by the intensity of the Ducks... and looks like the Red Wings may be a little surprised too!

Lot's of shots on goal and a ton of hits... they have been relentless tonight! Be interesting to see if they can maintain that energy level. :ss

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The Wings look to be a step or two slow tonight.

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PP goal for the Red Wings.

2-1 Ducks.

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The Wings just got robbed by the officials on the game tying goal.

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All I can say is...I don't even know. Whistle was a tad early.

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Must be on the payroll. :r

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Pz they had 2 PPs in the 3rd. They had more then enough shots. One early whistle. Easy to blame the ref. The fact is that happens all the time in games. Sometimes its good for you sometimes its not.

The story of the game and the series is hiller. He has slammed the door.
As hard as it is for me to cheer for the ducks being a sharks fan, I am a sharks fan and thus hate the wings. I am glad the wings are now getting a solid dose of why the sharks only won 2 playoff games. If the Ducks take game 4 the wings are DONE!!!!!!!!!! It will be a replay of the Sharks Ducks.

Easy to blame a ref instead of realizing the Goalie stood on his head and the Ducks D was greater then the mighty Wings offense.

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The Wings also looked like crap the first period.

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Hard on him? No, I have a hard-on for him.

Ever since the brat took the "C" it showed what he's made of. He should of said, thank you very much Mr. Lemieux but I can't accept it, I haven't earned it, many other men in this room deserve it.

Actually now that I think about it I fault his parents as well. If he were raised right a sentence similar to the one above would have come out of his mouth. And, if it didn't, when he called the old man to tell him he was given the C, he should have been told to go respectfully give it back.

He accepted the responsibilities when he took that C and all the money. The fans that were throwing there $20 hats on the ice deserve his respect as they are the ones that provide his millions.

He needs to sit down and have a large portion of humble pie. And someone should go punch his dad right in the kisser.

Good thing it's not Monday or I really would have told you how I feel. :D

Al wonders off to find his blood pressure meds..........

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See my problem is that if the ref doesn't blow the whistle and an illegal goal goes in (like one that's covered and gets chipped in anyway) it will be reviewed and overturned. When the ref blows the whistle because he can't see the puck, only due to the fact he's 15-20ft out of position, the play is dead. Now even though the goal was legit, it is disallowed and can't be reviewed. This could easily swing the series, not only the one game.

Through 30 minutes it seemed the Duck's D was winning. However, in the last two periods the Wings outshot the Ducks 35-9, 17-6 and 18-3 respectively. Granted not all were quality scoring chances, but I think the Wings more than held their own for at least half the game. The Wings just need to put a full 60 minutes together.

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Fans like you make me laugh. The game is 60 minutes long. You are blaming the loss on the ref? Now you are possibly blaming them loosing the series on one early whistle. That is such a homer statement. Some times the whistles help sometimes they dont. They rarely determine the winner of a game or a series. You seem to have forgotten that the players are the ones who determine that. Blaming the ref is the crutch of the looser. They have been doing it for ever. Hell got to blame someone right. Easier to blame the ref then analyze the game understand what occurs in a game and realize the team had ample opportunity to win and loose the game.

The PPs were 7-6 advantage detroit, the shots on goal were 46-24 advantage det. Det got two late PPs in the third and did not convert. Detroit carried the play for much of the game. Hiller was better then them. Thats why they lost. If the Goal is allowed it is not a winning goal only a tie. They still end up in overtime. You know what happened in game 2.

The fact is the Hiller is carrying the Ducks. The shots Det is getting on Hiller the ducks are diving and scraping to get the rebounds out to the point or out of the zone. It is actually pretty nice to watch from a fan of the game perspective. He stopped 45 shots on net and pulled some saves out his arse. Was this the only early whistle in this or any other series? No. It took 60 minutes for Det to loose the game, much longer in game 2. You going to blame the refs for the overtime loss in game 2 also?

Sorry no hugs and kisses here.

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So what if Hiller has it covered, Hossa chips at it, puck goes in, ref is in the same position except with a slow whistle, then the Wings go on to win in OT? You're going to tell me neither you nor the Ducks would complain? And you're telling me that it wouldn't change the series?

Come down from the hockey high horse a little. I enjoyed the game. The Wings weren't the aggressor all the way through. Had they been, they probably would have won anyway. Still that's not the point. Had the call been controversial it would have been one thing. This call could not be argued to be correct except by a blind person. There's no debate the the ref blew the call with 1:04 left and it cost them the game. "If the Wings did this or that" doesn't matter. We all know if they played the aggressor for 60 min they probably would have won. My complaint was that the ref made multiple mistakes. First, he was out of position. Second, even in bad position he blew the play dead; knowing that if he was mistaken (about where the puck was) that replay couldn't overrule his whistle. Had he let the play go, even in my reversed scenario, replay could have been used to make sure the right call was made.

Anyway, no hard feeling. Just fans talking hockey.

Mike

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No matter who's playing this is a great point.


The other thing they should do is have the whistle be the "trigger". This whole ref intent to blow the whistle leaves so much gray area. Play to the whistle I say.

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High horse? how about you stop :crutch: on one whistle in a 60 minute game, where the goalie stood on his head. How about you give Hiller the credit he deserves. It was a great game. As Al pointed out it demonstrated the current issue with intent to blow the whistle and the blowing of the whistle. You know who has a legit complaint? Its not like you are buffalo vs the Stars with Brett Hull in the crease. Its one game. In a seven game series. The series is 2-1 and you are already blamming the refs for loosing the series. If Det is the better team they will take game 4 and the series.

As for would I complain if it was reversed? No. I dont like either team. I just dislike the wings more. Its a lesser of two evils for me.


You want to complain about the refing?
The ref was behind the net. Arm chair this one for me. Where would you have stood as the ref? You cantgo to the front, you cant be just behind untill the puck comes to the front of the net as he would be in the play. As soon as the play moves from the back the ref moves as quickly as he can to the rear of the net.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5FHOLWM_k

How come your not complaining about the refs not calling the elbow to the head by holmstrom on Wisniewski? Niedermyer took a hooking penalty just after that elbow. Possibly related. The Wings scorred on that PP. Amazing how looking at a game from one side you can miss something like this. A non call on the elbow to the head, a subsequent hook within seconds. The PP gets the Wings first and only goal. I will give you the blown goal if you give me back the PP which should have not occurred do to a missed call. :hf Looks like the Refs blew one in your favor their. Will just ignore that one though.

Its the game man, teams get breaks for and against them all game. OO and I agree no hard feelings at all. I am laughing cause I love shaking Wings fans trees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmx2pIuRucg

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on a more intresting note. just listening to the nhl on xm. has jim balsili( blackberry guy) gone too far this time. the coyotes bankruptcy filling timed with his offer to buy conditioned on moving the team. if you were a coyotes fan would u go to a game next year if the deal goes through knowing it will be the coyotes last season in phx?

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Up and down action Lucic makes it 1-0.