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I came to this site because the All Ducks site isn't all that great when it comes to general hockey knowledge, they know their Ducks info but there is quite a bit of tunnelvision over there. We have young fans ( and old walking hockey encylopedias as well) but for the most part the fans around here started when Gretzky came to Cali. Our in house hockey program when I was a kid before Gretzky came, had the same 15 kids give or take few new ones every year from pee wee until I was a bantam. Now we have 10 times the rinks and 10 times the hockey players and now 10 times the fans and are competitive nationally. It's getting better out here. Beating the Wings is a very big deal to fans of other teams, they are looked at as uncrowned champs almost every year. I was Hockey fan before The Ducks came into existance so maybe that's the difference, but they are my hometown team and have been behind them since the start. I never even registered on our site because there was no reason. I will take what you guys have said let it cool down and come back to talk some Hockey with you guys. I read a lot and post when I can contribute to conversation, not just to talk s***. And luckily the Kings suck the last couple years, talk about Jerkoffs, they are the Raider Fans of the NHL, hopefully we don't have to deal with them.

Maybe it's just this thread but I thought there were a lot more posters in this forum with class and respect for other posters, but apparently that's only after a Wings victory. I thought I had found a place to talk Hockey with other Hockey fans but I guess loyalty is blinding. The Red Wings are and will always be one of the most exciting teams to watch in the NHL, but I just don't understand the bashing of not only the Ducks as a team but apparently all of So Cal as an iggnorant bunch of hockey morons. Saying the Ducks are dirty and the refs are always on our side. I was at every game this year at The Honda Center including all of this series, you guys are nuts if you think we got all of the calls. The ref's did everything they could help to the Wings finsh off that last game. Maybe Versus doesn't show enough of the game away from the puck, but the calls were not anywhere near as one sided as a lot of the people on this board claim. Say what you want but the ducks line of Penner, Perry and Getzlaf dominated when they were on the ice, it always looked like a power play and they controlled it in the attacking zone at will. There are alot of goals we didn't capitalize on too, and that could have made it a different series. Tha fact is that its not a different series, this is what we get. The best skilled team may not have won, I'm not blind, I can see the Wings have more skill, but heart and resilience when your being out played may not show up on the tally sheets, but it sure can win one game at a time. Congrats to the Wings on another great season finishing at the top of the West and getting as far as they did and making it fun. Congrats and thanks to the Ducks for getting us to the cup, already have tix for all home games and can't wait cheer my team on through the cup.

Well first post from me here on this board but I think the Wings are the Scariest team in the NHL almost every year and especially this year. Capable of playing any style from quicks to hits and being a Duck fan for nearly 10 years they are not the team you want to have face in the playoffs ever. All of the wishy washy talk of they might be getting tired or running out of gas, I hope the Red Wings believe that because this series scares the hell out of me. The play in the neutral zone last night from the Wings especially late in the game was sick and exactly how the neutral zone should be played IMO, against the Ducks. We are tough to beat in Anaheim, but the only team I think that can give problems to the Ducks are playing tomorrow night in Anaheim. I'll be there and will be very obnoxious at the game to any Wing fan in the building the whole game from beginning to end while supporting my team. However I have been reading your boards for quite some time and respect what you guys and gals do on these boards for the most part for your team. I don't expect any royal treatment but I wouldn't mind it if I could post on these boards objectively in the future without being flamed too bad by Wings fans. We are all Hockey fans in the long run right?