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we played a good 20 minutes. The rest of the game, not so much. Happy gonna happy, I guess. Ugh.

hello, Wings peeps!! Wings need to keep pressing, Flames are exhausted.... take advantage.

I despise the Blackhawks, but Duncan is welcome to be a Red Wing one day, if he likes. Absolutely charming story, and why I adore 99% of NHL players -- they have the biggest hearts on Earth. Does anyone else hear the song, "Barely Breathing" in their head, every time the announcers say Duncan Keith/Sheik?

Thanks for the GDT, Mikey! Time to make Happy un-happy tonight, eh? Always nice to see him, though, I liked that little hobbit. Love our new CZ on skates, though. Ziddy rocks. Can't have too many "Z"'s out there in Winged Wheels. I predict that the Wings will play well and prevail. More W's, please, boyz!! LGW!

No one can drive on ice. No one. Except the zamboni driver. Get you a zamboni!!

Possibly, and that would make me so very happy.

we are keeping Ziddy forever! Love you bunches, big guy! Welcome to Detroit!!

Is it me or does NBC just make stuff up? "I imagine that I saw a Wing do bad things, so let me talk about it until I can make it sound credible" sort of thing. Almost too many men? Is that almost 2 imaginary minutes? So. Wings need to regroup and come back out and play hard, don't let these divers get the points, please.

Nyquist is lazy and he sucks

It was not suspect at all, NBC commentators hopes dashed when TO called it good. Abby, from Z and E

NBC said his name right...Zhid-lits-ky. Vaguely impressed with that. Wings need to wakey wakey now

I am excited about Erik and Marek. Hope they prosper as Wings... you got this, boyz!! LGRW!!

the joy of being a Red Wing!

Good thing Cole speaks English, so he could tell Z that Benn said "sorry, man". Benn apparently was unable to form that thought into a sentence to tell Z himself. Cole just looks like a good ol' hockey dude. I think I like him.

Eddie Mio was in net, and he was hilarious. He would dive to make a save. Two or three players would have to go help him get up. The entire thing was hilarious, but it was meant to be. Mickey Redmond looked AWESOME, as he always does, the Professor was fantastic, Jiri Fischer looked great... they all smiled the entire game, except for Petr Klima - who just looked determined. He was also wonderful. Vokoun was great, but then again, we have to remember that most of the Preds 'alumni' have been retired a few years, not 20 or more, like the real veteran Wings. Stu Grimson was the un-official M.C., anointing Tim Taylor - former Red Wing - as Game MVP, for doing... pretty much absolutely nothing. LOL~ All in good fun, poor Tim got a shaving cream pie in the face as his MVP award. Asked how it felt he said, "that doesn't even taste good." After the great game we had just seen, Wings winning over the Preds 4-3 (yesss!!!!! it was sweet!!!), the pace of the Alumni Game was much slower, but very entertaining. It was so much fun to see the guys out there, having a blast. The arena was a third full, which probably wouldn't have happened if this was in Detroit. Preds fans were a bit miffed that the Wings won, perhaps? Here are a few pics, sorry they are a bit fuzzy. It was hard to get good shots on my phone. You know this guy! Igor Larionov. He looked great out there! and this amazing man, Mickey Redmond. He, along with a lot of true veterans, skated without lids... Here is the team photo: Again, so sorry it's fuzzy.... Mickey and John Ogrodnick at far right, front row. Igor and Fisch, behind him, on the left And I have to show you what I got to finally see in person: Me on the left, and my dear friend Kristi (ChelisChick) on the right. Stanley in the middle. This was a thrill, let me tell you! Wish you ALL had been there for the fun.

I officially give up on officating.

Too bad Waahhh isn't our coach. He'd pull Jimmy right now.

Niemi is a Wing Killer. They can't come any closer than that, and still not score.

well, that went exactly as planned. Nice one, refs

POOKIE!!

now, let's work on aiming.

OK. They both needed to go in the goal, then. Otherwise, we might have a problem.

I only have one question? How the HELL do we have only one shot on goal?

how can we lose with this GDT!? Beauty, Mikey!! See you all tonight, and LGRW!!!