JackMallory

All I've got is a black screen on Comcast's NHL channel. Bastards.

I like that Hurricane logo on these jerseys, with a hockey stick being the flag pole. Pretty neat. The moon is full and Ty really got some lucky bounces in that first period. I hope that continues!

Shoot the cameraman on CBC who showed the freakin' Cup before the game was even close enough to being over.

No surprise. Versus was the All Crosby All The Time network all regular season. Two out of every three games was a Pittsburgh game. I was soooooooo sick of them, then to have to play them in the finals! Puke! Thankfully I get CBC, but I have to say during the conference final I had to even turn CBC off because the announcers were so in love with Crosbyburgh. Thank God Bob Cole is doing the finals. He always does a good job of being more about the hockey than about one team or another.

I'm in a hurry so I've only read the first page of this thread, but I'm wondering what Coach's Corner some of you were watching. Cherry was NOT ripping on Detroit. He said after Boston that Detroit is his next favorite [team] city. He was disturbed (as I am too) by how many empty seats you see in Joe Louis Arena and how friends of his got 12 seats, center ice (up a bit) no problem the day before the game. He wasn't saying, "Detroit fans suck because they aren't showing up." He said Detroit fans aren't showing up because they like a tougher style game ala Probert days, etc. and that Illich needs to give the fans what will bring them out and get them excited. He mentioned how the fans reacted when McCarty first returned to the ice. Geez, people. Try LISTENING to what someone is saying instead of just thinking you heard what he said. Cherry has always been a big Detroit fan and always compliments them. ETA: Right before that Coach's Corner I was looking and listening to the fans and thought, "Detroit fans have become the Montreal fans of old at the Forum where they'd sit on their hands, while Detroit fans were loud and rowdy like the Montreal fans are now." I was at a playoff game a couple years ago and unless there was a goal scored the fans basically made no noise. It was the most ho-hum atmosphere I'd ever been at for an NHL game.

I love Don. In RL he's actually a big softie. Kudos to him for donating his fees to the Humane Society. I watch CBC over any other network for my hockey games, even Mickey and company (and Mickey cracks me up). BTW, in case anyone missed it, Grapes predicted the Wings in the finals. Yeah, maybe a no-brainer to some but I've found he is rarely wrong, especially when it comes to common sense things. Bottom line, he is entertaining whether you agree with him or not.

I've never been a fan of sitting on a one-goal lead, no matter who you are or whether it's playoffs or regular season. With that much time left, doing that is suicide. Unfortunately the Red Wings got just what they deserved. Hopefully they can still pull off the win. I really wanted them to sweep this series so they could have some days off before Round 2.

Go, Habs, go! (Or should I sing Ole!?) I want a Wings/Habs finals! Hey, I can dream, can't I?

Anyone who doesn't like the "ole!" chant has never heard the fans in Montreal do it. Sounded particularly awesome tonight after their OT win over Boston. (Oooooooooo, how I'd love a Wings/Habs final......)

Having watched McCarty play here in Flint this season, I'm happy for him to have made it back to the NHL. Hopefully we'll see him on the JLA ice very soon! Good for him.

Red Wings Live tonight had a nice interview with Mac at the Griffins practice.

Perhaps this is shallow and short-sighted on my part, but I'd love to see McCarty back in Detroit this year if for no other reason than to pound Pronger into a heap. The hate continues..... The so-called tough guys that the Wings have now will not be enough come playoff time against Anaheim.

Flint blog today says McCarty will play for Flint tonight in Port Huron then go to Grand Rapids.

No, but it sure puts butts in the seats! What good is it to win championships when the fan base is slowly slipping away? Who will pay for all those salaries without ticket sales remaining up? Detroit has a small barn now compared to most of the arenas in the league, no? Best fill up what seats there are, and who would do that better than McCarty? He is what so many people have missed about the "new" NHL...toughness, hits, fights. That's why those 3,000 fans left JLA and haven't come back. Don't get me wrong...I love winning, but I'm sure the ownership is in it for the bucks as much as winning.

Yes, can I jump on the Mac-Pounds-Pronger bandwagon? Man, I hate Pronger, have ever since that playoff series against Edmonton a couple years back. Arrogant prick.

The fight was at the far end from me. I saw Mac take the first swing, saw the guy go down and turtle then there was a jam pile of players and officials. The Kalamazoo player got up with a battered face. Here's the article: http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/savaget...arewe.html#more And to the previous poster(s) who mentioned the Grinder hat, I don't know when that picture was taken that they repeatedly use for the blog articles, etc. but I can tell you I've never seen him where it during his stint here in Flint (the Flint Stint...heh).

Regarding tonight's Mac fight...the dude he drilled had delivered a big-time slash (for which he got 5 minutes)...Mac jumped him and drilled him, then they went down in a heap (it was during a face-off) with the linesman jumping in (the Kalamazoo player had turtled), then another Kalamazoo player jumped on Mac, and a big jam pile ensued. Mac was really ticked when they finally pried him up. He had a couple good scoring chances and a couple good hits tonight, too. To those carping about "his points in the IHL mean nothing to the NHL level"...true in many respects, but can you imagine how PUMPED Mac would be if he made it back to Joe Louis ice? I think he would be motivated TONS more than he already is here in the minors. JLA would be rocking (unlike the snooze crowds there now)!

Here's a nice article from the Kalamazoo paper (Flint played there yesterday). Well, I'm off to the Generals' home game...Mac's last here, they say. Bummer, but I'm glad he gets to go to Grand Rapids (or so it seems). http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/inde...&thispage=1

I haven't heard the details on the road loss in Kalamazoo, but in last night's home victory, Mac scored a goal and had about three goods hits. There were a group of guys in the stands with McCarty shirts on and wearing sombraros (sp?). Not sure what that was all about but Mac acknowledged them. Anyone have the scoop on that?

I believe that would be a Big Mac. Booster: That's OK...I hope you do get him back. I'll enjoy him while he's here in Flint, but it would really give some renewed life to JLA if Mac were to make a successful comeback there. I think it's a bit sad when Montreal's fans (I'm a Habs fan, too) are so much louder than Hockeytown's.

He's been playing...Flint has been on a short road trip. Here's a nice little article from the Flint newspaper writer's blog: http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/savaget...image.html#more

Unfortunately no points for Mac in yesterday's loss to Fort Wayne. I bet he racks some up this weekend, though.

Glad your picture could capture the clarity that our plexiglass allows. I swear this is the original glass from ages ago when the old fence-like screen came down when I was a kid. Back in those "Slapshot" days.

The teeth and the nose...don't they just say it all? Icemunkee...I was only in that section for the second period...can't remember about the little girl.

BTW, the Generals store had some really nice 8 X 10, autographed McCarty pictures (I believe they were taken during last Friday's home game). When it comes to Pool and the net coming off...the first time he didn't directly knock it off but he shoved the Generals player so hard against it (holding him) that the Flint player knocked it off. The second time was blatantly Pool's intent. I sit right behind that goal. I don't know if any of you Wings fans who were there last night was this guy, but there was a guy sitting down near some friends of mine in Section 18 with a McCarty jersey on, and he was just about beside himself with joy all night to be able to see McCarty play again.