11/12 GDT: Canucks 1 at Red Wings 3

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Houdini beats off 2 different Canucks to keep the puck and make the play. Just unreal.

You sir are a sick, sick, sick man.

[Vladifan 680]

What was Cleary thinking?

Yeupp. If he was going to do that I could have suggested two or three other players instead of Sedin.

[P. Marlowe 748]

You sir are a sick, sick, sick man.

Don't you just agree with him still? "Just unreal."

[Vladifan 680]

I actually like the colours, but I'm not crazy about the logo.

The main color reminds me of something I already ate.

[Rivalred 630]

Canucks did seem to outplay Detroit in the beginning... Bert really needs to shoot...

[CupChamps979802 35]

Wow! This was such an awesome night! As I mentioned earlier I won a contest from the Official Detroit Red Wings Twitter, and they were so good to me haha. I met Yzerman and Kocur! Kocur was hilarious, and making small talk with Stevie was awesome. I wished him good luck with the Olympics, and he gave me the most nervous/unsure face ever haha. Aside from that they allowed me to have front row seats right behind Larry Murphy for the second period. And on top of all of that the wings and Howard won back to back games! What a night!

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

The main color reminds me of something I already ate.

Really a shame they didn't go with these:

[The Mule 0]

Notes:

+ Jimmy Howard stopped 31/32 shots to collect his second victory in as many nights.

+ Drew Miller made his Red Wings debut, logging nearly twelve minutes of ice-time.

+ Defenseman Brad Stuart recorded his first multi-point game of the season.

+ With the victory (9-5-3), the Red Wings moved into 6th place in the Western Conference.

+ Niklas Kronwall continued his torrid pace notching his 5th goal of the season.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Wow! This was such an awesome night! As I mentioned earlier I won a contest from the Official Detroit Red Wings Twitter, and they were so good to me haha. I met Yzerman and Kocur! Kocur was hilarious, and making small talk with Stevie was awesome. I wished him good luck with the Olympics, and he gave me the most nervous/unsure face ever haha. Aside from that they allowed me to have front row seats right behind Larry Murphy for the second period. And on top of all of that the wings and Howard won back to back games! What a night!

Fantastic

[Theophany 110]

Canucks did seem to outplay Detroit in the beginning... Bert really needs to shoot...

I was screaming at the TV all night when Bert got the puck.

He's had some great games, but tonight he was awful. He did pretty much the opposite of what he should have done every time he had the puck.

[Chase 0]

http://forum.canucks.com/

Haha I was reading through some of their gameday thread and found this post by "DirtyHarry":

Freakin Kronwall......I need a wall of kron after this game if you know what i mean.

lol anyway good win for us, Howard really impressed me as he did everyone, just needs to keep this kind of play up.

Canucks played a solid game, I really think Howard was the difference maker in this one for sure.

[Yak19 303]

had class, missed this one, Back2back wins.... nicccceeee.

Howard looks to be in NHL form at the moment, hope he can keep it up.

Watched the highlights, that Zata goal was be u tee full

GO WINGS!!!!!

Edited November 13, 2009 by Yak19

[Drake_Marcus 890]

wings got outplayed and still won somehow

That's the first sign that we're watching the old Wings again Using the system to squeeze out wins.

[Rivalred 630]

Question is now, do we sit Howard and let Ozzie play the next game or stay with the goalie who has won the last 2

[clutchngrab 12]

You can see why the wings have not given up on Howard. He's big in net, has good pad coverage down low, and, tonight at least, challenged the shooters. He reminds me of a raw Gigueire. His weaknesses are rebounds and puck handling. Regardless, tonight he outplayed Luongo

[clutchngrab 12]

Oh yes - Stuart and Kronner were very good tonight. Plus, if I don't notice Brett Lebda, then he is doing his job as the 6th man.

[Redwings-40-5 11]

Vancouver's announcers said Z didn't do anything all game. Erm...he's the only player with 2 points.

If a goal and an assist cound as not doing anything all game, then I hope he doesn't do anything all season long

[clutchngrab 12]

I was screaming at the TV all night when Bert got the puck.

He's had some great games, but tonight he was awful. He did pretty much the opposite of what he should have done every time he had the puck.

Bert is an enigma rapped in a riddle. He skating and back-checking better than he ever has in his career. Of course he still flounders in his own end, but that's to be expected to a point.

The thing that completely baffles me is how does a power forward goal scorer completely lose his shooting touch? Obviously he still has some hands, but shot selection and timing have completely left him. It's kinda weird, actually.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Agreed. Since the offense won't bail them out of anything as it did last year, defense is especially key, and they've been all over that the past few games (with the exception of Toronto).

Agreed. And really, we can expect mistakes like Toronto-- they won't be the best team every night, we weren't in 07-08 either. But if they play like the have the last 6 games for the rest of the year all is well again

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Bert is an enigma rapped in a riddle. He skating and back-checking better than he ever has in his career. Of course he still flounders in his own end, but that's to be expected to a point.

The thing that completely baffles me is how does a power forward goal scorer completely lose his shooting touch? Obviously he still has some hands, but shot selection and timing have completely left him. It's kinda weird, actually.

I want to say it's confidence but I just don't know...

[clutchngrab 12]

If I was Vancouver, I'd be pissed. They definately carried the play for most of the night.

Yeah, but they didn't have that many great chances and they didn't bury the ones they had in the 1st. This win was solid goaltending + an offensively challenged team.

[canadian wings fan 305]

These last 2 games have been a joy to watch, keep up the good work Red Wings. Nothing to complain about here, team was coming off back to back and grinded out a solid victory. Even though they didn't dominate the whole game they hung in there and a win is a win. Major props to Jimmy Howard, I and many others have had serious doubts about this kid but there is simply no denying he has been solid in these last 2 games (especially tonight he was SPECTACTULAR!).

And one more thing, sick goal by Zetterberg. Haven't seen him do something so special in a long time.

[WpgMikos 17]

Just re-watching last 10 minutes of 3rd. Zetterberg/Datsyuk & Holmstrom were on for almost entire 2 minutes of powerplay on the Ehrhoff hooking call.

Great game. Another good game by Howard.

[RedWingsRox 614]

Sweet win !!!

[Heroes of Hockeytown 694]

Should we decide to overlook that abortion of a game in Toronto, the Wings have only surrendered one or (in the Bruin's case) zero goals to their last five opponents.