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UP Wings Fan

Member Since 22 May 2008
Offline Last Active May 15 2013 09:41 PM

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I currently live in the UP.  That is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for those of you not from this area.
I began watching the Red Wings about 18 years ago.  Sure, some of you will say I jumped on the band wagon when the Wings started getting good.  That would be incorrect.  When I was young I didn't have a care in the world about hockey.  It was all football and baseball for me.  I fell in Love with hockey while watching the Michigan Tech Huskies play while I was a student at MTU.  My wife and I took my young son (2 yrs old) to a game, "just for something to do", he fell in Love with the game.  In fact, he slept with the player of the game poster for weeks afterward.  Before this, I knew nothing about the game.  I couldn't figure out why they blew the whistle all the time, take the puck over there, drop it again, etc. etc.  It was confusing, but man was it fast.  And was it ever crazy when the puck went in the net, horns blowing, people screaming, players celebrating!  It was a blast every game we went to!  Growing up in Michigan, and being a Lions and Tigers fan, it was natural that I would start watching the Red Wings.  And I have been watching them and Loving them ever since.  It's great.
I now have 7 children, 6 boys and 1 girl.  I have 4 that currently play youth hockey.  I have been coaching at least one of their teams for the past 14 years, and it is always fun.  In addition to coaching, I have been reffing youth hockey for about 5 years.  I really enjoy reffing because you don't have to deal with the parents, other than an angry one at times.  Reffing is not an easy thing to do, but I always try and maintain fairness to both teams.  I do know one thing, I could do a better job than Brad Watson does!
Hockey is about the highs and lows of a game, of a series, and of a season.  Without that, the game would not be what it is!

GO WINGS!

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Member Title UP Wings Fan
Age 44 years old
Birthday December 9, 1968
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10 May 2010 - 13:01

#2405606 WCSF Game 1 GDT : Red Wings 1 at Blackhawks 4, (CHI leads series 1-0)

Posted by waffel on 15 May 2013 - 09:29 PM

My god people. Calm down. We're playing flat right now, it happens. The over reacting on this forum is ridiculous.

Nightfall, Wing-in-avs-town, Vladifan and 4 others like this

#2391178 Round 1 Photoshop War: Anaheim Ducks

Posted by McAwesome on 27 April 2013 - 08:48 PM

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#2353498 Ericsson

Posted by guitard on 10 February 2013 - 12:33 AM

I'm gonna go against the flow and say I just am not seeing the dramatic improvement. At best, I'll say he's cut down on the bone headed plays. But he still makes them and there are way too many of them.

I think one of the reasons he seems to be improving in the eyes of some fans is because the rest of the defensive corps has collectively taken such a huge drop off in the last few years.

Basically, I still can't stop from cringing when it's a tight game and he's got the puck deep in the Wings zone and someone is bearing down on him and he has to make a quick decision. When I can stop cringing in those situations - I'll start singing a different tune.

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#2325960 Should Kronwall have to answer the bell for his hits?

Posted by sleepwalker on 19 August 2012 - 11:04 AM

I'd just like to point out that there is a big difference between leaving your feet to jump into a player, and leaving your feet slightly AFTER impact due to the momentum.

55fan, Hockeymom1960, UP Wings Fan and 2 others like this

#2295055 Legwand hides puck in game 4

Posted by 55fan on 21 April 2012 - 08:12 AM

I want to *****-slap him.  Laughing all the while, of course.  Kind of like when someone plays a practical joke on you and you get pissed, but not really angry, and you call him a bastard and smack him.  (Or at least that's what you do if you're a girl, as I am.)

He pulled it off.  It was a ***** move, and one that is certainly not within the rules, but ***** move or not, he had his wits about him.

Watch out, Legwand.  Kharma's a *****.

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#2215696 Thoughts on Ericsson?

Posted by DatsyukDangles on 16 October 2011 - 09:11 AM

I like to think I'm usually pretty reluctant to criticize "controversial" players after just a few games, but Ericsson is my one exception.  Having watched him since he's come up from the GRG, I just haven't seen him improve much, if at all, over the course of his NHL career.  And I haven't seen anything in the first four games to suggest I'm going to have any different opinion about him this year.

I see the guy make stupid plays in every game, whether they're minor blips or major screw ups.  Maybe he's out of position, maybe he gets caught on a bad pinch, maybe he makes a stupid turnover, or maybe he takes a bad angle toward the boards and as a result misses a chance to play the puck; but it's always something.  I don't consider it good if I "don't notice Ericsson," because he's the only player on the roster for whom I haven't thought to myself "wow he made a good play there."  Usually the best I can give him is "well, he managed not to screw that one up."

My prayer is that he has a stretch where he somehow "turns it on" and ups his trade value while some other team is hurting on D men.  I'd really rather not be stuck with him on the Wings.