PERIOD 1 – Hockey Hall of Famer Scotty Bowman drops the puck at Center Ice and the start of Game 3 is minutes away. 0:15 into the First Period- Detroit’s Top 5 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Holmstrom, Lidstrom, Rafalski) starts the game with more jump than Tyler Kennedy’s line. 1:04 into the First Peiod- An obstruction holding [...]
Game Notes…… The Penguins are 8-0 at the Mellon Arena during the 2008 Playoffs…..Red Wings Sniper Pavel Datsyuk has 46 hits in these 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs, more than any other player in the league. Datsyuk has shown a lot of grit this postseason, including Game 2 when he went after Ryan Malone after a [...]
PERIOD 3 0:22 into the Third Period- Marian Hossa gets called for a minor holding penalty. Writer’s Note: Egads! 3:10 into the Third Period- The pace of this game has slowed down considerably and is better suited for the veteran-laden Detroit Red Wings. The Pens just can’t seem to create an offensive flow in the [...]
PERIOD 2 – Detroit begins the second period on the power play and spends most of the opening minutes in Pittsburgh territory. 5:00 into the Second Period- Pittsburgh begins to gain a little momentum in the game when Pittsburgh’s No.1 Unit of Crosby-Hossa-Malone begins to play a Calgary Flames-style of dump-and-chase smash mouth hockey. Writer’s [...]
Welcome to Illegal Curve’s live Game 2 blog of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings….. **Red Wings lead the series 1-0** Pre-Game Notes…. Teams winning Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals have won 78% of the time since the NHL adopted a Best-of-Seven format….. In other [...]
THIRD PERIOD 3rd period is about to begin…… The Illegal Curve Contributors are gathered at Richy P’s house and are waiting in eager anticipation of the all-important, do-or-die final frame. Detroit starts the period on the powerplay. 2:16 into the Third Period- A broken play by Pittsburgh in their own zone results in some serious [...]
SECOND PERIOD The Wings start the second on the man advantage as they look to score the game’s first goal. Sidney Crosby takes a slashing penalty 1:55 into the second. Writer’s Note: Crosby is playing a little over-anxiously. The Pens need Crosby on the ice early in the middle frame as he is the catalyst [...]
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings is about to start… The Hockeytown crowd is going wild as CBC King Don Cherry holds a stuffed octopus at the northern end of the rink. Writer’s Note: Pens goalie Marc-Andre Fleury leads the visiting team onto the ice [...]