Yesterday’s game between the Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks was a very tough one. The Wings dominated the game and were in a good position to win the game with only a couple of minutes left in the game. Then came a bad penalty call with a little over 1:40 left in the third period that gave the Ducks a 6-4 advantage with their goalie pulled.
As every Red Wing fan held their breath, the Ducks scored on a fluke goal off of Nicklas Lidstrom’s stick. The Ducks went on to win the game in overtime.
The Wings have owned the last two games and had a wealth of opportunities to win both games but they came up short each time. Now they are in a do-or-die situation where they have to win the next two games to advance. I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t win the next two because of the way they have played recently, but the breaks seem to be going for Anaheim. The next game is Tuesday night, we’ll see what happens.
There’s been plenty of things that happened since my last post on Friday. I had a crazy weekend. As I said in my last post, I was lucky enough to get my hands on tickets to the Red Wings last Friday night. The atmosphere in Joe Louis Arena was overwhelming. It was so loud in there my ears were ringing for about 45 minutes after the game ended. It was fun to see the Wings win and it was great to be there with my friends enjoying the game.
I was back downtown on Saturday afternoon to see The Rocket Summer perform at the State Theater. The concert was really fun, with the exception of the crapfest that goes by the name Boys Like Girls. They were the middle band of the concert and they were awful. The Rocket Summer opened and they were great. The only downside of their performance was that they only had 30 minutes to play which was not nearly long enough. Hellogoodbye was the headliner and they were pretty good. I wasn’t really a huge fan of theirs before, but I liked their live show and their music is growing on me. Below is a clip from their show on Saturday.
Sunday was Mother’s Day and the second time Cassie got to celebrate being a mom. We went to the 9 a.m. service at church, which was the first time we had done that in the 3-plus years we’ve been going to Tri-City. We wanted to make sure we beat the big rush in going out to lunch, but we still ended up waiting an hour to eat. Cassie got a card from Lily that was really cute. (I wrote in it with my right hand so it looked like a little kid wrote in it.)
I’ve been sick the past few days with a runny nose and sore throat. I think I caught it from Lily, which makes this 4 or 5 times that she’s gotten me sick. I was not blessed with a tough immune system, so every time she gets a little cough, I end up sick for a week. I need to start taking vitamins and stuff to build up my immunities.
What a second half by the Pistons last night. The first half of that game was about as bad as it could get, but they turned it on and showed everyone that they are a championship contending team.
I just got 4 tickets to tonight’s Red Wings game and managed to find 3 other guys who want to go in about 15 minutes. I don’t have a lot of time until we’ve got to leave, so I’m going to have to leave it at that.
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