Penguins stay alive, beat Wings in triple OT

Not so fast Motor City. The Detroit Red Wings' road to the Stanley Cup has another stop to make.

[RJHALL]

AHHHHHH! So angry!!

[hockeymom]

Playing around with the puck with 34 seconds to go, gee, my kid even knows better than that!

[kclh_thunk]

First game I've watched all season - my bad - and I just couldn't stay awake. Guess I'm glad I didn't. Go Wings!

[RJHALL]

hockeymom wrote:

Playing around with the puck with 34 seconds to go, gee, my kid even knows better than that!

Maybe your son shoul dbe playing for the Wings./sarcasm

[Lib Dem]

Is it my imagination or are the officials trying to help Pittsburg? The two goalie interference calls in overtime were terrible calls and wouldn't be made during the first period of a regular season game. These calls certainly shouldn't be made during an overtime period in the Stanley Cup finals. Do the officials hate the Redwings? Are they being paid off? Is the NHL trying to extend the playoff? Was the highstick different than the one that Lindstrom took in game 3? Was the corkscrew given to Holmstrom during game 3 a penalty? Holmstrom was injured by this move and sat out the rest of game 3 and all of game 4. Let's try playing the game 5 on 5 instead of 7 on 5 with two of the Pittsburg players given whistles and striped shirts!

[ron mexico]

RJHALL wrote:

<quoted text>Maybe your son shoul dbe playing for the Wings./sarcasm

ooooooooooooooooh BURN!!!

[hockeymom]

Like I say, O'Halloran and McReary hate the Wings. If they officiate Thursday we're in for a long game!

[Mama Bear]

I thought it was an awesome game. Yes the officials suck. But the Wings will come out winners anyway. I mean we outshot them by a long shot. But just hold on as the Wings will do it!!!
GO WINGS!!!

[RJHALL]

Lib Dem wrote:

Is it my imagination or are the officials trying to help Pittsburg? The two goalie interference calls in overtime were terrible calls and wouldn't be made during the first period of a regular season game. These calls certainly shouldn't be made during an overtime period in the Stanley Cup finals. Do the officials hate the Redwings? Are they being paid off? Is the NHL trying to extend the playoff? Was the highstick different than the one that Lindstrom took in game 3? Was the corkscrew given to Holmstrom during game 3 a penalty? Holmstrom was injured by this move and sat out the rest of game 3 and all of game 4. Let's try playing the game 5 on 5 instead of 7 on 5 with two of the Pittsburg players given whistles and striped shirts!

Its pretty common knowledge that the Pens are the "darlings" of the NHL higher ups. They want Crosby to win, just look at the officiating in this series. As for what you mentioned, it is impossible to see every high stick or thing like that, it happens both ways, Hudler's however was blatana, drew blood and was in plain site of the ref, definitely the right call there.

[Wild Rose 01]

Mama Bear wrote:

I thought it was an awesome game. Yes the officials suck. But the Wings will come out winners anyway. I mean we outshot them by a long shot. But just hold on as the Wings will do it!!!
GO WINGS!!!

Gotta agree here! Although I couldnt stay up any longer to watch the whole thing my husband gave me the bad news this morning while laughing...(a wings hater) before going to work! I will be watching next game too.

[Brian]

Franzen is a not to bright

[Tilly]

Lib Dem wrote:

Is it my imagination or are the officials trying to help Pittsburg? The two goalie interference calls in overtime were terrible calls and wouldn't be made during the first period of a regular season game. These calls certainly shouldn't be made during an overtime period in the Stanley Cup finals. Do the officials hate the Redwings? Are they being paid off? Is the NHL trying to extend the playoff? Was the highstick different than the one that Lindstrom took in game 3? Was the corkscrew given to Holmstrom during game 3 a penalty? Holmstrom was injured by this move and sat out the rest of game 3 and all of game 4. Let's try playing the game 5 on 5 instead of 7 on 5 with two of the Pittsburg players given whistles and striped shirts!

I totally agree. Who calls b.s. like that in overtime? Seriously...

[Jerry]

If you missed this game, you missed a good one. Even though the outcome wasn't where we would have liked it, the time on the ice and the persistance of both teams really made it a game to remember. Early in the game, Pittsburg had 6 guys playing on the ice. I wonder how long that went on before the refs caught it? That would take the wind out of any team starting a game.

[hockeymom]

I mean Wednesday

[John]

I myself thought it was a good, hard playing game on both sides. The Penguins came out looking like a team that was going for the Cup, while on the other hand, the Wings looked sluggish and over-confident to start, then kicked it up when they needed to.
Now, with that being said, lets look at the ref's calls AND no-calls. Pittsburgh had too many men on the ice = no call. Maltby was standing still, Orpik ran into him and took a dive = Penalty for Detroit. The "incidental" contact when Helm took a knee to knee hit when he wasnt even looking = no call? Cleary's goalie interference when he was actually driving to the net WITH the puck = penalty for Detroit? Where was he to go? Hudlers high stick was legit, but if you watched the game, just seconds before that, a Red Wing was tripped with a stick = no call? And earlier there was a slue foot made by a Penguin on a Red Wing = no call? I mean, come on...fair is fair for both sides I always thought. Especially when there are PROFFESIONAL refferees.
Dont get me wrong, the Penguins came out playing with a purpose. But they won the game because of terrible, no...HORRIBLE officiating. Just turns my stomach the more I think about it.
And yes, I am a huge Red Wing fan, but horrible calls and blatant no-calls should upset ANY hockey fan. I seriously think there should be some kind of investigation about the officiating.

RED WINGS IN 6 !!!

[Julio Vega]

I love my Red Wings I just think triple over time will hurt the veteran team to much and Pittsburg is going to hoist the cup in Detroit. This was a devastating loss. Every time Detroit loses a game in the last seconds it has a long affect on them. Good Bye Lord Stanley. We blew it again. All of the Detroit sports teams lack that killer instinct. Pistons, Tigers and now the Red Wings!

[Tom]

hope it goes 7 so i can watch the wings hoist the cup while downing beers at my favorite sports bar on Saturday night. Then me and my drunken friends will go tip some cars over or something booyah

[WayneG]

Tom wrote:

hope it goes 7 so i can watch the wings hoist the cup while downing beers at my favorite sports bar on Saturday night. Then me and my drunken friends will go tip some cars over or something booyah

It will go 7 and you will watch the Penguins hoist the cup while drowning your sorrows at the local hole in the wall dive. On the way home you will be pulled over by the police and receive a DUI and spend the night in jail.

[ron mexico]

WayneG wrote:

<quoted text>It will go 7 and you will watch the Penguins hoist the cup while drowning your sorrows at the local hole in the wall dive. On the way home you will be pulled over by the police and receive a DUI and spend the night in jail.

Do you do palm readings as well?

[Penguins Fan]

ron mexico wrote:

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ooooooooooooooooh BURN!!!

Yes, focus on the officials. I hope the Detroit players do too!

Don't focus on how the Wings played in slow motion in the first period and gave up two goals.

Don't focus on how the Wings have a tough time getting the puck past Flurey.

Focus on how the league wants the Pens to win and how much certain referees hate Detroit!