Michael P. O'Connor

This was a good game. Detroit took the lead early in the first period. Vancouver then took the lead in the second period. Making the score 3-1. In the Third Detroit tied the game. Near the end of the period Vancouver takes the lead. At the end in the hope of tieing the game Detroit pulled their goalie, and with less then 3 seconds left a Vancouver play, makes a shot from center ice and scores on an empty net. It was a good game.

Tonight I could not watch the hockey games. But I do want to keep an eye on the scores, and I found a site by ESPN that has the scores as they happen. I wish I could watch the games but I have alot of other things to do today.

Here is my review of the Minnesota vs Phoenix game. It was a good game a bitter fight to the very end of the game. In the first Period there was a big fight, and I do mean big, there were at lest 5 people involved in it. There was a slashing penalty that started it then the teams went for it, but the way that the penalties were handed out there was a 5 on 3 power play for the coyotes, but Nash of the Coyotes was ejected from the game. With 54 seconds left in the 5 on 3 the Coyotes get a penalty and end up with a 4 on 3 for the 54 seconds. during the 4 on 3 Minnesota breaks the 0 – 0 tie with the first point of the game with 6:28 left in the first period. Also during the first period Nagy does a great break away, but he is tripped by one of the Minnesota players, and gets a penalty shot, which he puts to great use and ties the game.
The Tie breaking gaol cam lat in the third period by #19 with only 4:42 left in the third and the game was set at Coyotes 2 and Wilds 1. With only 1 minute left in the game the Wilds pull their goalie in the hopes that the extra player on the ice could get them a gaol to tie the game, but it did not work, and the Coyotes end the game with their first win, 2-1.
I will say that the Coyotes have a brave set of defense men, they were putting themselves in the path of the puck to block it, there was one block by the defense men that bounced off his shoulder, they have got some good defense men, and if a team has a great set of defense men their goalie’s job will be all that much easier.

When I was younger I was told that a team that allowed more then 3 or 4 goals against them has some real problems that they need to look at. Well tonight’s game for the Penguins both teams allowed more then 4 goals (6 or more). As much as I hate to say this I don’t believe the Penguins will do well this season. At 10pm I got tired of the Penguins game, so I jumped over to the Minnesota vs Phoenix game. I just checked the score and saw that the Penguins lost in over time, oh well. I will post a review of the Coyotes game later, it is still the first period and turning out to be a good game. It is now between the first ans second period now, and period 2 should start very soon.

First of all I love all these games on Digital Cable (man I am starting to sound like an ad for Comcast). I have looked at the list of games for tomorrows (channels given here are all in the Pittsburgh Area) The first game I will go for is the Boston vs Pittsburgh game (starting at 7:30pm on channel 29, Fox Sports) the next game on my watch list is the Minnesota vs Phoenix (771 at 10:00pm) I really want to see what Gretzky does with the Coyotes, he right now seams to be trying to find his line up, but he still has a good game going for that team. I will also have the DVR record on the second tuner the Vancouver vs Edmonton (channel 772 at 10:00pm) game.

On the Penguins end of the sport, as much as it pains me to say this, I don’t think that they will have a good year. Mario is the problem, I love the guy as a player, he was a great player (well I think Paul Coffee was better but that just me) But now he does not help the team, it is as if when he is on the ice the other team as a power play since he is so much slower then the rest of the players. I still think he would do good to get off the ice and coach them. The only reason I can think of that he even gets ice time is because he owns the team, and he who pays the piper picks the tune.
With the game I am going to record I probably watch that on Sunday, after church.