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Red Wings v. Coyotes 1.7

This is it.  The final game.  Loser goes home, winner goes on.

The reason why they play all of those games and earn those points.

To make sure that Game 7 is in their house, to have the last line change, to hear the roar of the crowd, to have the community support,  just to get closer.

As the evening begins, I find myself getting anxious, ready to see what I hope to see, the expectation of victory – avoiding the agony of defeat.

It’s why I watch – where every hit matters, every shot matters, every shift matters, every goal matters.

It’s why I watch – to see the team resemble the mythic bird that rises from ashes and ascend to great heights.

It’s why I watch – to see the best sport on the planet with the most rugged individuals play through pain and misery.  Just to hoist the Cup once or again.

There will be no links to anything today, no funny names for other teams or players, no whining or crying, because as much as I want this one for the Coyotes, the fans on the other side will be wanting the same.

Waiting for Game 7.

Game on.

#ThrowTheSnake

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Coyotes Take Three

I woke up this morning and did not do my usual snarky rant about the game today because well…I just didn’t know how it would turn out.

Then, five minutes before face-off, I learned that Shane Doan will not be able to go.  For most, that meant the game was over.

For NBC, they thought so too and kept talking about how grand the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin was.

Imagine the surprise when the Coyotes put up five goals, three on the power play and all without Shane Doan.  They left everything out there on the ice and never gave up.

Why would they?  They have never given up all season and they weren’t about to start now.  Everyone played physical, Taylor Pyatt took a page out of the Lardstrom playbook by screening Clint, Derek Morris took care of Applicator, and Bow felt some pain at the end there.

So, the Coyotes force Game 7, at home, and if they play like did today – I like their chances.

Series on. Game 7 on.

#ThrowTheSnake

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Red Wings v. Coyotes 1.5

What I love (sarcasm) are the fans of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin. I do. I really do. Some of the fringe of those people really impress me, a lot. They think Shane Doan is the worst kind of hockey player, a kind of “punk-ass bitch” is what I’ve read.

Just because he hits their players…with impunity. It’s his job because the players of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin don’t like being hit. I guess they think it’s unfair. When Doan is in the lineup, Cornball has seen more ceilings than ice time, and he’s their guy to hit Coyotes players.

Which, to his credit, he did when Doan was not in the lineup.

I’m not sure if they’ll give Doan credit for this, but there was a chance to land on Clint Howard instead of sliding into the boards. Instead, he didn’t want to hit him in a vulnerable position.

You see, Shane Doan has class, which is more than I can say of some of the fans of the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin.

You hopefully have noticed that I have not called Nordstrom a “punk-ass bitch”, or Lardstrom, or Ernie. I don’t like them, but I don’t think they’re dirty players. Even Ernie deserves a chance at redemption, just not against the Coyotes.

Shane Doan is a game time decision. If he can’t go full-throttle, how effective will he be? If he does play, I want him to return to the hitting machine he was prior in games 1 – 3. If he can’t do that, then the team from the mid-western state East of Wisconsin will have a field day hitting our players. And they should – that’s hockey.

(See…I understand the game…it’s nothing personal.)

Each subsequent game in this round one gets more and more important and Game 5 is no different. They need not make easy shots on Clint, but instead, make his life difficult. Another thing that Shane Doan does.

Game on.

#ThrowTheSnake

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