But first it ends....
The banner was raised and the time to do it all over again was at hand. This was the last moment to reflect on those 7 trophies earned by the team and individuals within it, as well as the one big special trophy that has spent the summer with the Wings all around the world.
The banner went up and that is the only trophy we get to keep, the rest have to be earned again. It was the very last time we could look at Hossa and Conklin and give them a, "Neener Neener Neener!". Once the banner was up and the puck was dropped, they became full fledged citizens of Hockeytown for the next 8 months at least. We will be living and dying with them from here on out.
The ceremony was great by the way. Nobody does this sort of thing better than the Wings. Nobody else has as much practice I guess.
For those of you who missed it, there was a nicely edited version of the ceremony released on YouTube:
By the way, one of the finest editing choices used for this video was the choice to use the CBC Hockey Night in Canada broadcast rather than VS. Who in the world decided VS should get to broadcast the opening game with the banner raising ceremony? I am really at a loss here. Mickey and Ken are the ONLY ones who should have been considered to cover this. It's bad enough they don't get to do the last rounds of the playoffs, but this was just too much!
So after the ceremony, there was the game, and yes the Wings lost. It's not really such a huge calamity except for the fact that it destroyed my prediction that they would go 82-0. (I predict that every year, and some day I will be right!)
Homer scored the first goal, and then the second to keep the Wings in it. I was really hoping to see him get the hat trick, especially when they went on the power play with half a minute left and Osgood pulled for a 6 on 4, but it was not to be.
It's great to see Homer exploding out of the gate just like he did last year. He is on pace to score 164 goals. He led the team in goals into early January last year if I remember right and didn't really fall out of contention until his injury in February. He is just incredible when he's reasonably healthy. The problem is it's tough to stay reasonably healthy when you have to score your second goal of the game/season in this type of situation:
That's Homer against the entire Maple Leafs team and yet he still managed to score!
Nice defensive use of the left knee there by the Leaf defender.
Ah well, 81 games to go and the next one is only 2 hours away.
Let's Go Red Wings!!!
The banner was raised and the time to do it all over again was at hand. This was the last moment to reflect on those 7 trophies earned by the team and individuals within it, as well as the one big special trophy that has spent the summer with the Wings all around the world.
The banner went up and that is the only trophy we get to keep, the rest have to be earned again. It was the very last time we could look at Hossa and Conklin and give them a, "Neener Neener Neener!". Once the banner was up and the puck was dropped, they became full fledged citizens of Hockeytown for the next 8 months at least. We will be living and dying with them from here on out.
The ceremony was great by the way. Nobody does this sort of thing better than the Wings. Nobody else has as much practice I guess.
For those of you who missed it, there was a nicely edited version of the ceremony released on YouTube:
By the way, one of the finest editing choices used for this video was the choice to use the CBC Hockey Night in Canada broadcast rather than VS. Who in the world decided VS should get to broadcast the opening game with the banner raising ceremony? I am really at a loss here. Mickey and Ken are the ONLY ones who should have been considered to cover this. It's bad enough they don't get to do the last rounds of the playoffs, but this was just too much!
So after the ceremony, there was the game, and yes the Wings lost. It's not really such a huge calamity except for the fact that it destroyed my prediction that they would go 82-0. (I predict that every year, and some day I will be right!)
Homer scored the first goal, and then the second to keep the Wings in it. I was really hoping to see him get the hat trick, especially when they went on the power play with half a minute left and Osgood pulled for a 6 on 4, but it was not to be.
It's great to see Homer exploding out of the gate just like he did last year. He is on pace to score 164 goals. He led the team in goals into early January last year if I remember right and didn't really fall out of contention until his injury in February. He is just incredible when he's reasonably healthy. The problem is it's tough to stay reasonably healthy when you have to score your second goal of the game/season in this type of situation:
That's Homer against the entire Maple Leafs team and yet he still managed to score!
Nice defensive use of the left knee there by the Leaf defender.
Ah well, 81 games to go and the next one is only 2 hours away.
Let's Go Red Wings!!!
1 comment:
The ceremony is always a bittersweet opening to the year. Way cool to have the banner brought in and added to its place among the rafters, but as soon as that puck drops the Wings are no better than their next win. The fact of the matter is, there are still 82 games to win (or lose) and a season full of injuries, disappointments and victories. By spring we are all on the edge of our seats, holding our breath during those big plays.
Kudos for finding the Canadian version of the ceremony. Must better coverage over there, ay?
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