Tonight's Game Against Chicago

So tonight we had our first big test against Chicago. They supposedly improved a lot during the off season and are gunning to be among the big dogs in the division this year. Pretty impressive for a team that just started televising their home games last year...

The matchup is also big because these are the two teams that will be playing the outdoor game on New Years Day this year and they took the opportunity of their first meeting to unveil the commemorative jerseys they will be wearing for that game.

You are of course familiar with the commemorative jersey, it seems almost every team has had a third jersey at one time or another over the years since Gary has taken charge of the league. Foppish jerseys that the team will wear for a few games so they can sell them as legit jerseys, yet way more fashionable than the dorky colors they usually wear. Most of the time they are mainly black and look like the sort of thing your new gang could wear as "colors". I'm sure it's an awesome new source of revenue!

So I heard they were going to have the big unveiling during the game tonight and I was really annoyed! I hate the special jerseys and all the other crap Gary is doing to increase revenue that doesn't involve putting the BEST possible hockey product out there.

Let's just try to get through the stupid marketing hype and move on to the game shall we? I've grown bored with this junk and I hate Gary and his marketing gurus for making this important. I'm trying not to rant here. Let's just play hockey shall we?

Getting it out of the way, here it is:

Now we can finally move on to the game.

Some stuff happened and the Wings were down early. I feel like Conklin is a pretty good pickup as a backup, but he's let a few too many in early.

That jersey is sort of cool in a way. For a stupid evil marketing ploy I mean...

Some other stuff is going on and now it's like 4-2 Chicago or something after two periods.

That's the sharpest retro jersey I've ever seen! I like everything about it. It's got history behind it and it's own sense of style. Very nice!

Some more stuff happens and the Wings score early and fast in the third and soon it's tied 4-4 and some time after that the Wings are up 5-4. I think Homer did something but I'd have to look it up. He has a 6 game point streak now.

So just because I hate this marketing idea so much, I started looking for more info before the OT started. I found this: To pre-order your Red Wings retro jersey call 1-800-WINGS-25. Jerseys available for pre-orders are very limited. So don't delay, order today!

I couldn't exactly find a price anywhere though. I'm sure they're like $20 or something. Just go ahead and call and have your credit card handy.

I managed to stop checking this masterpiece out long enough to notice that somebody scored in the shootout to give the Wings the win. Yay Wings!