Best game of the year by far…one of the best in a while (minus the playoffs last year).
I heard them say they sold over 20K tickets for the game…but I guess some people didn’tt hink this was a game worth showing up for…wow they were wrong.
Didn’t 4doors5gears have tickets to the game? I’ll be looking forward to seeing what he thought of the game since he was actually there.
I just dont understand why we play so much better coming from behind. Now if we would have had 3 and 2 goal leads in the third period they would have probably come back as well. But I was still psyched for the win!
Easily the best game I have ever seen in person. There were a good number of Pens fans in the building which I liked. I also found that Red Wings fans are pretty good sports if their team loses. Many of them came up and said “good game” or gave me a high five anyways, which shocked me, especially compared to Wachovia Center. There were a lot of empty seats in the arena, which surprised me because I would’ve expected it to be a sellout easy.
The game was fast moving and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. After the game we walked to the loading area of Joe Louis and were able to catch a few of the players and cheer them onto the bus. All in all it was an awesome game.
Our view was pretty good:
Some of the Banners:
After the game:
Earlier in the day. Detroit is packed full of places like this. Marvelous buildings and houses that are in ruins and just sit. Detroit doesn’t tear anything down:
How was it there…their fans any better than Philly?
Tons better. Either they are good sports, or they just aren’t passionate enough to get rowdy. All we got was dirty looks, no threats or anything like we got in Philadelphia.
Even after the game we got congrats and high fives.
Yet another impressive game from Stall, Cook had a huge game along with (as always) Malkin and Crosbey
tonights game was awesome. i cant wait for the next games i have never been like this before
Yeah it seems like they are starting to “gel”.
So no more Sydor…I thought he played well this year when he had the chance. Seems kinda odd we traded for another d-man…considering we have two starters due to come back. Maybe it is part of a plan?..but considering Boucher is 35 who knows.
On Sunday, Philippe Boucher became the oldest and newest Pittsburgh Penguin. The 35-year-old veteran will be the oldest player in the locker room, but he’s also the newest addition to the team following his acquisiion from the Dallas Stars in exchange for Darryl Sydor.
“I’m excited to join the Penguins and bring something to the team,” Boucher said. “It’s been a pretty crazy couple of days. I found out this morning. It’s always hard to leave a team you’ve been playing for but if you have to leave, there’s no better place to go than Pittsburgh.”
Boucher was notified of the trade on Sunday morning. He shared the news with his son Matthew, 10, and daughter Vanessa, 5. When they were told their father was traded to Pittsburgh, Vanessa responded:
“Daddy’s going to play with Sidney Crosby!”
Boucher will be another right-handeded shot on the blue line. The 35-year-old has played in 723 career games over 14 NHL seasons. During that span, he compiled 91 goals and 203 assists for 294 points.
“He’s a veteran defenseman with good size,” executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero said. “He’s a good fit for our power-play unit. He has more experience; we’re a younger group out there. He gives us another option. He’s proven he can play 20-plus minutes and hopefully he can make a contribution for us.”
Boucher found the fountain of youth at 32 years old after the lockout. The first season back in action, he scored 16 goals and 27 assists for 43 points. The next year he set career highs in goals (19), assists (32), points (51) and power-play goals (12).
“Those were good years,” said Boucher, who was the 13th-overall selection in the 1991 draft by Buffalo. “It brought a lot of confidence. I got an opportunity to play on the power play with (Sergei) Zubov and (Mike) Ribeiro. I made the most of it.”
A shoulder injury and subsequent surgery limited him to 38 games last year, but he has fully recovered.
“I had a few different injuries last year,” said the 35-year-old. “I hurt my shoulder. I should have had surgery in the summer but ended up having it in December. When I got back into the lineup, I hurt my other shoulder. Last year I just could never get going. The surgery went well and I recovered well.”
“He’s fine,” Shero said of Boucher’s shoulder. “He played every game for Dallas this year except (Saturday) night when they sat him with the trade going through. He’s back playing and hopefully he’ll be a good fit.”
Boucher will fit with a Pittsburgh defensive corps that boasts eight quality defensemen with Brooks Orpik, Kris Letang, Rob Scuderi, Hal Gill, rookie Alex Goligoski, Mark Eaton, Ryan Whitney and Sergei Gonchar. Though, injuries to Whitney (foot) and Gonchar (shoulder) really hurts the team’s depth.
“People say we have nine defensemen but really we have seven with the two injuries,” Shero said. “With two defensemen being out, we didn’t want to move one defenseman without getting another one back.
“We’ll see where this takes us. Whenever Gonchar and Whitney come back, there’s no time table on it but it’s not for a little while, but hopefully everyone comes back healthy and it will be a position of strength.”
That plethora of quality defensemen made it difficult for Sydor to crack the lineup. He’s only played eight of Pittsburgh’s 17 games this year. Since signing with the Penguins at the start of last season, Sydor tallied two goals and 13 assists in 82 games in Pittsburgh.
Sydor will be entering his third stint in Dallas.
“He’s one of the most professional guys, character guys, that I’ve been around and I’ve been in the league since ’93,” Shero said of Sydor. “He was always a team first guy. It was never about him. He wanted to play but he was always about the team. I’ll remember the dedication, leadership and character he gave us. I wish him good luck in the future.”
For now, Boucher becomes the newest Penguin and he’s excited about putting on the Penguins uniform.
“Who wouldn’t be?” Boucher said. “I have experience. I’ve played in almost every situation. I’m not sure of my role but I’m excited to join the team. I can’t wait to find out.”
I think Sydor was at odds with Therrien about his playing time. It’s no surprise to me he got traded. I’m sure they sent him to Dallas so he could pick up more playing time and possibly retire there.
seems like a stable right handed defenseman… which is good. i hope they try him at the point on the power play. it looks like teams are starting to catch on to malkin standing there blasting away… it would be nice to have an effective passing option for him.
That’s what I read. Shero said he wanted a right handed shot on the PP who is also a Vet…and Dallas need to free up some Cap space…so it is a win-win for everyone…on paper at least…we’ll see.
I love the Ryan Whitney Option that Goligoski scored on the other night.
http://fanballoting.nhl.com/vote
everybody vote?
i hope they kick all those montreal votes out because theyre screwing up the balloting. i’m sure anybody actually believes that the biggest clowns on the entire ballot are currently outvoting crosby, malkin, and ovechkin…
Could someone please piss off Hal Gill? When is the last time he really checked somebody? He’s like a ****ing buddhist oak tree out there.
i think he fu cking sucks honestly, he doesnt hit he just reaches out and swings wildly trying to knock the puck away from an opposing player, and when he does 8 out of 10 times he just centers it for someone else. he’s the NHL’s largest pussy, and i really can’t understand the half-witted decision to strip assistant captaincy from orpik and malkin and give it to scuderi and gill. Watching hal gill play is about as awkward and as unsettling as watching Paul Walker act.
i think we need to trade dupuis and fendtanko for afinogenov
ahh the last like 6 games have been so ****in entertaining. after every game i just cant wait for the next one. its so nice having a job where im actually home in time to watch games.
They said they were going to rotate the assistant captains with gonch out.
http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=395661
lol… are they pulling these names out of a hat or something?