I guess it's April in the D

So that means apparently that the Wings lose to the Hawks for the first time all season.

Conkcan'tBlock had a rough game letting in a goal 16 seconds into the first

The game seemed more like a scrimmage between a high school varsity and JV team....

Draper is out with an upper body injury

So Chelios played forward, he may have touched the puck once

Samulesson was incapable of hitting the net

Ken Daniels whips out the corny Jokes. When a Hawks player strangely loses his blade, Daniels jumps in with the classic gem "Someone has a few screws loose down there"

They debate the fact that McCollum and Hudler should be twins....you decide

During the last minutes the refs win the game for the Blackhawks calling a penalty shot after a great and clean play on a breakaway by Kronwall. Yes it did make me stand up and scream, "get off your knees ref, you're blowing the game!!"

Blah, I'm ready for the playoffs. Overall, in the immortal words of Mickey Redmond, a "loosey goosey effort."

Ah ha....found the solution

Alright, is it Thursday yet? This feels like the longest week ever. But at least the Wings play tomorrow.

Apparently over at Puck Daddy they hate the new Red Wings slogan..."The Beards are Back." Can't say that I am jumping up and down super excited about it. But it is better than the clever marketing I am repeatedly exposed to here in Phoenix. Let's see the latest advertising brain child of the Phoenix Coyote's marketing and promotion department included 80's night. And no they did not mean Wayne Gretzky's super full and flowy mullet.

Also at this point in the Puck Daddy blog they decided to discuss the issues Detroit is facing with their goaltending....really the Wings are having goalie issues....lets see of the 24 years I have been alive I have NEVER heard this before. But it did get me thinking about what the reason for these issues may be..and then it hit me! (yes I like exclamation marks) Little Happy isn't doing his Hudler cluck with Ozzie anymore...or somehow the ritual has become tainted...I don't know. But some one needs to reverse this shit and bring it back immediately...who knows at this point it may be the only thing to help. (I realize this was a crazy statement but the playoffs are coming up so it's time to get superstitious...it's all I got, I don't have a beard)