It’s Already Begun

As a Wings’ fan, I feel obligated to find an excuse for them losing other than the fact that the Coyotes took over the game after the first period. With that said, here is my excuse:

With Gary Bettman (basically the owner of Phoenix) in attendance, the refs were clearly paid off not to make this high sticking call on Lidstrom. With seven minutes to go, it would have given the Wings a four minute advantage over the Coyotes, with at least 25 seconds of that being 4 on 3. How four referees miss that play when the puck is right there is beyond me….

Kind of reminds me of Game 3 in the Finals last year when Pittsburgh cycled the puck in the Wings’ end with six guys on the ice for almost 25 seconds….no call…..two minutes later…..Wings’ penalty….1 minute later…..Penguins tied the game. Wings could have went up by two goals in the second period, in a series where they already had a 2-0 lead.