http://www.behindthejersey.com A Detroit Red Wings blog Thu, 15 May 2008 02:40:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Be sure to come back in less than an hour for a Game #4 BTJ live blog. The puck drops at 8pm. Go Wings! http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/14/game-4-live-blog-wingsstars/ Joe here. In yesterday's USA Today, former Wings coach Jacques Demers paid high praise to the Wings performance when it comes to balancing European and North American players: Look at the Detroit Red Wings' roster and you see names like Lilja, Franzen, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Lidstrom, Samuelsson, Filppula, Holmstrom and Kindl. In ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/14/jacques-demers-on-the-wings/ Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, to go up 3-0 in the series. In an interesting turn of events, both conference finals are currently 3-0. While it doesn't make for the most entertaining conference finals, I love it. I was recently hired as a paid intern for ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/13/penguins-defeat-flyers-4-1/ Joe here. There was much comment about 9 months ago when the Red Wings announced that season tickets were available as they had exhausted their wait list. There was much hand wringing, and one thing that came up was that there was only one Detroit team (at that time) that still ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/13/the-lions-and-red-wings-have-something-in-common/ Joe here. A heads up that I'll be liveblogging Game 3 tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. ET. I'd like to be able to tell you about some dramatic sales point of this game, but it simply comes down to this: Do the Stars want to actually play one of these ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/12/game-3-live-blog-wingsstars/ With all of the attention on the Wings trying to sign Swedish player Fabian Brunnstrom, the Wings signing of Finnish star Ville Leino appears to have gone relatively unnoticed. Leino had 77 points in 55 games (28G, 49A) in his last season in the Finnish Elite League. He finished with ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/12/wings-sign-finnish-winger-ville-leino/ You have probably already heard by now abut the Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood and Stars center Mike Ribeiro altercation at the conclusion of last night's 2-1 victory. If not, you can see what happened in the clip below. The league has handed out fines to Osgood, Ribeiro, and Stars Steve ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/11/osgood-ribeiro-and-ott-handed-fines-but-no-suspensions/ Photos taken by my dad during Game #2, which ended in a 2-1 victory for Detroit. Tonight's win marked their eighth consecutive playoff win (with Chris Osgood in net for all 8). This ties a franchise record for most consecutive playoff wins. I believe the last one was in 1952. Yes ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/11/game-2-wings-2-stars-1/ Joe here. I'll be here tonight at 7:00 for Game 2 of the Wings/Stars series. Tonight's blog will actually be live, instead of that "delayed by two hours because Joe had dinner plans" thing from Thursday night. Follow along after the jump. http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/10/game-2-live-blog-wingsstars/ Due to the number of recent Niklas Kronwall articles and the fact that he is the BTJ favorite, here are some quick links to these articles. Be sure to come back to BTJ later today as Joe will be live blogging Game #2, which starts at 7pm! Kronwall of pain - ... http://www.behindthejersey.com/2008/05/10/510-quick-links-kronwall-edition/