Letter From Winging it in Motown

by FrankD on May 30, 2008 9:15 AM EDT in Letters

Christy from Winging it in Motown checks in and shares a few words about Game 3. You can read my initial letter following Pittsburgh's victory at that link.

Dear PensBurgh:

I hate losing. But if my team is going to lose, I'd prefer to see it go down like it did last night. I felt that the Wings controlled at least half of the game (the first 15 minutes of the first period and the last 10 minutes of the third period). Unfortunately, controlling part of the game does not give you a win. But if it hadn't been for Marc-Andre Fleury's heroics late in the third, that game would have headed to overtime and who knows what would have happened then. And honestly, to lose to the Penguins once on the road in the Stanley Cup Finals by a narrow margin is not the worst thing to happen to the Wings. Now here's to hoping that it remains only one loss in Pittsburgh by the time this series goes back to Detroit.

As much as I didn't want the loss to happen, it certainly was a more interesting game and created a more compelling story for the media now that Crosby notched two goals in the Penguins win. The big story on Saturday will be if the Wings head back to Detroit with a chance to raise the Cup in Hockeytown or if the Penguins tie this series up heading back to Detroit.

But kudos to the Penguins for earning the win and to the fans in attendance at the Mellon Arena who roared in approval.

Thanks for the space and go Wings!

Love,
Christy
WingingItInMotown.com

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I felt that the Wings controlled at least half of the game (the first 15 minutes of the first period and the last 10 minutes of the third period).

That’s quite a bold statement there. I don’t think Detroits controlled the first 15 minutes at all, I felt like the Penguins had a lot of energy and were generally out playing the Wings in the first. I’ll conceded the last 5-10 minutes of the 3rd, the Pens went into “let’s just get out of here with a win” mode.

by JDMaker1 on May 30, 2008 9:40 AM EDT reply actions

I concur with her statement if she’s basing it on stats. The Penguins didn’t exactly come out with a heavy shotload. But as the game progressed, even in the first period actually, it seemed like Pitt had the early upper hand by controlling the tempo of the game and reigning Detroit into their system.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 30, 2008 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Good point. I guess they did have the first 9 or so shot of the game. But I still didn’t think they were “controlling” the game.

by JDMaker1 on May 30, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you guys seriously that ignorant to bash someone for one statement after she praises your team that much?

Go WINGS!

Go Tigers

by Tony K on May 31, 2008 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t really recall bashing her in any capacity. The point of the letter is to clearly bring the perspective of one blogger to the platform of another. It’s not bashing, it’s discussing.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on May 31, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions