14 more wins to the Stanley Cup. It was the Pavel Datsyuk show today. One goal and three assists was just another day at the office for the Russian born superstar. He was a man among boys out there.
The Red Wings got off to a fantastic start and built a 4-0 lead two minutes into the second period. Maybe it was a frantic call from Commisioner Gary Bettman at his Toronto NHL Headquarters to make the game closer because people were starting to change channels... I can't be sure... but suddenly the referees pulled out their whistles and gave the Coyotes seven power play chances to allow them to get back into the game. Phoenix managed to convert 3 of 7 and scored all there goals with the extra man. Funny the Wings were among the LEAST penalized teams during the regular season yet so far in two games the refs have awarded 13 PP chances to the Coyotes. 6 on Wednesday and 7 today. Maybe the next game they'll give them the advantage 8 times???
Amazingly, while the refs were whistling every Red Wing transgressor, they somehow failed to penalize the Coyote captain, Shane Doan, for cross checking the Red Wings Johan Franzen headfirst into the boards. The hit smashed Franzen's face and it required 21 stitches to close the wounds... again no penalty. How do you miss something like that?
Aas an aside Franzen has been stitched up three times in recent games and no one has gone to the penalty box. I always thought a penalty became a double minor when blood was drawn. Hmmmm. I guess it isn't if you're a Red Wing player.
No sour grapes... I just want to be sure that the refs know that they need to look on both sides of the rink when start applying the rules of hockey. I'd like to see them applied evenly to both sides.
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