Gordie Howe In Remembrance… Sadness and Celebration.

 

Tears flooded out of my eyes just months ago on March 28th watching and hearing 20k+ singing happy birthday to this legend at the Joe. What a moment…even Mickey Redmond choking up.

“Last Minute To Play In This Period”….In Memory of Budd Lynch

Oh God will we miss you Budd.

Not only those us old enough to remember this man’s wonderful voice doing the play by play on radio as far back as I can remember (age 4 – 1961) in Detroit were saddened hearing the news of this cherished part of Red Wings history’s death, but all of the NHL hockey fans from a time when it was only the original 6.

To us Budd Lynch was Hockey!

And more importantly after radio, nobody would actually let him retire. That is how much he was loved by all. No one could fathom Red Wing Hockey without him. And I thank God generations past our parents and us boomers got the chance to continue hearing him at the Joe’ as the public address announcer. You see Budd was a Tradition as well as an Iconic Legend straight through to the end of the 2011/2012 season.

From an era even before Hockey Night In Canada started on the TV side, Budd’s voice rang out for 63 years as our announcer…. and he will never be forgotten.

God Speed to his family, friends and fans.

 

Red Wings Get #23 Home Streak Continues…

The Detroit Red Wings seem unstoppable at home as they picked up their 23rd straight consecutive win on home ice beating the San Jose Sharks 3-2.

Detroit Red Wings Make History #21 And Salute Their Fans!

Red Wings set the record Tuesday evening to a sell out crowd with 21 straight home wins that began on Nov. 5.

Detroit Red Wings…….GO..GO..GO..GO..GO

Man Oh Man talk about watching a game in complete STRESS!

The Detroit Red Wings On Fire! Sweep Phoenix

Yeah Red Wings!!!!!!!!

Detroit Red Wings & Vancouver Canucks game just concluded. Jiri Hudler for the Wings won it in the shootout with blasting a bullet past Roberto Luongo. Final Score 2-1. This ending Vancouver’s 8 game winning streak and extending the Red Wings wins on the road streak to 8.  Niklas Kronwall actually scored with only 24 seconds of the overtime period but was disallowed when the referee said Todd Bertuzzi interfere with the goalie yet no penalty was called.

No doubt when Hudler’s fiery slap shot blasted into the net.