Pavel "Magic Man" Datsyuk did it again, giving the Wings a 5-4 win over the Ducks down at the Joe tonight. The entire game was very entertaining with a lot of up and down action from both of the teams and (thankfully) only a few penalties to speak of. The Wings scored early in the 1st on a Zetterberg powerplay goal but the Ducks answered with Bobby Ryan scoring with only a handful of seconds left on the clock. The 2nd period was a pretty wild one with both teams scoring 2 goals each to go into the 3rd tied at 3. Teemu Selanne gave the Ducks the lead mid way through the 3rd beating Howie five-hole on a shot im sure Jim would want another try at. With a few minutes left in the game the Wings turned up the heat and Zetterberg tied the game on a redirection for the wings 3rd tip-in goal of the game and his 2nd marker of the night. Then it was "El Diablo" time, Datsyuk picked up a rebound in front of the net made a Datsyukian deke around the defender and put the puck in the net over the shoulder of the Ducks goalie to win the game. The Red Wings can enjoy the win and the rest they will get this week and be ready to do it again on Thursday against the Coyotes back at the JLA.
Well it definitely wasn't pretty but the Spartans gutted out a win in Evanston today getting their record to 8-0 4-0 in the BigTen and setting up a showdown in Iowa City next Saturday. The game didn't start off the way the Spartans wanted it to with them being down 17-0 at half-time. But once again coach D rallied the troops and had them ready to go for the third quarter. The offense came out and moved the ball down the field and scored once in the quarter to bring it to 14-17 and set up what would be another second half comeback. Then once again the Spartans put up a big number in the 4th quarter to take their first lead of the game 28-27 and scoring 21 points in the quarter. Then it was the defenses turn to turn it on, and turn it on they did stopping North Western on 4 plays. Then Edwin Baker smashed through the Wildcats D to put Sparty up by 8, 35-27 with 1 minute left in the game. Eric Gordon would pick off a Dan Persa pass and Michigan State ran out the clock to win a thriller. Two top ten plays in the game today were B.J. Cunninghams one handed tip-to-himself catch and another fake this time a fake punt to get a key 1st down in the 4th quarter. While im sure it feels great to be undefeated this far into the season i also know that coach Dantonio has one goal this year and thats to win a share of the BigTen title if not win it out right and that starts next Saturday in Kinnick Stadium. A few side notes from the game were Kirk Cousins going 29-43 for 331 yards and 3TD and 0INT and for the second week in a row the running game was held to just over 100 yards. This game is what championship seasons are made from.
Goodnight from the greatest sports city in the world and wish me luck on my mid-term test on monday
Drew in the D
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