Graham Hathway

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! via media.tumblr.com I've tended to be pessimistic when it comes to sports. "Hope for the...

Hold on to your butts, because it's about to get clench-tastic around here. Wings finally end the PK streak of the Blackhawks and have a 1-0 lead heading into the third period. Johnny Toews...

That was a period of hockey. What to call it? I'm not sure. Both teams looked a little tentative, but the Hawks seemed to control possession even if they didn't get a ton of great chances. I'm...

It's Thursday morning which means it's finally game day. The Red Wings and Blackhawks have enjoyed the rarity that is the "extra day off" twice in this playoff series so far, and we're only at Game...

Ed Olczyk sucks. Yes, we all know this, but what's important is that the Wings are not, in fact, sucking at the moment. There's no way to overstate this: the third period of this game is...

After the game on Saturday I went grocery shopping proudly wearing my Pavel Datsyuk jersey. Do you know it took 30 minutes before someone had the nerve to say something to me? And all I got was...

He's worried! You cut him! You hurt him! You see? You see? He's not a machine, he's a man! - Duke to Rocky in "Rocky IV" That's probably the best way to describe my thoughts after this...

Well that's more like it. The Red Wings refused to bend over for Chicago like Game 1 and continued their strong play in the second. Goals from Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith gave the Wings...

1-0 Blackhawks but that was easily the best period the Wings have played in this series (small sample size blah blah blah). The key here is to see how the Red Wings respond. In Game 1 Chicago...

The Red Wings find themselves down in their series to the heavily-favored Chicago Blackhawks after a game in which they were thoroughly out-played over the final two periods. The Blackhawks...