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Dallas: 'I Love How the Red Really Pops Against the Ice'
Published 5/9/2008 at PuckUpdate
... video. Spending so much time on the penalty kill didn't help things for Dallas. I'm not sure you can play a typical penaltykill box against the Wings. Since so much of their offense comes in from the point, I would seriously consider playing three up high and one in the crease, to at least try and pretend Johan Franzen can be contained (at one point last night, I actually saw Franzen making a sandwich in the crease; he's very comfortable there). At least not too many people saw Detroit win. That's one thing Dallas can take away.

Where Are The Fans
Published 5/9/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
... played Thursday night, I have to say how bad it looked to see so many empty seats at Joe Louis Arena. Cheaper seats. Expensive seats. Empty clusters. Half-empty rows. Hey, this ain’t Nashville, folks. This is Detroit, Hockeytown, where every seat should be filled, because these are the conference finals, the bridge to the championship, against Dallas, a team that hasn’t been here for the playoffs in 10 years. That last time was a war that ultimately led to a Detroit Stanley Cup. more

To Mitch Albom:
Published 5/9/2008 by Joe Hass at Behind the Jersey
To Mitch Albom: I’m Joe Hass. Let me declare my biases in advance. I hate you. I can’t stand you. I think you’re a fraud. You’re writing is hackneyed, using the same formula you’ve been using for 20 years. You should’ve been fired after the incident with the fake dateline article with Michigan State. You’re a sports columnist in name only. But today’s column (on the home page of freep.com, ahead of the game story) takes that to a new depth. You’re going to complain about Red Wings fans not showing up for the conference finals? Have you seen what the ...

Red Wings Win at the Joe, nobody is there to see it
Published 5/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (remis) at Illegal Curve
... Mitch Albom calls out the "Hockeytown" fans for not coming to the game. Many of the seats appeared empty in all sections. As of 9:23AM (Central) ...

Screw Mitch Albom. Screw him long and hard
Published 5/9/2008 by Big Al (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wayne Fontes Experience
In today's Freep, the Little Fella takes Detroit sports fans to task for not filling up the Joe last night. Before I spend one more word on how good our hockey team played Thursday night, I have to say how bad it looked to see so many empty seats at Joe Louis Arena. Cheaper seats. Expensive seats. Empty clusters. Half-empty rows. Uh, Mitch. During the playoffs, THERE ARE NO CHEAPER SEATS! Just less overpriced ones... Remember the Cup? We loved that thing. We felt like we earned it ...

On Attendance
Published 5/10/2008 by Dave at Gorilla Crouch
... With that being said, Albom decided to call out Red Wings fans for not making it out to fill the arena for the Western Conference Finals. ...

Massacred By Motown Blog, Mitch Albom Says The NHL Playoffs Are Your Best Entertainment Value
Published 5/13/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
“I know the economy is bad,” claimed the Detroit Free Press’ Mitch Albom in a column last week, castigating the locals for failing to sell out Joe Louis Arena for the Red Wings’ Stanley Cup semi-final series with Dallas. “Hey, if we can fill Lions seats, we can fill Red Wings seats.” Big Al at the Wayne Fontes Experience doesn’t buy into that particular bit of logic, responding, “fuck you, you heartless, over privileged fuck.” I dunno about you, but I’ve got an excellent idea for a panel on a future episode of “Costas Now”. When was the last ...

Hockey vs. Rent
Published 5/14/2008 by Steph (noreply@blogger.com) at NO PUN INTENDED
... have both already covered the matter of Mitch Albom's latest attack on Wings fans over with a completely valid (and completely brilliant) mixture of facts and appalled outrage at his gall to first scold us and then suggest such this: ...