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The Red Wings showed their true colors - and so did Joe Thornton
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posted by Pat Caputo at
2:04 AM
Monday, May 09, 2011
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- Name: Pat Caputo
- Location: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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2 Comments:
Well, Book, looks like the Howard bashers are gonna have to quiet down for now. Howard "stole" that game. The Sharks woulda had at least 5 goals in that game, if he'd faltered.
And the Wings never quit. Kudos to them. If they were gonna die yesterday, they were determined they were gonna die with their boots on.
It's a series now. And if the Wings win tomorrow, it's a coin flip, with an outside chance that the Sharks might revert to form and dry up and blow away again, although I doubt their quality players and McLellan will allow that, even if Thornton plays soft again.
Niemmi was good again, but not good enough to match Howard. If that continues on, it's to the Wings' advantage.
Good call on the Konstantinov/Kronwall comparison. I always think of Vladdy whenever I see a good open ice hitter. He was one of the best at that.
Still not sure about the Wings chances though. The Sharks put on a lot of pressure, and the Wings' penalty killing is still suspect. And with Franzen, Datsyuk and Rafalski hurting, they're nowhere near full strength. Datsyuk was heroic yesterday, and Zetterburg was a stud, too.
They need to score early and roll the lines and then get into the forecheck and start hitting hard. They need Helm, Cleary, Miller, Abdelkader, Draper, Bertuzzi and the other grinders to control the game and lock the Sharks out, and we'll have a chance in a Game 7.
Anonymous,
Good points. Howard has won over this town, I think. He shown a lot of mental toughness and I think people here respect that.
Caputo
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