Detroit 4-Calgary 1

To say tonight's game was good is putting it mildly. Z scored twice, Ozzy won, again, and the Wings' winning streak is at 7. To top it all off, for the first time ever, the Wings swept a Western Canada road trip. They are doing very well, indeed.

Filppula didn't get a point this game, but he played quite well. Still is doing fine on the penalty kill--always a good thing. Z was named the star of the month for the month of October--DUH!!! With his two goals tonight, he remains at the top of point leaders list. For sure, he will wear the 'C' when Lidstrom retires--AND he will be in the Hall of Fame. Amazing.

Now I will go into a deep depression because the Wings will not be playing again until next Wednesday. It's good that they will have a rest, but I hope it doesn't backfire on them--too many times teams will get out of shape quickly when they have too many days off. On Wednesday they play Nashville. While Nashville hasn't been doing as well so far this year as they did last year, you can never count them out. First game against the little pissant Tootoo--might be interesting to see how Downey will take care of him! :)



--Detroit Red Wings' Jiri Hudler, right, of Czech Republic, celebrates his goal with teammate Valtteri Filppula, of Finland, during first period NHL hockey action against the Calgary Flames in Calgary,Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, The Canadian Press)--