I've only been to Holland one time when I was a Senior in Highschool and thought it was a pretty little town. I went there for a a football recruiting day at Hope College. Hope College is in the same Athletic Conference (MIAA) as Albion College where I ended up going.

 

Watched the highlights. Good thing they didn't call that cross-check.

 

Good morning everyone.

Things are going well at work. Nothing is broke and I have a good team.

I've never been to Holland MI but I know someone who lives there. She hosts an Amphicar swim in once in a while, I really should go.

Gonna be nice this week but cold. This is about the time in January we get a bad ice storm. And me without my 4 wheel drive.

Not much else to report. I felt a little out of sorts when I woke up this morning, things have slowly gotten clearer. Got a couple errands to run after work, that should be exciting.

Have a great day everyone.

 

Very bright sunshiny weather - temps. ~55°F. Raking, clearing yard, cleaning garage floor, today.

 

I checked the final score after the football game was over and saw the Red Wings had let the Hurricanes come back to send it to Overtime, where Detroit won. I didn't watch any highlights to see the non-call you're referencing. I'll have to check it out?

 

Mike - Hope your day continues to go well. You'd enjoy a weekend up in Michigan on the lake in the Summertime!

 

Good morning guys,

Gonna be a beautiful day today, unusually warm, low 60's before another plunge and back to mid-30's tomorrow. No substantial precip in the foreseeable future though.

Right now I'm just biding my time staying home and trying to get get to the point where I test negative for the Rona so I can go to the boys games again. Gabe has a regular game Wednesday evening, then a big Tournament (minimum 4 games) here in St. Louis called the Ice Blast this weekend. The Tournament is held at multiple venues in the greater StL area.

Hope everyone has a great day! 😃

 

Chris - Evidently you're progressively recovering w/o issues? Feeling OK, I hope. How's Dawn? Felling well, I hope. Gorgeous day to be outdoors in the yard.

 

You might even run into Kid Rock lol, he puts a good show at Pine **** every year as well.

 

Norm - Thanks for asking how we're doing. Dawn's been negative for a couple days now and feeling 100%. I'm not feeling 100% yet, but getting close. I felt up to doing my lifting workout again yesterday and got thru it. I haven't tried doing a cardio workout in 5 or 6 days now, the first day getting back to that will be Hell! I won't take an in-home test today, maybe tomorrow?

I watched the Detroit/Carolina O/T Period. Even the Detroit announcers said Detroit was very lucky that Cross-Checking was not called on the O/T goal, and I agree! Guess it was a "Home" call or the Refs were getting hungry?

 

I was never a big Kid Rock fan but always loved that song of his about being at the Lake in Michigan in the summertime! Gotta say the pride of Michigan Rock & Roll to me will always be Bob Seger, I can listen to his stuff all day! "She was a dark haired beauty with big brown eyes, and points all her own sitting way up high, way up firm and high!" Oh yeah!!!

 

Sorry skyhigh that I didn't give you credit for your post, my bad! I thought it was Norm who had snuck in there, my apology!

 

To deny a goal to an offensive team when that team managed to skate free of the cross check I believe is the appropriate outcome. Refs may have or may not have even seen it. He was rewarded correctly. My take.

 

Norm - Excuse my ignorance, but I don’t think I understand what you're trying to say. What I observed was that the Detroit player who scored the O/T goal was parked in front of the blue paint with a Carolina player fronting him. When the Detroit player cross-checked him in the back, the Carolina player went down leaving the Detroit player completely open to receive the puck and score the winning goal?

 

Looking forward to Dawn's White Chili w/ shredded chicken for dinner! She's making homemade biscuits to go with it. 👍

 

Nah. Look at the offensive guy who scored the goal - he was cross checked.

 

Chris...

https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hu...anuary-12-2026

 

Sorry, 93 was crossed checked, 18 was given the goal. Watch DeBrincat get cross-checked.

 

Darn that looks delicious - I want some.

 

No, I totally disagree. Look at the clips captured and shown in this video that is played after the O/T goal is scored and game is over. It clearly shows the Detroit goal scorer (Copp) cross-checking the Carolina defenseman in the back knocking him to the ice, which in turn opens up Copp for the pass and winning goal.

 

Completely disagree. The cross-check occurred to DeBrincat.

 

Please watch the clip shown in the video I sent that is shown after the goal is scored and game is over. It clearly shows the goal scorer Copp blasting the Carolina defenseman right in the back, knocking him to the ice and out of the play. Then Copp is wide open in front of the net to receive the pass and score!

 

Aho (20) cross-checked DeBrincat (93). Refs should have called the penalty....

 

You are completely missing the cross-check to DeBrincat. "THAT" is the cross-check which was NOT called on Aho.

 

I may be missing that cross-check, but that is irrelevant and was not the one the announcers were in arms about when the game ended. There was a violent cross-check by Copp #18 Detroit on Carolina Defenseman Gostisbehere #4 right in front of the Blue Paint a split second before the winning goal was scored by Copp. Copp's cross-check knocked Gostisbehere to the ice and opened up Copp for the pass and winning goal. I'm telling ya watch the very last part of the video I sent that shows the cross-check I'm speaking of.

 

I watched the video you sent. It is the EXACT same video I posted in post #64497

 

No it is not irrelevant. In fact, it set the stage for the outcome of the game. Additionally, it is NOT what the announcers were all up in arms about. It was the cross-check by Aho to DeBrincat which should have been called but was not called.

 

Watch this then tell me what you're missing....

https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/comment...rious_at_refs/

 

Chris - How about we say the officiating in that game sucked donkey ****.

 

Agree! 😃

 

 

It was very good as always! Wish you could have tried some! This Rona is playing hell with my appetite though. I have taste, and the food tastes great, but I just can't eat much without getting full fast. That wouldn't be a bad problem to have year round if it wasn't for all the other $hit that goes with it! 😉

 

I just saw where Mike Tomlin stepped down from coaching the Steelers. He was the longest tenured NFL Coach having 19-years with the Steelers, never having a losing season.

 

Great career for Tomlin. I wish him all the best. A real player's coach.

 

Agree, I always respected him. I wonder if he'll just take a hiatus and then go back to coaching at some point, or choose a different path, perhaps broadcasting?

 

I hope he does something less demanding - take a hiatus for awhile. Too much controversy & mayhem these days - hope he just backs away from it all and finds time to take in life.

 

Wonder how Patrick Kane is doing w/ the Red Wings. I guess he keeps renegotiating one year extensions. I enjoyed watching Patrick & Jonathan Toews during their time together w/ The Blackhawks. I forgot (Alex) DeBrincat played alongside Kane/Toews maybe what one year or two years?

 

Timothy Busfield plays w/ little boys? Bizarre.

 

Kane is playing well and is in the top 5 of total scoring for them even though he was out for some time with an injury. Dylan Larkin, DeBrincat, and Lucas Raymond are the real hot guns for them right now.

 

Yes, bizarre! I read some backstory that the 2 boys in question (twins) were cut from future episodes of a show Busfield has some level of creative control over and that the boys' mother had an axe to grind. Guess we'll see?