Cleary a Star in Series Opener
The road to the Stanley Cup for the Detroit Red Wings is taking a stop in Chicago and today marked the first of four victories needed to get into the finals. Welcome to your doom Chicago. A 5-2 victory in game 1 makes all they naysayers realize that there is no beating the Detroit Red Wings.
The action started on a goal from the Blackhawks, but was largely due to an error by Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood. Not to be outdone though Daniel Cleary scored the first of his 2 goals a few minutes later. This goal sparked the Wings and they never looked back.
The scoreboard didn't get lit up in the 2nd, but "The Mule" Johan Franzen did manage to finally poke a puck in the back of the net after many spectacular saves from Hawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. Khabibulin made many saves, but stopping 42 shots from the Wings is a tough task.
The 3rd saw the Hawks close the gap with a power play goal from Kris Versteeg. Although the scoreboard was tied, Detroit was still outplaying the Hawks and put a puck in the back of the net via Mikael Samuelsson on a pretty shot. Next up was a deflection from Daniel Cleary for his 2nd goal. The 5th goal came when Henrik Zetterberg put a puck in the empty net.
This all happened on my birthday...it was an amazing gift. Thank you Mike Babcock and thank you Wings.
Cleary Looks much better in a Red Wings Uniform
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