Friday, December 5, 2008

At the sports desk: Red Wings win a wild one

They edge Vancouver, 6-5, but...:

"But taking a 6-3 lead in the final period with three consecutive goal, then seeing Vancouver score twice and produce good chances in the waning minutes, wasn't the way the Wings wanted to close out the victory."

Still, it's nice to see a first-place, defending champion in Detroit.
But the Wings need to solve their defensive problems--a couple of weeks ago, they lost a game to Pittsburgh 7-6 which they'd at one time led 5-2...