Game 2 – WCQF – …and this is what happens when the Coyotes don’t play ‘Their’ game – Coyotes 4 – Red Wings 7
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Yeesh.
I’m not going to analyze this game because the reason the Coyotes loss wasn’t any individual event or play. The Coyotes lost for one reason.
They stopped playing ‘their’ game and allowed the Red Wings to dictate control of the game.
Todd Walsh of Fox Sports Arizona Tweeted during game 2 that the second period of the game was like watching Ali and Fraiser go at it. He is correct in that part of the game. However, this analogy is better served for the entire series.
Remember this line from Rocky 4?
As cheesy as this movie or this line may be, it’s an example of the attitude the Coyotes have to take for the rest of the series.
They must break the Red Wings in order to move on.
What the Red Wings did in game 2 was attack the Coyotes again, and again until they broke down across the board and allowed the Wings to score almost at will. No individual player or coach is to blame here. This was a team loss.
The plus side of this game (if you want to call it that) is that game 2 was a crash course on what the Phoenix Coyotes need to raise their games to in order to win the series.
School is out.
If you all want a hint of what the Red Wings are going to do to attempt to win this series, watch/listen to Dan Cleary’s comments.
Game 2 Highlights
Game Summary:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/GS030182.HTM
Event Summary:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/ES030182.HTM
Play by Play:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/PL030182.HTM
Face off Stats:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/FC030182.HTM
Shootout Stats:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/SO030181.HTM
Post game comments from Coyotes coach Dave Tippett (Courtesy PhoenixCoyotes.com):
Post Game comments from Keith Yandle, Adrian Aucoin, Matthew Lombardi, and Shane Doan (Courtesy PhoenixCoyotes.com):
Post Game comments from Coyotes defenseman Zbynek Michalek (Courtesy PhoenixCoyotes.com):
http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=335&iid=22140
Post game comments from Detroit Head Coach Mike Babcock:
Post game comments from Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi:
Post game comments from Red Wings forward Dan Cleary:
Post game comments from Red Wings Captain Nicklas Lidstrom:
Post game comments from Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg:
Post game comments from Red Wings forward Kris Draper:
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