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Well the Red Wings took game one last night in a 3-1 win. After a pretty close first period, Detroit took the game from there. Scoring a goal in each of the next two periods. It was also a pretty clean game despite some scrums after the whistle. Only three penalties in the game all taking place during the second period. Neither team was able to convert on their chances though. Osgood played a solid game and Marc-Andre Fleury did not play too shabby himself. The first goal of the game pretty much set the mood. A goal off a huge carrom off the boards behind the net scoring on an unexpected Fleury. That was a pretty soft goal, Fluery should have been more prepared. Those boards were very lively last night though. I don't know is you seen this but, Crosby gave Kirk Maltby a little tap on the skate to send a message. It continued with some verbal jousting, but knowing Crosby he will cower in fear or he will jump the guy. Anyway, game two is on tonight during prime time on NBC. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7 p.m. CDT.

After leading 3-1 through most of the second period, the Manitoba Moose dropped game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals 5-4 in OT to the Hershey Bears. Alexandre Giroux completed a hat trick in OT to give Hershey the win. They take the 1-0 lead in the series of course. Game 2 is Tuesday, June 2nd, at 7:30 p.m. CDT at the MTS Centre.

Did anyone see the White Sox- Royals game last night? It was throwback jersey night and those had to be the ugliest jerseys I have seen in my life. Whoever came up with the idea to wear those specific jerseys was out of their mind. The White Sox ended up winning the game 5-3. The updated power rankings came out a few days ago and it has the Dodgers leading followed by the Yankees, the BoSox, and the Cardinals. Some others of note: Brewers are 7th, the Cubbies are 10th, the Twins are 17th, and the Nationals are last in the league at 30th.




Just a quick note: the Minnesota Gopher's baseball team beat Southern 11-8 in the elimination game. The Gophers will play Baylor again today the winner goes on to play LSU. Whoever wins will have to beat LSU today and tomorrow to win the region and move on to the super regions. Also, Texas and Boston College played a game yesterday that lasted 25 innings! Longhorns reliever Austin Wood threw 169 pitches, and the Longhorns and Eagles combined for 171 at bats. The game took seven hours and three minutes to complete. Texas ended up winning the game 3-2.

One more little thing: in tennis news; Rafael Nadal lost to 23rd seed Robin Soderling in four sets. Nadal was 31-0 on clay courts and has never lost at the French Open until today. Well I will have more later tonight after the hockey game. I will have to be switching in between game 2 and Sunday Night Baseball. Like I mentiond the Cubbies play the Dodgers at Wrigley Field. Well that is it for now.