Red Wings @ MindSay

I was just reading over my blog. Last night was a long rambleing one, wasn't it? I also tended to get off subject and put way too much stuff in parenthesis.

I also noticed I tend to steal shit alot. I mean that joke, the quiz thing, come on.

Ok anyway. I was watching the Red Wings game on the tube this afternoon. I had to leave after the first period to go to work. I walked a half mile form my house to the bus station and was waiting when my supervisor, Mary, called to tell me I didn't have to come in if I didn't want to.

I was thinking well, hell I'm already all set, I'm here st the bus station, I missed ten minutes of the game, I might as welljust go ahead and go in.

I went into work and there was nothing to do. I cut up some lettuce and goofed off for a couple hours then went home. I was scheduled for five hours but because the was nothing to do I only worked two.

Arrgh, I hate my fucking job.

Thanks,

Mark

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios returned to the ice Tuesday less than a week after taking himself out of action to help employees of his sports bars cope with the stabbing deaths of two co-workers.

Chelios had missed the last six games, two because of injury and four games following the slayings in Detroit. Killed were 49-year-old Megan Soroka and 52-year-old Mark Barnard.

A 17-year-old busboy who was recently fired from Cheli's Chili Bar confessed to the killings, according to a police report. Justin Blackshere faces two charges of first-degree murder.

He was being held without bond until a preliminary examination on Jan. 16.

The 44-year-old Chelios has seven assists and no goals in 35 games this year. He was to play in his 1,512th game.

SIDENOTES:  The Red Wings snapped their 3-game losing streak by beating the Avalanche.  The Wings have gone 163 games without being shut out, the longest active streak in the NHL. The all-time record is 264 games set by Calgary, from Nov. 12, 1981-Jan. 9, 1985.

It will likely be strange for Detroit Red Wings fans to see someone else wearing the captain's "C" this upcoming season, but Steve Yzerman's reported replacement will be comforting.

According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, veteran defenseman and fan favorite Nicklas Lidstrom will be the next captain of the Red Wings. A source within the organization told the newspaper that the team will wait on making an official announcement, but no timetable was given.

Lidstrom, 36, has been with the team since the 1991-92 season and has played his entire NHL career in Detroit. After winning his fourth straight Norris Trophy in June, Lidstrom signed a new two-year deal with the club. Lidstrom served as alternate captain over the past few seasons.

The Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues last night 3-2.  Manny Legace was in goal. It was a pretty good game, the Wings didn't do so well in the 1st period.  The next game is saturday at 2:00 in Colorado.