The Ice Sheet: Red Wings, Elisha Cuthbert Both Score (Zing!) - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.

I'll be honest with you (what good am I otherwise?). I turned off last night's Red Wings/Stars game about a quarter of the way through the second. It wasn't entertaining. I wanted to turn the game off earlier but flipping back and forth between hockey and True TV's Most Shocking High Speed Chases Marathon satisfied me for a while. Eventually watching the bad guys spin out and get yanked out their cars became more entertaining than watching the Stars not show up for a mediocre hockey game. For those of you keeping score at home, that's high speed chases 1, hockey 0.

While I could give you a stunning recap of the car chases, we both know that's not why you're here. You're here because you love hockey -- and that's awesome ... Or ballin' as the kids say. Whatever. Anyway, this game was all Red Wings and most of the thanks can go to their power play unit which was 3-for-7 on the night. All three goals came before the car chases won me over, also known as the seven minute mark of the second period. The Wings were up 2-0 after one, out shooting Dallas 12-4 during the period, and extended the lead to 4-0 before finally opening the floodgates and allowing the Stars to close to 4-1.

Speaking of scoring, Johan Franzen has been doing an awful lot of it during the playoffs so far, 11 goals in all. Last night he added his 12th of the post-season, which also turned out to be the game winner for Detroit. But there's a lot more action than what's on the ice (prepare for the segue, folks). FanHouse's favorite puck bunny, Elisha Cuthbert, has been in the news for her escapades with hockey players. Most recently, some new pictures have surfaced of her and Calgary's Dion Phaneuf on vacation in Hawaii. Isn't this how everyone should spend their off season? Sounds good to me, that's for sure. Where do I sign up?

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What you need to know (a.k.a. the link-o-rama):

Christy Hammond at the Wings blog Behind the Jersey has some sick pictures from the game. [Behind the Jersey]

Toronto told to 'talk to the hand' when it comes to speaking to Detroit, San Jose GMs. [The Globe and Mail]

Earl's cartoons are always awesome, and this one is no exception. Now that the Sharks have been knocked out, the entire Battle of California gang can go golfing. [Battle of California]

There's trouble a brewin' on the Philadelphia blueline. As reported earlier by EMac, Kimmo Timonen is going to miss the rest of the playoffs [Self Pimping]

The Mike Lange Tournament of Quotes has finally crowned a champion. [Going Five Hole]

Former Devil Ken Daneyko is in trouble with the law. Whoops. [Y! NHL Blog]


Your Obligatory YouTube(s)
To get you excited for tonight's Battle of Pennsylvania game, here are two clips for each team's supporters. In the first, Evgeni Malkin makes Derian Hatcher look downright silly. The second is a highlight reel from the Flyers 8-2 destruction of the Pens back on December 11th.