Shaved Ice – May 10

Win or golf.

The Red Wings welcome the Anaheim Ducks to Joe Louis Arena today, and Detroit’s season will come to a close if they can’t pull out a win somehow. Justin Abdelkader returns to the line-up, and the Wings are swapping out Brian Lashoff for Carlo Colaiacovo on the back-end.

The Free Press also has an update on Danny DeKeyser, who had surgery on his thumb after his Game 2 injury.

Former Plymouth Whalers star Tom Wilson is going to play in his first NHL game tonight – it’s only Game 5 of a playoff series tied at two games apiece.

Yesterday, USA Hockey announced the goaltenders participating in the prestigious Warren Strelow National Team Goaltending Camp, with plenty of Michigan names included on the list.

Trenton native Erik Condra is our Michi-gamer of the night after helping the Sens knock out the Habs.

The Griffins get back to work tomorrow night, taking on the Toronto Marlies in the Western Conference semifinals. Here’s the team preview for the upcoming series.

The last time the Red Wings’ season was on the line against the Ducks…

Sidney Crosby, John Tavares and Alex Ovechkin are this year’s nominees for the Hart Trophy.

Speaking of Crosby, how about Tomas Vokoun saving the day for the Penguins yesterday? Shutting out the Islanders after Marc-Andre Fleury hasn’t been able to get the job done…

The Blackhawks are moving on to the next round after eliminating the Wild last night.

Ottawa took care of Montreal last night, and they’re moving on to Round 2, as well.

Darren Eliot’s latest ‘Special DElivery’ is posted, click the image below to read his thoughts on how hitting is changing in the NHL.

We’ll be at JLA tonight…hopefully for good reasons.