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"The Big Guy With The Beard" And Game Talk

03/17/2018 at 7:20am EDT

from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

“It was fun to play a little battle hockey,” captain Henrik Zetterberg told FSD. “You don’t see that very often anymore. That was nice. The guys stood up for teammates and themselves and it was good to see.”

The Red Wings stood up physically, not backing down.

But take away the fights, and the Red Wings played a typical, of late, game.

Too many defensive breakdowns, not tough enough in front of goalie Jimmy Howard, and let another Western Conference team grind them most of the evening.

The Ducks outshot the Red Wings 36-30, with Howard coming up with several big saves as Anaheim was able to get close to the net early and often.

“We have to be better in our detail,” coach Jeff Blashill told FSD.

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from Eric Stephens of the OC Register,

Seven minutes after scoring, Ritchie and Detroit’s Luke Witkowski engaged in a fight presumably to stick up for teammate Cam Fowler after the defenseman received a hard, clean check from Witkowski earlier. The fight ended with Witkowski on top of Ritchie, jawing at him while prone on the ice.

But the Ducks’ bench erupted, with several smiling players fervently banging their sticks against the boards.

“That’s what teammates do,” Perry said. “They stick up for each other. That guy hit Cam pretty hard. It’s not like we went right after him. We took a number and Ritch did a great job.”

Said Kesler: “I think the big guy with the beard – I don’t know his name – he hit Cam and that kind of started it. And then it just kind of snowballed.”

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Watch the game highlights and post-game interviews from the Detroit side below...

Zetterberg, Mantha, Witkowski, Abdelkader and Blashill.

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