PIVOTAL SWING GAME- Importance of Game 4

In a close battle against a top team in the Western Conference like Chicago, Game 4 can and will say a lot about the outcome of this series. The Detroit Red Wings have brought their "A" game the last two contests vs. the Hawks and are preparing to make it three in a row. Three games have been played and coaches are going to play an even bigger role in making sure their team executes. With multiple two day rest periods between games, teams are constantly reevaluating and looking to implement certain strategies into the next game. Coach Babcock is a very simple man and isn't focusing on what these Hawks are doing, but creating ways to frustrate and make it hard on the opposition.

The Red Wings are up 2-1 in this series and can put Chicago in a strangle hold if they can execute and win Game 4 tonight! We have our home ice tonight which apparently has been a huge advantage in the second round for the respective playoff teams that are still fighting for chance to advance. But the fans don't win games for us, its the players that control that. Winning Game 3 was huge because we didn't give anything back to the Hawks, we simply clinched our fists on what was ours!

“The playoffs are always about the next game,” Wings coach Mike Babcock told the media. “We have a huge game next game.”

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Detroit just needs to continue to focus and play hard and not worry about where we stand in this series. Take the rankings and throw them out because it's the playoffs and anything can happen.

“Just because we have a No. 7 in front of our team doesn’t mean we can’t beat a No. 1,” Cleary said. “I’ve been on the other side of that.”

Every game is so darn important but this game would give our Detroit Red Wings the biggest shift in momentum we have seen throughout these playoffs. Chicago will be bringing their physical presence into the Joe tonight and we will match that while winning the puck possession battle like the Wings of old. LETS DO THIS BOYS!!

LETS GO RED WINGS!!!