Alumni games usually pack all the drama of a poorly acted elementary school play about cooties, but the main event Tuesday at Comerica Park between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs was setting up for an ending worthy of Broadway.
The Leafs tied the score at five with two seconds left in regulation in the second of two games at the baseball stadium, leaving the 33,425 fans braving the 20-degree temperatures exasperated and angry.
Once the crowd realized a shootout would decide the game, they only wanted to see one player.
“Ste-vie! Ste-vie!”
The fans that passed through the turnstiles wanted to relive the glory years of the Red Wings, and there would’ve been no more nostalgic ending than seeing Steve Yzerman win the game in a shootout.
“Ste-vie! Stevie!”
The frozen masses bellowed again, but they would not be satisfied. Tomas Holmstrom scored the winner for the Red Wings, as Yzerman would not be part of the shootout. The only person in the building who wasn't shouting Yzerman's name was coach Scotty Bowman.
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