Detroit Red Wings announce starting goaltender for second-straight divisional showdown
The Detroit Red Wings face another divisional foe tomorrow night, taking on the Ottawa Senators; head coach Derek Lalonde has named the starting goalie.
Following last night's disappointing 3-2 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings wrap up their divisional road trip by clashing with the Ottawa Senators for the first time this year.
While there are fans who were hoping that the Red Wings would give goaltender Sebastian Cossa his 1st career NHL start, that will have to wait for another day.
Coach Derek Lalonde announced this afternoon that the Red Wings would be going right back to Ville Husso in net tomorrow night against the Senators (7:00 PM, FanDuel Sports Detroit, 97.1 The Ticket.)
He's gotten points in back to back games for us, he played a very solid game.
Lalonde said that while the team has confidence in Cossa, they'd rather give Husso the opportunity to build off his performance from last night, in which he stopped 32 shots from the Bruins.
But there's no doubt that Lalonde sees the value in Cossa being brought up from Grand Rapids and getting to experience, albeit briefly, what life is like in the NHL.
I don't think people realize what goes into morning skates and what goes into practice days like this, the type of reps he gets to build off of.
Husso was called up from the AHL himself after an injury to goaltender Alex Lyon last week in practice, while Cossa was called up following Talbot's injury on Friday against the New Jersey Devils.
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DECEMBRE 4 | 150 ANSWERS Detroit Red Wings announce starting goaltender for second-straight divisional showdown Should the Red Wings have given Sebastian Cossa his 1st NHL start tomorrow against the Senators? | ||
| Yes, he may as well get his first game in! | 131 | 87.3 % |
| No, they're right to go back with Husso | 19 | 12.7 % |
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