Frustrated Detroit Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde snaps at reporter following latest loss
The Detroit Red Wings have now dropped five straight games by one goal, and the frustration of coach Derek Lalonde was evident.
Make it five straight losses for the Detroit Red Wings by one goal in what has been a maddeningly frustrating stretch of hockey that's resulted in them losing ground in the Eastern Conference and their own division.
Detroit was defeated 2-1 by the Colorado Avalanche, who got the best performance of the season from maligned starter Alexandar Georgiev; he entered the game with a 3.67 GAA and an abysmal .867SV%.
A furious final push in the last minute of regulation proved too little, too late for the Red Wings, who only had one shot on Georgiev during the entire 3rd period until Ville Husso was pulled for the extra attacker.
Head coach Derek Lalonde was in rare form immediately afterwards, cutting off the first question he was being asked mid-sentence.
Some positives, we'd take our 5-on-5 game tonight against a team like that, hold them to two goals, probably out chanced them fairly good.
Is Derek Lalonde's job in danger?
The Detroit Red Wings as an organization has fired only one head coach mid-season, and that took place just months after the hit Hollywood classic "Back to the Future" was released in 1985.
But if their slide continues like this, GM Steve Yzerman may be left with no choice if he wants to be able to salvage the second half of the year.
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DECEMBRE 7 | 170 ANSWERS Frustrated Detroit Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde snaps at reporter following latest loss What was the worst part of tonight's 2-1 Detroit Red Wings loss to the Avalanche? | ||
| 1 shot in the 3rd until Husso was pulled late | 82 | 48.2 % |
| Another power-play goal against | 16 | 9.4 % |
| Only 1 goal against one of the NHL's worst goalies | 72 | 42.4 % |
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