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Detroit’s Cleary helps ground us about series with Chicago

Daniel Cleary

Detroit Red Wings’ Daniel Cleary (11) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinals in Chicago, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Detroit’s 4-1 loss in Game 5 to Chicago helped send the series back to Michigan for Game 6. Red Wings forward Dan Cleary scored their lone goal last night and provided us all with the clarity we needed about this series following the game.

Cleary told reporters afterwards, as Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times shared, “Whoever thought this was going to end in five games is crazy.”

Well that’s a bit of a stinger for any overly optimistic Wings fans/direly pessimistic ‘Hawks fans. It’s tough to imagine anyone thought Chicago would pull a full no-show in Game 5 and have the Red Wings end their rivalry celebrating at United Center.

That said, five out of six of us here at PHT did have it going just five games... With Chicago coming out on top. Detroit can make us all look like dummies by pulling things out on Monday night at home.