After reeling from Henrik Zetterberg not being elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame, to being left off the quarter-century team, we decided the best course of action was to take to the Twitterverse.
What's your favorite Zetterberg moment? That's what we asked our social media friends and got some amazing answers.
Hank gets a hatty against the Blues
The 2012-13 season was anything but normal.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement expired and caused another lockout, shortening the season to 48 games. Rumors of expansion teams in Quebec City and Seattle were beginning to swirl, contrary to the league's official position of no plans for expansion.
In the draft earlier that offseason, the Edmonton Oilers thought it was a good idea to draft Nail Yakupov first overall. Worst of all, Nicklas Lidstrom and Thomas Holmstrom retired, and the first-round pick the Wings traded to Tampa Bay for Kyle Quincey was used to draft Andrei Vasilevskiy.
The Coyotes also continued to be a thorn in everyone's side. So, at least one thing was constant.
Despite the chaos, the Red Wings had an average season by league standards. They finished middle-of-the-pack in most categories and made it roughly halfway through the postseason. Still, the team could be electric to watch, especially Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg.
As the calendar paged to February, the Wings headed to St. Louis to meet the Blues for their second matchup of the season. It was a night to remember for Zetterberg, the Wings, and everyone in Hockeytown.
Zetterberg opened the scoring with a power play goal from the top of the circle just six minutes in to the game. Less than two minutes later, he sped up the ice on a breakaway and put one past Jaroslav Halak for an even-strength goal.
St. Louis, however, tied it up before the end of the first and scored the only goal of the second to take a 3-2 lead. The captain had a lot left in the tank, though.
Less than five minutes into the third, Zetterberg made a gorgeous backhand cross-ice pass to set Jonathan Ericsson up for his first goal of the season.
Midway through the period, Detroit was on an extended power play. They set up in the offensive zone where Zetterberg and Datsyuk cycled the puck until Datsyuk finally had his shot and put the good guys up by a goal.
Zetterberg had two goals and two assists, factoring into every Red Wings goal so far. He still was not done yet.
As the game entered its final minute of play, the Blues' net was empty and were working to tie it up. Datsyuk flipped the puck out of the offensive zone and Zetterberg beat T.J. Oshie to the puck and, with both players tangled up on the ground, he managed to get up and put the final nail in the coffin.
The Red Wings won 5-3. Zetterberg tied a career high with five points: a hat trick and two assists. He scored on both Blues goalies and the empty net, with goals at even strength, on the power play, and short-handed. Just another workaday game for the C.
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