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| Avs' Stastny likely done for series |
NHL Hockey |
04/30/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny is likely out for the remainder of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Red Wings. The 22-year-old Stastny sustained a knee injury during the first period of Tuesday's 4-3 loss and did not return. Colorado trails the series 3-0 and will attempt to stave off elimination Thursday at the Pepsi Center. A second-round pick (44th overall) in the 2005 draft, Stastny led the Avalanche in assists (47) and points (71) during the re |
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| Red Wings edge Avalanche to take 3-0 series lead |
NHL Hockey |
04/30/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Pavel Datsyuk posted two goals and an assist, as the Detroit Red Wings edged the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3, in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series at the Pepsi Center. Henrik Zetterberg registered a goal and an assist for the Red Wings, who hold a commanding 3-0 lead in the series and can close it out Thursday in the Mile High City. Johan Franzen also scored, while Mikael Samuelsson collected two assists. Chris Osgood stopped 30-of-33 shots for Detroit, which is one wi |
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| Forsberg, Hannan back; Smyth out for Avs in Game 3 |
NHL Hockey |
04/30/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche continue to be bitten by the injury bug, as forward Ryan Smyth missed Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings clipped the Avalanche, 4-3, to grab a commanding 3-0 lead in the series. Smyth, who signed a lucrative free-agent contract before the season, suffered a foot injury in Game 2 when he blocked a shot. Meanwhile, forward Peter Forsberg was back in the lineup for Colorado. Forsberg, bothered by a nag |
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| Red Wings take 2-0 series lead to Colorado |
NHL Hockey |
04/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche hope a return to Denver can get them on the board in their Western Conference semifinals matchup against the top- seeded Detroit Red Wings. The Avs trail two games to none in the best-of-seven series, but host Detroit in Game 3 tonight at the Pepsi Center. The Red Wings won Games 1 and 2 on their home ice, outscoring Colorado by a 9-4 margin in those contests. Detroit won Game 1 by a 4-3 count last Thursday and notched a 5-1 victory at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday. Colora |
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| Avs missing key players for Game 2 |
NHL Hockey |
04/26/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche will miss both forward Peter Forsberg and defenseman Scott Hannan for Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Red Wings. Forsberg was scratched from Game 1, bothered by a nagging groin injury. He skated prior to Game 2 but was not in the lineup. Hannan is out due to a lower-body injury. The Avs are also going without forward Wojtek Wolski, ruled out for the remainder of the series with an upper-body injury suffered in Game 1. |
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| Red Wings try to extend lead in Game 2 vs. Avs |
NHL Hockey |
04/26/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The top-seeded Detroit Red Wings will try to take a two games to none lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals today, when they host the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings, who won the Presidents' Trophy this year as the league's best team in the regular season, earned a 4-3 decision in Game 1 on Thursday night to take a 1-0 lead in this series. Johan Franzen registered two goals and an assist and Chris Osgood made 18 saves, including a brilliant stop |
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| Avs' Wolski out, Forsberg questionable for Saturday |
NHL Hockey |
04/25/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Colorado Avalanche forward Wojtek Wolski is expected to miss the remainder of his club's Western Conference semifinal series against the Detroit Red Wings while forward Peter Forsberg is expected to miss Saturday's Game 2. Wolski suffered an apparent upper body injury during Thursday's 4-3 Game 1 loss in Detroit, when teammate Ruslan Salei and Wings forward Johan Franzen collided and crashed into Wolski. Avs head coach Joel Quenneville confirmed Friday that Wolski will be out at le |
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| Wings take 1-0 series lead with win over Avs |
NHL Hockey |
04/24/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Johan Franzen registered two goals and an assist and Chris Osgood made 18 saves, including a brilliant stop in the dying seconds of regulation, to help the Detroit Red Wings edge the Colorado Avalanche, 4-3, in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series from Joe Louis Arena. Henrik Zetterberg and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who needed six games to eliminate the Nashville Predators in the quarterfinals. Brian Rafalski collected two assists in the win. "Good wi |
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| Forsberg out of lineup for Colorado in Game 1 vs. Detroit |
NHL Hockey |
04/24/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche were without the services of center Peter Forsberg in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Detroit Red Wings. Chris Osgood made 18 saves, as Detroit held on for a 4-3 win. Forsberg was scratched because of a sore groin. The 34-year-old Swede notched five points (one goal, four assists) in the first round against the Minnesota Wild, whom the Avalanche ousted in six games. |
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| Red Wings, Avs renew rivalry in Game 1 of West semifinals |
NHL Hockey |
04/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche will renew hostilities tonight, as they meet in the Motor City for Game 1 of the best-of- seven Western Conference semifinals at Joe Louis Arena. The Avalanche and Red Wings are two of the NHL's most successful franchises in recent history, as they combined to win five Stanley Cup titles from 1996-2002. The teams met in the postseason five times during that stretch. However, this is the first time the clubs are facing off in the postseason since Det |
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