Red Wings and Avalanche Resume a Rivalry Marked by Bad Blood on the Ice

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NJ.com blog: Rangers found this 4/24/2008 on www.nytimes.com (flag)
A bitter rivalry that peaked between 1996 and 2002 has a chance to rekindle its intensity Thursday as familiar faces have returned on both sides. (link)

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Subplots should mean more drama
Published 4/24/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com blog: Rangers
... -- it would have been a wee bit hypocritical to ban Avery's actions and then profit from them. And so, the Eastern Semis get underway tonight: Philly vs. Montreal and Colorado vs. Detroit. The Times has a great piece on the rivalry between the Avs and Wings which budded for about eight years . It'll make tonight's game worth watching.

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