Red Wings dominant in defeating Dallas 4-1 in NHL Western final opener

BfloBlog.com • Handicapping the Conference Championships
I tried my best to watch just about every game of the Flyers/Canadiens series, and I even made it through two overtimes in the Dallas/San Jose game six. So, that makes me uniquely qualified to give you my perspective on the upcoming matchups. The ...

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com • Babcock discusses the Wings-Stars match-up with WDFN's Samuelssen
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock spoke to WDFN's Jamie Samuelssen on Thursday morning, discussing his team's match-up vs. the Dallas Stars in a 10:42 interview. Babcock starts with a short take on the Wings' ability to sustain their excellence, and...

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com • Wings hope to keep 'riding the Mule,' balanced scoring vs. a 'very different' Stars team
Going into Game 1, the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings' media are already discussing the goaltending match-up (courtesy of the Dallas News's Mike Heika), and as the Red Wings size up the Stars' most dangerous players (the Detroit News's...

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com • Turco and Osgood, and parallelism
The Detroit and Dallas media produced three stories about Stars goalie Marty Turco and Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood, and while it's rather difficult to capture every nuance of the six stories in total, here are a few highlights thereof,...

Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com • Filppula's in
The Detroit News's John Niyo says that Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula will play against the Dallas Stars tonight: May 8, Detroit News: Center Valtteri Filppula practiced again Thursday morning and said he's ready to play in Game 1 tonight....

Dallas Stars win Fabian Brunnstrom sweepstakes, sign Swede to two-year deal
DALLAS - The Dallas Stars have won the Fabian Brunnstrom sweepstakes, agreeing to terms on a two-year, entry-level deal with the Swedish forward. The Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs were also in hot pursuit of t...

Stars sign Swedish prospect Brunnstrom (AP)
The Dallas Stars beat Detroit in a competition before the first puck dropped Thursday night in the Western Conference finals. Swedish prospect Fabian Brunnstrom has agreed to sign with Dallas over the Red Wings and other NHL suitors. The 23-year-old ...

The Swede that got away: Brunnstrom chooses Stars over Wings
DETROIT (AP) -The Dallas Stars beat Detroit in a competition before the first puck dropped Thursday night in the Western Conference finals. Swedish prospect Fabian Brunnstrom has agreed to sign with Dallas over the Red Wings and other NHL suitor...

Detroit Red Wings won all three previous playoffs against Dallas Stars
DETROIT - Detroit and Dallas, opponents in the NHL's Western Conference final, have met only three times previously in the playoffs, and the Red Wings won every time. Most recently, in 1998, Dallas lost the conference final in six games. Mik...

Franzen scores again, Wings beat Stars (AP)
Johan Franzen, Brian Rafalski and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Detroit Red Wings, who built a big lead in the second period and coasted to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday ...