Hooeytown - it will be Avalanche in six - Loserville?

Links (4)

Wings-Avs series preview-a-palooza
Published 4/24/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... in discussing the series with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Tracey Myers), but as far as "the locals" are concerned, aside from Lincicome's " Hooeytown " column, the Rocky Mountain News's extremely comprehensive preview is worth reading all the way through (though their suggestion that the Avs have a better defence is a bit strange), but here's their "skinny": ...

Thursday's three stars: Kovalev comes through
Published 4/25/2008 at Puck Daddy
... ? Well how do the Red Wings faithful out there feel about the Loserville moniker proposed by Bernie Lincicome of the Rocky Mountain News? We see what's at work here. This is supposed to be a blood feud, right? Somebody needed to write something to act as a counterweight to the announcement that one of the central figures here, Detroit center ...

Lincicome: Butt, that's not fair
Published 4/25/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
A certain Detroit Red Wings fan gave Rocky Mountain News columnist Bernie Lincicome, who happens to believe that Detroit is " Hooeytown ," quite the eyeful on Thursday: ...

Saturday's three stars: It's Franzen again ... and again
Published 4/27/2008 at Puck Daddy
... "I got this one," then did everything but bite the cephalopod's head off in a display of pre-game aggression. Seems like another attempt from the Colorado side to manufacture some hostility in a rivalry that in 2008 is destined to be settled by a war of skill. That was about all we heard from McLeod, whose in-game contributions were limited to three hits and two minor penalties when the Avs trailed 4-0 and needed every last even-strength minute. ...