Detroit’s Babcock: Sharks, Rangers are the two best teams in the league right now
blogs.mercurynews.com 10/30/2008 — Todd McLellan refers to the Red Wings as the best team in hockey. Since they’re the defending Stanley Cup champions, that’s perfectly logical even if he weren’t part of that franchise four months ago. But Detroit Coach Mike Babcock ...

San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan conference call transcript
sharkspage.com 10/28/2008 — A transcript of San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan's conference call with the media Monday afternoon: [Q] How much of the Red Wings blueprint have you tried to implement with the Sharks? [TM] A fair amount of it to be honest with you. It is ...

Killion: Sharks proficient at out-Winging Detroit - San Jose Mercury News
mercurynews.com 10/31/2008 — After having the Detroit Red Wings rattle around inside their heads for years, the Sharks are trying a new tactic this season: They're trying to become the Red Wings. It's not a bad idea, trying to emulate one of the greatest franchises in NHL ...

Sharks Dominate Defending Champs, 4-2
sharks.nhl.com 10/31/2008 — Sharks rookie Jamie McGinn netted his first NHL goal while Patrick Marleau, Ryane Clowe and Joe Pavelski each scored in the Sharks decisive 4-2 win over the Red Wings at HP Pavilion. Extras: Postgame Quotes | Pics |

Upcoming Puck Daddy roundtable for Sharks-Detroit Thursday night game, interview with Sharkspage
sharkspage.com 12/18/2008 — After downplaying the San Jose Sharks start as long as possible, Yahoo.com's Puck Daddy (aka Greg Wyshynski), is firmly planted on the Teal bandwagon. This week he posted 25 stunning factoids about the Sharks start to the season, a look at Jeremy ...

Wings-Sharks set-up
blog.mlive.com 1/17/2009 — The Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks head into a hype-filled match-up tonight (10:30 PM, FSD/WXYT) eying both a measuring-stick game of massive proportions and the Western Conference lead. Detroit trails San Jose by one point, as the Detroit...

Measuring Stick #2: Detroit
battleofcalifornia.blogspot.com 10/30/2008 — The big story today seems to be the whole Todd McLellan vs. Mike Babcock sub-plot (I was going to do an Obi-Wan/Darth Vader Photoshop of the two with the "When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master," line but I ran out of time) but ...

Sharks vs. Red Wings: Who's the best in the West?
sports.yahoo.com 12/18/2008 — Heading into their showdown in Detroit this evening, nine points separate the first-place San Jose Sharks and the second-place Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference standings. But what do the standings really tell us, right? It's still Stanley ...

Game 32 - Sharks Lose 6-0 To The Red Wings
boards.sjsharks.com 12/20/2008 — There was a lot of hype before last night's game between the Sharks and the Red Wings. Before my brief thoughts on the game I thought I would share a few quotes from the Detroit side before the game. Lidstrom - "We're facing the best team in the ...

Sharks vs. Red Wings - Recap - December 18, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 12/19/2008 — Conklin's 24 saves help Wings hand Sharks rare regulation loss DETROIT -- It took the top team in the NHL to bring out the best in the defending Stanley Cup champions. Ty Conklin made 24 saves for his sixth NHL shutout and Pavel Datsyuk had two goals ...

Ducks clip undisciplined Red Wings in overtime — Boston.com -- Hockey news 10/30/2008
The Ducks forced the usually disciplined Detroit Red Wings to take an inordinate amount of penalties and capitalized on them again and again -- with Teemu Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf supplying most of the juice on the power play.

Ducks-Red Wings: Anaheim Wins Fifth Straight Game — Bleacher Report - NHL 10/30/2008
The Anaheim Ducks have won five games in a row. Their play has been solid lately, and last night they were rewarded with an overtime victory over the best team in the NHL. The Ducks are finally getting contributions from their scoring lines. In last ...

Sharks score 3 in 2nd, top Red Wings 4-2 (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 10/31/2008
Jamie McGinn scored his first career goal during a three-goal outburst midway through the second period that helped the San Jose Sharks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 Thursday night in coach Todd McLellan's first game against his former team. Patrick ...

Sharks beat Red Wings 4-2 for McLellan — Boston.com -- Hockey news 10/31/2008
Todd McLellan brought so much of the Detroit Red Wings style to San Jose that he predicted his first game against his former team would feature two teams that were mirror images of each other.

Brush It Off Wings Fans — Bleacher Report - NHL 10/31/2008
Back-to-back games over 2000 miles away is a tough task no matter who you're playing. Throw in that Detroit had to face a hot Anaheim team and the Western Conference leading San Jose Sharks on back-to-back nights away from home and you can almost be  ...