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McLellan's Sharks have Wings flavor | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Tonight marks the first time this season the Red Wings play back-to-back, and it could hardly have come against a more challenging opponent. The San Jose Sharks lead the Western Conference with an 8-2 record and are 5-0 at the HP Pavilion. On top of that, they're coached by ...
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Pierre LeBrun Blog
sports.espn.go.com — Count me in for some NHL viewing tonight. OK, so I do that every night (much to... my wife's chagrin), but seriously, there's a pair of real compelling matchups tonight with Detroit at San Jose and Montreal at Minnesota. The road to the Cup goes back ... (more) Pierre LeBrun Blog
 Damien Cox: New-look San Jose Sharks out-Winging their opponents
Damien Cox: New-look San Jose Sharks out-Winging their opponents
sports.espn.go.com — The reverberations of the 2007 Stanley Cup victory of the Anaheim Ducks , it is fair to... say, are still being felt. The Ducks partially brawled their way to that title, and last season much of the Western Conference added muscle with which to confront ... (more) Damien Cox: New-look San Jose Sharks out-Winging their ...
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McLellan, McLellan, McLellan
Snapshots — ... better way to beat the Wings than to get someone who has been on the inside? If you can't beat them, hire them. "He knows all about us," Wings defenseman Brett Lebda said. "He knows our systems. He knows a lot. That's the advantage he's going to have. But if we play our system the way it's supposed to be played, we don't think anyone can stop us." McLellan readily admits that he's trying to take pages out of the Red Wings' book, as he told the Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James: October 30, Detroit Free Press : "It'll be like playing each other," McLellan said. "A lot of ...

McClellan’s Impact
Kuklas Korner — More than a little bit of discussion here lately regarding Todd McClellan’s contribution to the Wings’ defensive success the last few years.  Thought this quote, courtesy of Supreme Blogger George Malik, might shed a little light. St. James “I know Todd was a head coach for a long time, a thinker, liked hockey, had coached in Jacques Lemaire’s organization in that system, so he had a lot of good things to talk about, whether that be on the penalty kill or power play or team ...

Puck Headlines: Debating the legality of another Pronger hit
Puck Daddy — ... Detroit Red Wings at San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m. EDT; TV: FSD, CSBA). Man, what a fun game. Lingering animosity, two teams on a roll right now -- San Jose's off to the best start in franchise history -- and, of course, the first regular season battle between former Wings assistant and current Sharks Coach Todd McLellan against his former team. McLellan: "A lot of things that I brought with me from Detroit, we're trying to play that way, so we'll see who can do it better." ...

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