Red Wings Earn 4-3 Win Over Avalanche

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Avalanche Play 30 Minutes, Lose to Red Wings
Published 4/25/2008 by Shane Giroux at Colorado Avalanche Talk (aka Avs Talk)
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)You cannot play 30 minutes against the Detroit Red Wings and expect to win the hockey game. Unfortunately that's what Jose Theodore and the Colorado Avalanche tried to do tonight. Strike first, strike un-often Although the Avalanche got on the board first, it felt like it was only a matter of time before ...

Wings-Avs post-Game 1 multimedia
Published 4/25/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... (1:42), Nicklas Lidstrom (1:08), Avs coach Joel Quennville's presser (4:05), and Wings coach Mike Babcock's post-game presser (3:36). Photos: The Detroit News posted a 39-image gallery; The Detroit Free Press posted a 26-image gallery; The Denver Post posted a 14-image Flash gallery; The Rocky Mountain News posted a 9-image Flash gallery; The Colorado Avalanche's website posted a 13-image Flash gallery and embedded an image in their recap; And the Detroit Red Wings' website posted a 15-image ...

Game 1: Red Wings 4, Avalanche 3
Published 4/25/2008 by David Driscoll-Carignan at In The Cheap Seats
All of the pre-series hyped focused on two storied rivals revisiting the past. Once the game started, though, the Avalanche seemed to be channeling a team from the more recent past - November of 2007. Last night’s team looked a lot like the not-so-storied club from last fall that couldn’t play defense, clear the puck or complete two passes without making a turnover. Not surprisingly, it didn’t work out very well, and the Avs fell to the Red Wings 4-3. As they’ve done in all seven of their playoff games, the Avalanche scored first when the superb Ryan Smyth beat out an icing call before working his behind-the-net magic and dishing a ...