Turco: 'We don't think much of them on a personal, character level'

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Turco suggests that Stars 'don't like' Wings, neither as people or as people with character
Published 5/12/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
The Dallas News's Brandon George dropped this little gem a few minutes ago, courtesy of Marty Turco: May 12, Dallas News : After his team lost, 2-1, to the Red Wings in Game 2 on Saturday in Detroit, Stars goalie Marty Turco offered some foreshadowing to what fans might see in Game 3 tonight at American Airlines Center. Turco was talking about what could end up being the fallout of the Mike Ribeiro-Chris Osgood incident at the end of Game 2, when Osgood hit Ribeiro with the butt end of his stick and Ribeiro retaliated by slashing Osgood in the chest. "When the intensity rises, ...

Red Wings fans, violent crease-clearing expected in Dallas
Published 5/12/2008 at Puck Daddy
... Turco was quoted recently as saying his team doesn't care much for Detroit on "on a personal, character level." Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Stars Blog believes ...

Evening Line
Published 5/12/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
via the Dallas Stars Blog at the Dallas Morning News, “When the intensity rises, we like our chances in that regard, too,” Turco said. “We don’t think much of them on a personal, character level. We think that’s to our advantage.”

And Later That Night When The Ship’s Bell Rang?  That Was A Game 3 Live Blog, Brother
Published 5/12/2008 at Kuklas Korner
... Start shoveling coal because we’ve got ourselves a Stress Train Special. It’s a Game 3 Live Blog.  Commence your conversations.  The only mandate is juvenilicity.  I’ll join you when they drop the puck. Updated 1940 EST:  Wanna guess who said this? “We don’t think much of them on a personal, character level. We think that’s to our advantage.” Yep. Turco. 

Unstoppable (Wings 5, Stars 2)
Published 5/13/2008 by Steph (noreply@blogger.com) at NO PUN INTENDED
... have gotten them into trouble. While it would have been nice to see Darren McCarty wail on Mike Ribeiro just for old time's sake, I'm very grateful the Wings took out their frustrations over the whole deal in a purely winning-oriented manner. Their discipline and strength of character (with few exceptions; I concede the Osgood spear the other night) is another of their strong suits and has definitely been making a difference for them - even if Marty Turco disagrees: ...