Ugly Betty hockey in Colorado's future - The Denver Post

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Let the mugging begin. It's the only way the Minnesota Wild can win. To advance in the NHL playoffs, the Avalanche must embrace the darkness. When playing this goon-it- up Wild bunch, hockey is a no-holds- barred battle of attrition, not skill. The only good thing that can be said about Minnesota's 3-2 overtime victory against Colorado was the game lasted so deep into the night that it ended ... [link]

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News You Can Use Late in the Day
Published 4/15/2008 by kanadienkyle at IllegalCurve.com
... Western Conference Finals. 21. Ross McKeon cites lack of mental preparation and passion as reasons for the Ducks poor start to the playoffs. 22. Canada defeats Denmark at the World Under-18's. 23. Patrick Thoreson wants to return to action this series. He must be nuts (nut?). 24. Joe Pelletier looks at Hockey's Greatest Pests. 25. Someone really dislikes the Wild. Like I mean REALLY dislikes them.

Denver Post Writer Clearly Doesn't Like The Minnesota Wild Very Much
Published 4/15/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Every time some old sports writer - who sees his industry dying before his very eyes - goes on a rampage against bloggers, saying how they live in their mothers' basements and make baseless accusations, I should bring out this article. Because it's honestly about 10 times worse than anything most bloggers write. ...

WCQ Game 4: Avalanche 5, Wild 1
Published 4/16/2008 by Joe <milehighhockey@yahoo.com> at Mile High Hockey: Front Page Posts
... 111 penalty minutes, including five misconducts and two unsportsmanlike conducts pretty much sums up what the Wild are all about.  They didn't come into game 4 looking to play hockey.  They came looking to make Mark Kiszla---who wrote a piece lamenting the cheap, dirty play of the Wild prior to game 4---look like a soothsayer. ...

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Ugly Betty hockey in Colorado's future - The Denver Post

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Ugly Betty hockey in Colorado's future - The Denver Post

Let the mugging begin. It's the only way the Minnesota Wild can win. To advance in the NHL playoffs, the Avalanche must embrace the darkness. When playing this goon-it- up Wild bunch, hockey is a no-holds- barred battle of attrition, not skill. The ...
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