detnews.com - 1/17/2009
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West lead at stake today for Red Wings Babcock's team is one point back entering the third meeting of the season with San Jose. Dave Dye / The Detroit News SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After all the talk about Stanley Cup hangovers for the Red Wings and record-setting starts by the Sharks, look at the ...
totalprosports.com - 1/19/2009
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totalprosports.com —
Total Pro Sports - Henrik Zetterberg denied reports
that he declined a 10 year, $75 million contract...
from the Detroit Red Wings. The report came from Elliotte Friedman at the CBC. Zetterberg will become a free agent at seasons end and will demand a larger contract. He currently makes ...
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Zetterberg Declines Massive Contract From Red Wings
sharks.nhl.com - 1/19/2009
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sharks.nhl.com —
The San Jose Sharks recalled forward Claude Lemieux
from Worcester, reassigned forwards Tom Cavanagh and Brad Staubitz...
to Worcester and placed defenseman Brad Lukowich on injured reserve Monday morning.
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Sharks Recall Lemieux From Worcester
blogs.mercurynews.com - 1/19/2009
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Going out on a limb here: It turns
out Patrick Marleau is going to the NHL All-Star...
game after all. There’s nothing official yet, but let’s just say sources familiar with the situation passed along word that the Sharks will have a third ...
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Patrick Marleau getting a belated invitation to the NHL ...
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Wings-Sharks set-up
Snapshots —
... , the Detroit News's Dave Dye, and the Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James about a game they believe gives both teams a fair chance to strut their stuff, as Dye noted: January 17, Detroit News : [I]t's the first time to really assess the head-to-head matchup between the teams. The Wings were playing on back-to-back nights the first meeting, not to mention their fifth game in seven days. They had dead legs, and the Sharks took advantage for a 4-2 home victory Oct. 30. Meeting No. 2 was a different story. The Red Wings were energized and ready Dec. 18 in Detroit. And this ...
Jeremy Roenick on Sharks' showdown with the Detroit Red Wings: 'When you can't beat a team it sticks in your head.'
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... But the game is also rather pointless in the grand scheme, because it's still all about the playoffs for these franchises. Mike Babcock said it best to the Detroit News: "The first time you ever see anyone on equal ground is at playoff time ... That's the facts. You can't get all caught up in 'Oh, it's a four-point game,' it's this and it's that. ...
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Examiner Sports 1/18/2009
Milan Michalek scored the tiebreaking goal on a breakaway with 9:42 to play, and the San Jose Sharks stayed on top of the Western Conference with a dynamic 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
