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Toledo Free Press (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... is 9-1 in the playoffs, dating back to the first round against Nashville. The Red Wings swept the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference semifinals, at one point hanging eight goals on the Avs. The Dallas Stars are putting up an equally futile fight, losing three of the first four games of the Western finals. For some reason I never personally got into professional ice hockey,...
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Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
FORMER COLORADO HEAD COACH JOEL QUENNEVILLE - PHOTO JON SWENSON - The speculation about a new head coach in San Jose took less than a day to start, but Mercury News beat writer David Pollak reports that General Manager Doug Wilson will take time to assess the situation and evaluate possible candidates inside and outside the organization. Jeremy Roenick mentioned the need for a new coach to be...
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Simpleprop.Com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The year was 1996. The Quebec Nordiques Colorado Avalanche were on their way to winning the cup. Dino Ciccarelli was soon to express disbelief over a handshake. We were soon to see the last true playoff “white out”. Residents of Florida were soon to take up the throwing of plastic rodents. [...]
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hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness} (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Today marked an important day for all LA Kings fans . The pre-sale tickets for Frozen Fury XI opened today at 10AM. What's the Frozen Fury, you ask? Well, let me enlighten you. For the past 10 years, the Kings have held a pre-season game in Las Vegas against the Colorado Avalanche at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. I attended last year and made a pact with my brother that we would go...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
OK. So I'm a horrible parent. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, I made my kids go outside: "Turn off the Xbox and do something!" Two hours later, I was taking Nick, 7, to an emergency room because he got hit in the face by a plastic lacrosse stick.He had a nasty cut near his eye. Blood everywhere. He looked like a Red Wing after playing the Colorado Avalanche."What happened?" a nurse...
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National Hockey League Digest (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Shane Giroux presents his thoughts: The speculation began even before Quenneville was let go. With Patrick Roy having begun a coaching career, everyone wondered if Roy would ever coach the Colorado Avalanche. Now that Quenneville is gone, the speculationstartsin earnest as the two most common names being bandied about are renowned 3-time Jack Adams award winning and [...]
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Wild Puck Banter (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Before you read the following paragraphs, let me state for the record that I am fully behind Jacques Lemaire and the Wild coaching staff. In my estimation, the problems lie more directly with the management team, and Risebrough in particular. The Colorado Avalanche recently decided to split with coach Joel Quinneville. By most accounts the guy knows how to coach; he spent many seasons...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... he's gone just 11-18 in the postseason. The Wild were ousted in the first round last month by the Colorado Avalanche, culminating what Lemaire called his toughest season as a coach."I'm getting older and maybe not as patient as I was when I started to coach," he said in an interview after the Wild were eliminated.That led to some speculation that the 62-year-old could step down. But...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Franzen has had headaches - which the GM described as "nothing significant" - since playing the Colorado Avalanche earlier this month, and they haven't subsided."We don't know if he's had a concussion," Holland said. "We're hoping to find out more after he goes through various tests this weekend and sees a specialist on Monday."Franzen has scored an NHL-high 27 times since March 2,...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
DENVER (AP) The Colorado Avalanche want to play a faster, more attacking brand of hockey, similar to the style that brought them two Stanley Cup titles.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Franzen has had headaches — which the GM described as “nothing significant” — since playing the Colorado Avalanche earlier this month, and they haven't subsided.“We don't know if he’s had a concussion,” Holland said. “We’re hoping to find out more after he goes through various tests this weekend and sees a specialist on Monday.”Franzen has scored an NHL-high 27 times since March 2,...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
But with the Wild, he's gone just 11-18 in the postseason. The Wild were ousted in the first round last month by the Colorado Avalanche, culminating what Lemaire called his toughest season as a coach.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... he's gone just 11-18 in the postseason. The Wild were ousted in the first round last month by the Colorado Avalanche, culminating what Lemaire called his toughest season as a coach.© 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
DENVER — The contrast was jarring.The Nashville Predators waited about 23 seconds after their playoff loss to the Detroit Red Wings to announce that coach Barry Trotz, whose contract was expiring, had been awarded a new deal and would be back on the Nashville bench next season.The Colorado Avalanche front office hemmed and hawed after [...]
