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Chris Osgood

Age: 35
Team: Detroit Red Wings
Born: Alberta, Canada

By only allowing a pair of goals in the first two games against Dallas last week, Osgood has helped Detroit to continue their dominance in the 2008 playoffs. Mr. Reliable has yet to lose a game in this current post-season and sports a save percentage in t

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Rookie forward Darren Helm surprise contributor in Red Wings' playoff march

Posted: 101 days 9 hours 34 minutes ago.

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DETROIT - The possibility that he might get his name etched on the Stanley Cup as a member of the Detroit Red Wings this spring blows Darren Helm's mind.

The 21-year-old forward from St. Andrews, Man., had never played an NHL game before March 13, yet, here he is strapping on the pads in the Western Conference final.

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Detroit's Johan Franzen has scored 27 goals in his last 27 games

Posted: 102 days 10 hours 52 minutes ago.

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DETROIT - Johan Franzen is on quite the scoring tear.

The Detroit Red Wings winger has 27 goals in 27 games since March 2, including 12 in his team's 11 playoff games.

The six-foot-three Swede has scored...

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Red Wings' proficiency on faceoffs a cause of concern for Stars

Posted: 102 days 14 hours 22 minutes ago.

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DETROIT - Watching the Detroit Red Wings play, it seems as if they've always got the puck.

That was the case Thursday night when they defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 in the NHL's Western Conference final, and it all started with faceoffs. The Wings won 35 of 56 draws, a success rate of 63 per cent. They were even sharper on power plays in winning 11 of 15 or 73 per cent, which helped them fire in three goals with Stars in the penalty box.

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Morrow says Stars played on "tilted ice" against Red Wings

Posted: 103 days 5 hours 46 minutes ago.

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DETROIT - Brenden Morrow says he felt the Joe Louis Arena ice tilt Thursday night.

After playing the Detroit Red Wings even for six or seven minutes, the Dallas Stars were overwhelmed and dropped the opener of the NHL's Western Conference final 4-1 Thursday night. "They got a couple of power plays, we got behind," said the Stars captain. "I think we had a good two or three shifts to start the game, but then the ice got tilted the other way."

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Detroit Red Wings center Valtteri Filppula (51), of Finland, is defended by Dallas Stars defenseman Mattias Norstrom (4), of Sweden, during the first period of Game 1 of the Western Conference hockey finals in Detroit, Thursday, May 8, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jerry Mendoza

Wings dominate Dallas 4-1 in NHL Western final opener

Posted: 103 days 6 hours 34 minutes ago.

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DETROIT - The memory of their demise in the NHL's Western Conference final a year ago continues to spur the Detroit Red Wings on to greater things this spring.

"We've got a group that wants to win bad and we're determined," says coach Mike Babcock. "We've been here before and never got the job done.

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