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Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.

Things couldn't have been more different last night for the New York Rangers and Colorado Avalanche. Both teams were facing a sweep and the potential of Sunday morning tee times this weekend. Both also had superstars that could have been seeing their last shifts, helping to create what could make for a legendary Hall of Fame class in a few years (Forsberg, Sakic, Shanny and Jagr, oh my!). But two roads diverged in a wood and well, you know how that goes.

This wasn't necessarily the last game for Joe Sakic -- a class act as far as I know -- but, if for some reason it turns out to be just that for the 19-year NHL vet, it was the worst way in which his stellar career could have ended. The Avs were outmatched from the get go in this series. The injuries mounted and they were riding a ticking time bomb between the pipes. I'm not making excuses, but the odds were stacked against them. On the other side of the ice, the Red Wings -- still coming off that President's Trophy -- were given a scare in the first round from Nashville, one that likely shook them and woke them up in a cold sweat at 3 AM. That's what appears to have happened at least. Last night the Red Wings took it to the Avs, firing on all cylinders in front of the home fans in Detroit and came away with an 8-2 victory.

Continue reading The Ice Sheet: Detroit Advances, New York Stays Alive

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