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Western Conference Final – Morning Papers

The Stars return to Dallas and feel that home ice will be to their advantage. Mike Ribeiro will be available for the stars as he only received a fine for his slash on Chris Osgood. I thought that using your stick as a weapon warrants a suspension. If it was Chris Simon there would be some major suspensions handed out. The NHL can’t punish the star players, especially in the playoffs.
Jean-Jacques Taylor is not overlooking Detroits powerful defense that has held Morrow-Lehtinen-Ribeiro to only three points in two games. The Stars need to find a way to counter.
Stu Barnes (concussion) will be out for tonights game and Jere Lehtinen (leg) is a gametime decision. This game is as close to must win as you can get for the Stars.
Detroit’s current eight game winstreak is the most since the 1995 playoffs where they got bounced by the Devils in 4 games of the final. The Red Wings know they can’t let down on the road.
The Red Wings take pride on keeping their cool and not retaliating. However, players like Tomas Holmstrom are doing a fantastic job of agitating the opposition, especially Marty Turco.
The Detroit News also takes note that coach Mike Babcock has taught his players well, as they are able to refrain from taking retaliatory penalties.

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