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Babcock's line changes help Wings soar past Ducks

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

ANAHEIM -- The line between genius and moron, deft and dumb, is perilously thin in playoff hockey. Detroit head coach Mike Babcock knows that. He also knows on which side of that thin line he will wake up on Wednesday morning after his Red Wings pounded the hometown Ducks 5-0 to take a 2-1 series lead in this Western Conference final. With Game 4 set for Thursday evening in Anaheim, the Red Wings suddenly have emerged as a team not solely reliant on special teams for success, as a team capab ...

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