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The Red Wings scored as many runs Thursday as they had over the past four games total. But Rochester's pitching allowed 17 hits and the Wings dropped their fifth straight game, 13-6 to the Gwinnett Braves at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga. The 19-run slugfest featured 11 pitchers and 23 hits, with Gwinnett breaking the game open by batting around in the sixth and seven innings and scoring five runs in each of the innings. Rochester didn't have a base runner until the fifth but scored three runs  

As of the latest patch to the Cataclysm beta servers some models are seeing more updates, including Malfurion Stormrage, pictured above. Either spending too much time in the Emerald Dream has some seriously adverse effects or ingesting too much morrowgrain causes some really weird biological errors, but Stormrage is now sporting a brand new pair of wings, some serious tattoos or tribal markings, and is now pittypatting around on little bear feet. Check out MMO-Champion for the other new models, including  

Yes, I realize training camp is more than a month away. Agreed, we still don't know what is going on with Mike Modano. Understood, we've yet to sign Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader.  

Long time fan favorite in Detroit, Brendan Shanahan is being inducted into the prestigious Etobicoke Hall of Fame...yes, it's a real place. In fact, the comment section provides us with a little background including the $0.10 word "amalgamated". Stop on by and share you favorite Shanny memory.  

Mike Modano finally wore me down. I just can't take it anymore. I quit.  

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For the last 20 years, every playoff team dreaded the time when it had to endure a seven-game series against the Detroit Red Wings. There have only been a few teams in the playoffs that can lift their heads and say that they were able to tame the Big Red Machine. Between 2002 and 2009, the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup twice and were knocked out of the playoffs by teams that either won the Stanley Cup or reached the Finals: The road to the Stanley Cup goes through Detroit.  

What do successful teams (judged by their ability to contend for multiple Stanley Cups) such as the New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, and Philadelphia Flyers all have in common?