DENVER --At the end of the latest installment of the rivalry that defined the NHL for the better part of a decade starting in 1996, the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings mingled on the ice at Coors Field on Friday.
Smiles and shoulder hugs replaced the scowls and shoves that defined the interactions between these teams throughout a contentious, often bloody, past.
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