By HELENE ST. JAMES • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • October 9, 2008 The old guard handed the banner over to the new guard, the grizzled champions meeting the new ones on the ice. The full richness of the Red Wings’ fabled hockey empire bloomed in red and white Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, as the 2007-2008 Stanley Cup champions were crowned again, this time with a banner that made a long, slow, spot-lit journey from the ice to the rafters to celebrate the franchise’s 11th Stanley Cup. The banner was brought out by the Production Line: Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay and Alex Delvecchio, along with former Wings Johnny Wilson, Dennis Hextall and Doug Brown. Captain Nicklas Lidstrom took one corner; his alternates – Pavel Datsyuk, Kris Draper and Henrik Zetterberg – took the others. The ceremony lasted barely 20 minutes; a blink,...
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