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TIM WHARNSBY From Friday's Globe and Mail DETROIT — Def Leppard wasn't the only group having fun, rocking and rolling in the Motor City with their postgame concert to help amp up the banner-raising celebrations for the Detroit Red Wings. The Toronto Maple Leafs got right into the spirit with their own brand of fun, a 3-2 shocker of a victory over the Stanley Cup champions before a Joe Louis Arena crowd of 20,066, many who came out of the closet to support the Leafs last night. The early season prognostications have touted the Wings to repeat as champs and that the Leafs didn't deserve to be on the same ice surface. But Toronto possibly caught the Wings dreaming about their dominating performance last spring — and definitely surprised the titleholders by playing exactly the type of hockey new Leafs coach Ron Wilson espoused in... [read full story]
