Article: Red Wings Go From Soar to Sore; After Record-Setting Season, They're Brought Down Roughly

The 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings set an all-time NHL record with 62 regular season victories, but. Forever more, or at least until some team gets 63 victories, these Red Wings always will be followed by a "but."

For the second straight time, they were the top team during the season and huge favorites to win the Stanley Cup -- something they haven't done in 41 years. Yet they again fizzled in the playoffs, eliminated in the Western Conference finals Wednesday night by the Colorado Avalanche. Three years ago, when they had the West's best record, they lost in the first round to a third-year club making its first postseason appearance, the San Jose Sharks.

How could this happen? That ...

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