John Leyba, The Denver Post)
Lined up on opposite blue lines Friday night at Coors Field for the pregame introductions of the full rosters player by player, the Red Wings and Avalanche alumni tapped their sticks on the ice in hockey's traditional gesture of respect and support.
The Avalanche did it for the Red Wings, including Detroit's seven members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The Red Wings did it for the Avalanche, including Colorado's five Hall of Famers.
They've sufficiently gotten over the enmity, the spilled blood, the tensions that accompanied knowing that the path to the most storied trophy in sports, the Stanley Cup, went through each other.