he started taking out red wings player and eventually went toe to toe with detroit goaltender, mike vernon. during the late 1990s and early 2000s... the two teams met five times in the playoffs in seven years... they one five stanley cups between them during that period. this rivalry saw its and early 2000s... and things have kind of cooled off since the wings went to the eastern conference. but if you ask currents avs players... there's still a little extra emotion that goes into playing the red wings. >>>> for those of you who can't make it, we will have the stadium series game saturday night - on channel 9. we invite you to join us at 5:30 saturday - for a half hour special before the puck drops - and then another special - following the game. the national hockey league is warning fans going to saturday's warning fans going to saturday's outdoor game to watch out for counterfeit merchandise for sale. the international trademark association says that counterfeiting is estimated to have an impact of about $650-billion per year on businesses worldwide. the nhl recommends that fans buying s

wednesday and fight night at the joe. 9 different fights broke out including one between roy and mike vernon. a year later, this one, patrick roy facing off at center ice. you can see both fights on our denver 7 facebook page and you tell us what you remember the most. >> classics. [ laughter ] >>> oh. now, the temperatures are warm today. look at this. 61 degrees, more like what you would see getting into the %- playoffs for hockey. it will be warmer tomorrow. the middle 40s, now, tomorrow, the one that we have is high fire danger in southeastern plains, coming up, going to be a warm day, april forecast for the record highs, there are showers and a touch of snow in store for colorado. >>> voters in colorado are getting ready for caucuses. colorado republicans will not, stick to just state issues because the ahead of the party in colorado says the national committee wanted the vote to be binding. there was big news within the gop. chris christie givvng trump a boost in the form of an endorsement. the contender's attacks on rubio are languagely credited with the poor performance in new hampsh

he started taking out red wings players and eventually went toe to toe with goaltender mike vernon. during the late 90s and early 2000s the teams met five times in the playoffs and they won five stanley cups between them during that period. tonight's alumni game will feature a handful of games -- of players including the coach, some others and joining him -- include joe sakic, borack, -- and they are realists -- relishing the chance to play each other again. >> the fun part is, it brings the past and the right now back to back days and i think it's great for us as players to be part of it. i would say this -- it's not very difficult to convince guys to come play that came. -- that game. >> i am so looking forward to seeing them face-off tonight. again, puck drops right around 5:00. it's so interesting talking to the players. they are saying this is a chance for us to feel like kids again because when you are kids, you play outside and to some ice and you get to be outdoors with your friends, and this is them coming together years and getting to play outside. an incredible venue in f

. >> i'm mike carter-conneen at the george washington mount vernon escape. copal up how citizens taking the oath of citizenship feel about the political season. leon: coming your way tonight -- 13 eagles dead in a local community. steve: i'm abc7's steve rudin. gearing up for more rain tomorrow and wednesday. maybe rumble of thunder. look at the cooldown moving closer to the weekend. sunshine is set to return. saturday around 46 degrees. a good deal of sunshine and added clouds. we'll wa alison: police say it is about safety. ddot says it's traffic flow. drivers say it is a speed trap. this is the story you will only see tonight at 11:00 on abc7 news. chris papst is alongside the road now with the details about this exclusive investigation. chris: it has been ten years since the district put in speed cameras. ever since then they have been frustrating the motorists. we at "7 on your side" receive a lot of e-mails and the calls from people about speed cameras. this one in particular has been getting a lot of negative attention. this speed camera is on a road

nine fights broke out including this one between wau and mike vernon. on the right a year later they faced off at center ice. check out both ann vote for facebook page and tell us what you remember most. 3 >>> today our denver 7 crew will be freezing for a reason. such a good team name. come out and join us for the polar plunge. >> all of this benefits colorado special olympics. it's part of the denver splash and dash. the plunge. whether be jumping in around -- we will be jumping in around with 500 others that starts at noon. it will be a great time. we're out at the denver zoo and don't worry yes, whether have void -- and don't worry yes, we will have video for this. i'm jumping in. >> i'm working. i have to do a story. i wanted to do it. >> whatever. boo is exactly right bobby. >> i'm in the dog house. it's 8:08 now. still ahead today the day democrats hit the polls in the south carolina primary. >> donald trump already has a he is looking toward super tuesday with a big endorsement behind him. that and his thoughts on the first amendment. >> it seem

vernon chiang our chief medical executive. mike colville, former president of the west bay region of sutter health. jeff gerard, our current president of the center health bay area. tony wagner, the chairman of the board of center health bay area. and julie pacitti the ceo of the hospital for the sutter of bay area. now, of course, most of this event is about the team building the hospital there represented by the management and the workers from herero bold and we want to thank them. we want to figure architecture group the mother smith group, jj argument in the many trade partners, subcontractors and consultants who have helped us get this project off the ground. but the biggest and should be reserved for the folks back there who are building this building, our construction workers. >>[applause] >> so, the topping out ceremony is a recognition of the final still being which will be in a few meds raised to its place way up high, a recognition that the structure has reached its highest point and we can begin filling it out. this eve

mike huckabee and santorum. >>> and this man, democratic candidate vernon supreme who doubled up gilmore in the vote count andis preparing for the zombie apocalypse and free ponies for all americans. you have my vote. in case you're wondering mr. supreme finished fourth in the democratic primary. that's too bad. >>> someone who did much better than gilmore in new hampshire, ohio governor john kasich. he may be in for a fight back home, however, after a bill which cuts funding to planned parenthood was sent to his desk. a bill he is expected to sign. >>> media mogul rupert murdoch has harsh words for chris christie. he tweeted this. chris christie, suicide bomber, damages victim while plowing himself up, referring to his attack of course on marco rubio at the last gop debate. but perhaps not the most judicious choice of words, rupert. >>> remember that ice cream flavor ben & jerry's cofounder created for bernie sanders? bernie's yearning. the candidate got to try it yesterday. >> well, i'm tasting this for the very first time. let's start with this. >> so it's called bernie's yearnings. >> it's good. >> it's b

mike a.m. plateasays he'llreopen and planr expansion remain intact. in oaklyn, new jersey, i'm vernondom, channel6 "action news" " >> we are now in the week before the super bowl. turns out there's somebody from this area that we can think about. >> we've got a reason to watch the game even though the eagles are not in the game. there will be a section of philadelphia rooting for the panthers on sunday. one panther in particular. carolina receiver corey brown is from our area. jaime apody goes back to his roots and meets his family. >> reporter: there's a reason they call him philly brown. >> he's from philadelphia. that's bun thing you can't -- and he does take pride in being from philadelphia. he has tattoos of the liberty bell and the skyline. >> reporter: this sunday at super bowl 50 philadelphia can route for one of their own corey brown the former cardinal o'hare. his mom and brother will witness it in person. >> hopefully i won't faint. i don't know. i mean first of all i'm going to be in california and then seconds of all i'm going to be watching my son play in super bowl 50.

vernon chiang our chief medical executive. mike colville, former president of the west bay region of sutter health. jeff gerard, our current president of the center health bay area. tony wagner, the chairman of the board of center health bay area. and julie pacitti the ceo of the hospital for the sutter of bay area. now, of course, most of this event is about the team building the hospital there represented by the management and the workers from herero bold and we want to thank them. we want to figure architecture group the mother smith group, jj argument in the many trade partners, subcontractors and consultants who have helped us get this project off the ground.

mike hoyle of solon. dudek was a winner by fall in the second period. 152 and solon's graeson dall dives in for over mt vernon's levi wade. dall wins 7-2. at 170 solon junior dillon diltz, who has n ner been to state, completely dominated his opponent for a 17-0 second period tech fall. it is one of my biggest goals this year to go to state. i am going to really try to do that. but there is another hurdle to jump before state. districts coming up next saturday. john campbell tv9 sports. ... thank you, john. scott westerberg continu our coverage with class 1a highlights from lisbon. --the lions were the heavy favorites at a majority of the weights but at 113 it's tipton's ben emrich with a late third period takedown....he wins the sectional title 5-0... --the hosts then go on a tear starting at 120....cooper siebrecht picks up the pin early in the second period.... --next up is wally zernich at 126....he ends his mamah in just 21 seconds to win the sectional title.... 132...lisbon's chase mclaughlin improves his record to 40-7 on the season with a first period fall... --at 138, central city's nick vanalst was lo

mike hoyle of solon. dudek was a winner by fall in the second period. 152 and solon's graesodall dives in for the single leg for a 5-1 lead over mt vernon's levi wade. dall wins 7-2. at 160 solon junior trevor nelson, who has nev been to state, completely dominated wahlert's kolton bartow for a 17-0 second period tech fall. it is one of my biggest goals this am going to really try to do that. but there is another hurdle to jump before state. districts coming up next saturday. john campbell tv9 sports. ... high scho boys swimming districts at linn-mar aquatic center ... 1st event, the cedar rapids washington team of donels, saulnier, jackson and durin win the 200 medley relay in 1:36.64, a season best for them freestyle... former kcrg-tv9 athlete of set a new school and pool record with a time of 1:41.33 ... the warriors pile up some more wins.s. in the 200 individual medley, nick saulnier swam a season best 1:52.19 to take first place ... in the 50 freestyle, jefferson's paul hummell wins this one by a fingertip, .01 seconds to be exact... his time of 21.69 seconds is a new school record... team wise, cedar rapids washington wins its 53rd

mike shumann made eddie debartolo the man he is today. >> board games. >> ah, other big games today. and tomorrow's big game has vernonis participating in his second super bowl. his thoughts coming up next in sports. >>> this is our abc 7 news 360 camera showing you all the events from super bowl 50. it's the puppy bowl right at super bowl city. you can manipulate the camera. look at the cute pup attacking our tripod. manipulate the video and images from your phone and tablet. we'll be updating these videos and images all weekend long on all of our social media pages. >>> abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. stanford men squaring off this afternoon. whoever emerged victorious here would improve to .500. a couple of major league manager s at the game. cal starts to pull away. cameron rooks. bears by 16 at the break. second half, all bears. brown to the hoop. and one. freshman can play. he had 16. bears up 22. jabari byrd another. 13 points. bears win, 76-61. >>> the sharks in nashville to take on the preds. no score first period. ryan johansson freezes the defense. 1-0, nashville. second period, sharks try

vernon avenue. at last check-- dr. neal was in stable condition at wake forest baptist medical center. his neighbor has been released from the hospital.lt. mike wallce, danville police department,"we haven't had this type of crime in that area, it's not to say that it's never been, but in the recent past we really haven't that type of crime. we've had larcenies or break-ins or that type of thing."pattie plasma police don't have any suspects. a private source is offering a 10-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved. 3 3 3 pattie box the lynchburg police department has 2 new officers on its staff. gerwin thompson and joseph tucker were sworn in yesterday. but both of them began has more than 4 years of experience. tucker grew up on the southside and has 3 years experience as a deputy. congratulations to both of them. 3 pattie plasma virginians remain divided when it comes to opinions on gun control. a new roanoke college poll found 50 percent think it is more important to protect the rights of americans to own guns than to control gun ownership. 41 percent think gun control is more important

mike hoyle of solon. dudek was a winner by fall in the second period. 152 and solon's graeson dall dives in for the single leg for a 5-1 lead over mt vernon's levi wa. dall wins 7-2. at t 0 solon jununr dillon state, completely dominated his opponent for a 17-0 second period tech fall. it is one of my biggest goals this year to go to state. i am going to really try to do that. but there is another hurdle to jump before state. districts coming up next saturday. john campbell tv9 sports. ... thank you, john. scott westerberg continues our coverage with class 1a highlights from lisbon. --the lions were the heavy favorites at a majority of f e weights but at 113 it's tipton's ben emrich with a late third period takedown....he --the sts then go on a tear starting at 120....cooper siebrecht picks up the pin early in the second period.... --next up is wally zernich at 126....he ends his match in just 21 seconds to win the sectional title.... --the pins keep coming at 2...lisbon's chase e laughlin improves his record to 40-7 on the season with a first period fall... --at 138, central city's nick vanalst was looking for a major upset as he scores th