Johan Franzen has hat trick as Red Wings Avs 8-2, sweep series
DENVER - Johan Franzen keeps pushing aside Gordie Howe's records.In March, his six game-winning goals bested the franchise record of five established by Howe in 1952, and on Thursday night, he scored three goals in the Detroit Red Wings' series-clinching 8-2 rout of the Colorado Avalanche, giving him nine in the four-game sweep.