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Hero’s Abundant for Pittsburgh
Both benches of beard-bearing brutes played nearly six periods of bombastic hockey on Monday night. It looked like the Red Wings would clinch the league championship with mere minutes remaining on the clock and a one goal lead. Yet, In a crazy turn of events, the Pittsburgh Penguins were able to hold on to their Stanley Cup hopes for one more game thanks to the help of three hero’s:
Hero 1: Maxim Talbot pounded the puck past Chris Osgood with 34.4 seconds left in the game. Talbots’ goal eventually forced the game into triple over time because both teams went scoreless in the first two OT periods.
Hero 2: Marc-Andre Fleury faced 58 shots from the potent Red Wing’s offense and stopped 55 of those shots. The Penguins surely wouldn’t still be in this if not for the outstanding, brilliant efforts of their young goalie.
Of Fleury, Penguins forward Sidney Crosby said in the New York Times that: “…he was the difference. He held us in there, allowed us to keep battling and holding on. So a big part of that win goes to him.”
Hero 3: Petr Sykora scored his first goal of the series at a pivotal time after predicting he would score.
“It was just between the periods, something stupid I said,” Sykora said in the New York Times. “I said, Guys, I’m just going to get one. So don’t worry about the game. I’m going to get a goal.’”
DETROIT – JUNE 02: Adam Hall #28 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and teammates celebrate after Petr Sykora scored the game winning goal against the Detroit Red Wings during game five of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on June 2, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The Penguins defeated the Red Wings 4-3 in triple overtime to set the series at 3-2 Red Wings. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) Found on Yahoo Sports
Add comment June 4, 2008
Hossa Earns His Keep
Game Five: The First Period
With the end in sight for the trailing Penguins Marian Hossa scored a vital goal in the Series, assisted by Crosby and Dupuis. His paramount point gave the Pens an early 1-0 lead in the first period.
In an attempt to clear the puck out of the crease Detroit’s Kronwall banked the puck off the skate of Pittsburgh’s Hall which slipped past the unsuspecting Osgood, giving the Pens an unprecedented lead in the first period of this game.
Yahoo has shots at seven for Detroit and seven for Pittsburgh, but the play on the ice suggests the Penguins are dominating this match.
In the final minutes of the first, Darren Helm had a promising breakaway, giving the Red-clad crowd a breath of hope, but it was shot wide.
Crosby responded by stealing the puck down low in the slot flipping a backhand shot into the glove of Chris Osgood.
At the end of the period the Penguins head to the locker room with every ounce of the games momentum. It looks like they are holding on to their hopes of hoisting Lord Stanley’s coveted cup. The Red Wings, on the other hand, need to find something to put this game back in their gloves. The winged-wheels enter the second period with a two goal deficit. In the Stanly Cup down by two looks like the Grand Canyon. Yet, there is still 40 minuted of hockey left in Mo-Town tonight.
Add comment June 3, 2008
The Cup Changes Everything — The Final Round
Is anyone really surprised to see the Wings and the Penguins in the finals?
The Story in Pittsburgh: With the help of Marc-Andre Fleury the young Penguins were able to overcome the Flyers for the first time in the teams’ past four post-season meetings. Center Max Talbot said to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “I think it’s about time the Penguins won a series against the Flyers. It’s been a long time.”
The Story in Detroit: Dallas proved to be a pesky foe in the last games of the Western Conference final coming back to win two games, but Detroit was finally able to put them away 4-1 in game six. According to Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Osgood were key in the victory as were the the third-line and fourth-line guys. So, an overall team effort from the Wings.
It looks like the teams are evenly matched and both are hungry for the cup, so it should be a great competition! Game one starts on Saturday at 8:00 in Detroit.
1 comment May 21, 2008
