Penguins in 7
FYI -- this is the first Stanley Cup Finals rematch since 1984:
1982-83 Islanders over Oilers, 4-0
1983-84 Oilers over Islanders, 4-1
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Detroit in 6........
Wings in 5. Hossa with the Cup winning goal.
Wings in 6
Pens in 4 + 2 overtimes. 
I’m almost over my raging case of post crappy Dallas Stars season syndrome. If the Pens can pull this off and keep the evil empire away from the cup, I’ll be happy (ier).
I’m almost over my raging case of post crappy Dallas Stars season syndrome. If the Pens can pull this off and keep the evil empire away from the cup, I’ll be happy (ier).
QUOTE (Boss302 @ May 28 2009, 09:52 PM) 
I’m almost over my raging case of post crappy Dallas Stars season syndrome.
What season. I don't know what you're talking about.
The last game we played was a game 6 loss to Detroit.
Detroit wins game 1, 3-1.
I'm so completely shocked.
I'm so completely shocked.
Have ever told you guys how much I despise the Red Wings ??? 
(can't remember if I have, or not)
(can't remember if I have, or not)
Wings seems to be good and lucky...lot of fortunate bounces for them in game one!
Blah. I can stand Detroit winning. I don't think I could live with Crosby getting a ring.
The references to the 1980s Oilers for Pittsburgh is beginning to become extremely annoying, especially when they were absolute #### in the regular season and absolutely nothing like the Oilers of the 80s.
The references to the 1980s Oilers for Pittsburgh is beginning to become extremely annoying, especially when they were absolute #### in the regular season and absolutely nothing like the Oilers of the 80s.
Please let it be over in 4.
Wings in 5 looking likely.
3-1 win for Detroit in game 2.
Wings in 5 looking likely.
3-1 win for Detroit in game 2.
Justin Abdelkader is living the dream right now. Go Red Wings. I wish Datsyuk was healthy.
I can't stand to watch the Chicken Wings any more. Pens look like the Mudbugs do it the playoffs... that deer in the headlights look ----> 
It's gonna be a short series.....too bad.
The Pens have life.
Game 4...Pens up 4-2 in the 2nd period with a chance to tie the series at 2 games apiece.
Game 4...Pens up 4-2 in the 2nd period with a chance to tie the series at 2 games apiece.
Looks like I spoke too soon about a quick series.....
Welcome back to the playoffs Datsyuk.
4-0 Detroit in the 2nd.
4-0 Detroit in the 2nd.
5-0 in Game 5.
3 Powerplay Goals for Detroit (I believe it's 3).
Fleury pulled.
3 Powerplay Goals for Detroit (I believe it's 3).
Fleury pulled.
Ouch...talk about a wake up call.....
Red Wings -- meh 
'can't wait 'till October: a healthy Stars team and postseason Baseball in Arlington!
'can't wait 'till October: a healthy Stars team and postseason Baseball in Arlington!
Thought this was interesting heading into tonight's Game 6 (one which the Wings will win behind Hossa's Cup winning goal in Pittsburgh)
The Red Wings are making it look easy...but I think some people realize just how tough it is to win the Stanley Cup.
917 players out 6,400. That is just insane especially considering that for 60+ years it was only a 6 team league.
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Of the 6,400-some players to have played in the NHL in the league's 90-plus year history, 14 per cent won at least one Stanley Cup championship in their career.
It adds up to 917 players, with Mr. Hossa and a few others potentially joining the club later tonight.
Those are the big picture numbers, and they tell us only a little of the story. Part of the problem is that they include about 200 players who were born before World War I, in an era when close to 40 per cent of the players in the league would, at some point, win a Cup.
What I started with was a look at all NHL players by birth year, along with a figure indicating how many players born in that particular year won a championship at some point in their career. Breaking these birthdates down into five-year segments, beginning with players born between 1900 and 1904, here's a graphical representation of the percentage of players per segment that won a Cup in their career:
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/126147/c...aph1_medium.jpg
It adds up to 917 players, with Mr. Hossa and a few others potentially joining the club later tonight.
Those are the big picture numbers, and they tell us only a little of the story. Part of the problem is that they include about 200 players who were born before World War I, in an era when close to 40 per cent of the players in the league would, at some point, win a Cup.
What I started with was a look at all NHL players by birth year, along with a figure indicating how many players born in that particular year won a championship at some point in their career. Breaking these birthdates down into five-year segments, beginning with players born between 1900 and 1904, here's a graphical representation of the percentage of players per segment that won a Cup in their career:
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/126147/c...aph1_medium.jpg
The Red Wings are making it look easy...but I think some people realize just how tough it is to win the Stanley Cup.
917 players out 6,400. That is just insane especially considering that for 60+ years it was only a 6 team league.
Pens leading the Wings 1-0 in the 2nd of game 6.
Have a feeling this is going into OT for some reason.
Have a feeling this is going into OT for some reason.
Tyler Kennedy scores.
It's 2-0 Pittsburgh in the 3rd.
It's 2-0 Pittsburgh in the 3rd.
Draper says no sir. This ain't over.
It's 2-1 Pittsburgh, midway through the 3rd.
It's 2-1 Pittsburgh, midway through the 3rd.
Penguins win it.
Game 7 is on.
Game 7 is on.
QUOTE (your's truly @ May 28 2009, 04:09 AM)
Penguins in 7
Oh, please, please let me be the greatest Hockey prophet ever!
Last time a road team won a game 7 in the Cup Final.....the 1971 Montreal Canadiens.
O and a little more positive news for the NHL...
O and a little more positive news for the NHL...
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While a 15th-place finish might not seem like a big deal to many people, it may likely have been the highest weekly finish in VERSUS history as far as primetime viewers go. Propped up by two Stanley Cup Final games as well as Faber/Brown II, VERSUS averaged 1.14 million viewers in primetime for the week of June 1-7. It outdrew networks such as Lifetime, AMC, and oh yeah… a little channel called ESPN (1.076 million).
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VERSUS averaged 1.14 million viewers in primetime for the week of June 1-7. It outdrew ... ESPN (1.076 million)
This fact has made my day ... possibly my week ! 
Game 7's ratings should be incredible Friday night ...
Dear Pittsburgh Penguins --
I am not a fan of your franchise, but the sight of a visiting team skating the Cup around the ice at Joe Louis Arena – across that God-awful “Hockeytown” logo
would be the next-best thing to my beloved Stars skating the Cup on any ice.
Skate hard tonight & please bludgeon the holier-than-thou Red Wings with extreme prejudice.
Your friend in Hockey,
Cheapy
I am not a fan of your franchise, but the sight of a visiting team skating the Cup around the ice at Joe Louis Arena – across that God-awful “Hockeytown” logo
would be the next-best thing to my beloved Stars skating the Cup on any ice.Skate hard tonight & please bludgeon the holier-than-thou Red Wings with extreme prejudice.
Your friend in Hockey,
Cheapy
Marc-Andre Fleury better be standing on his head tonight!
Go Pens!
Go to %@$$ Chicken Wings! Man I hope Ozzy chokes!!!!!!
Go Pens!
Go to %@$$ Chicken Wings! Man I hope Ozzy chokes!!!!!!
Screw Pittsburgh and Crosby..................and their freakin 1991 Stanley Cup Championship banner.
Go Wings.
Go Wings.
i will take a game 7 stanley cup over a superbowl, nba finals or golf anyday of the week. it is the greatest championship game ever. was a super mario fan when i was little ( loved the black and yellow with the penguin) but grew to like the redwings and stevie y, federov and scotty bowman. would like a ot game 7 but will take a 5-0 red wings win.
QUOTE (LoboFan07 @ Jun 12 2009, 01:40 PM)
Go Wings
AFTER ONE PERIOD OF PLAY:
0
0
0 0
(Max Talbot & Javier Bardem: separated at birth?)
Two second period goals by Max Talbot & the score is
2 05:47 left in the 2nd
AFTER TWO PERIODS OF PLAY:
2
0
2 0
Meh -- Jonathan Ericsson scored @ 13:53 of the 3rd:
2
1
3:30 left in 3rd
2 13:30 left in 3rd
2 1FINAL
'not this year, Red Wings !!!!
QUOTE (Boss302 @ Jun 12 2009, 09:37 AM)
Marc-Andre Fleury better be standing on his head tonight!
He was damn near break-dancing tonight!
Conn Smythe: Evgeni Malkin
WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!
"Youngest captain to ever hoist the Stanley Cup"!!!!!!!
Last save of the game was the best save of the game!
I would like to wish all the squid chunkers of the world a very merry and short off-season!
I would like to wish all the squid chunkers of the world a very merry and short off-season!
Now maybe the Stars can get their act together and be involved in the playoffs next season......
Wow. What a series...what a game...what a freakin save to end it.
Is it October yet?
Is it October yet?
The ratings were superb from what I hear. Something like 9 million were watching and it was the highest rated NHL broadcast since 1994......
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NBC’s Game 7 Red Wings-Penguins broadcast easily topped the U.S. overnight figures for Friday night, averaging an estimated 7.51 million viewers nationwide. The biggest audience, an estimated 9.07 million, tuned in to watch the end of the game and the victorious Penguins lift the Stanley Cup.
http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/...-tv-viewership/
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