How about Them Penquins.
The youngest Captain in NHL history at 21 to ever hoist hockey's holy grail, Lord Stanley's Cup Sidney Crosby takes first skate around a stunned Joe Louis arena rink in Detroit.
Despite Pittsburgh's chances taking a critical setback when Red Wing Johan Franzen lined up Crosby along the boards and banged him good with a check that caused both players to rap left legs against each other.
Crosby bent half over and wincing in pain, made his way to the Pens bench and went directly to the dressing room. He returned for one shift in the third period but otherwise had to sit through the rest of the game watching his valient teamates hold off a furious 3rd period Red Wing onslaught..
The unlikely hero was Pens forward forward and energizer bunnie type player Maxime Talbot who scored both Pittsburg goals greatly aided of course by now proven world class goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury who stopped 23 of 24 shots, including a last one at his goaline by always gutsy Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom with two seconds remaining.
The league's newest and perhaps brighest young star Evgeni Malkin, this year's leading scorer and Art Ross Trophy winner during the regular season, was fittingly voted the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the postseason's MVP for his superb two way play, Malkin especially excelled in the clutch during crucial game six..
Hail to The Penquins surprise 2009 Stanley Cup Champs...
wil...:toast:
The youngest Captain in NHL history at 21 to ever hoist hockey's holy grail, Lord Stanley's Cup Sidney Crosby takes first skate around a stunned Joe Louis arena rink in Detroit.
Despite Pittsburgh's chances taking a critical setback when Red Wing Johan Franzen lined up Crosby along the boards and banged him good with a check that caused both players to rap left legs against each other.
Crosby bent half over and wincing in pain, made his way to the Pens bench and went directly to the dressing room. He returned for one shift in the third period but otherwise had to sit through the rest of the game watching his valient teamates hold off a furious 3rd period Red Wing onslaught..
The unlikely hero was Pens forward forward and energizer bunnie type player Maxime Talbot who scored both Pittsburg goals greatly aided of course by now proven world class goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury who stopped 23 of 24 shots, including a last one at his goaline by always gutsy Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom with two seconds remaining.
The league's newest and perhaps brighest young star Evgeni Malkin, this year's leading scorer and Art Ross Trophy winner during the regular season, was fittingly voted the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the postseason's MVP for his superb two way play, Malkin especially excelled in the clutch during crucial game six..
Hail to The Penquins surprise 2009 Stanley Cup Champs...
wil...:toast:
Nice ratings for Game 7 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/1...-cup-finals-game-7-lifts-nbc-to-victory/20586
