Congratulations Red Wings
Jun 5, 2008 NHL
Contgratulations to the Detroit Red Wings, your Stanley Cup Champs. Pittsburgh gave up the early lead to Detroit, which seemed like the death of them in this series. Zetterberg is your Conn Smythe winner. It was contested down to the final tenth of a second as a desperate rebound shot fluttered past Osgood (but not into the net). Malkin finally looked decent, but it was too late. Go go Sabres offseason!
Tags: detroit, Hockey, malkin, NHL, osgood, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, stanley cup, zetterberg
Hey Penguins
May 27, 2008 NHL
Loading ...Another game, another SO for Chris Osgood. The Pens went goon-y at the end, Crosby was whining, and the wagons are being circled. I might get to watch the next couple games, I sure hope they at least are competitive.
Tags: crosby, detroit, Hockey, NHL, osgood, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, sidney crosby
SCF: It Started So Well…
May 25, 2008 NHL
…then the Red Wings woke up and totally outclassed the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning 4-0 in game one of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pens carried the play in the first period, with the help of a Detroit goal getting called back by yet another Goaltender Interference penalty on Holmstrom (that’s a rule they might just take a look at in the off-season, considering the impact it’s had in these playoffs). It looked like Pittsburgh would be able to stand toe-to-toe with Detroit.
It all came apart in the final 40 minutes, however. No matter what they threw at Osgood, he stopped it. Not that there was much in those final two periods, as the Wings were constantly winning faceoffs, stealing the puck and generally harrassing the Penguins players. Mikael Samuelsson scored two unassisted goals, Dan Cleary netted a shorty and Zetterberg finished things with a power play goal. Game two is Monday in Detroit, and Pittsburgh must regroup and bring some better play back to the Joe.
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SCF: Penguins VS Wings
May 22, 2008 NHL
The 2008 Stanley Cup Finals begin this Saturday, pitting the Original Six Detroit Red Wings against the risen from the ashes Pittsburgh Penguins. The young Penguins, led by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, will look to run roughshod over the older, ‘more experienced’ Wings. Still, you have to respect Zetterberg, Datsyuk and Holmstrom (Zetterberg in particular saved my fantasy team on more than one occasion). In goal, both Chris Osgood and Marc-Andre Fleury have been doing excellent work, Osgood especially as he had to step in after Hasek tried to give their opening round series away.
My excitement for Game 1 (8:00pm start time) has waxed and waned, thanks in no small part to the NHL having the teams sit on their hands for days and days so they can start the series on a weekend. I know they are trying to take care of their core market (namely, the millions of people who watch on HNIC) but it’s really hard to stay interested for that long when the Sabre-guys aren’t involved! I’m picking the Penguins in 6, and I hope America tunes in to watch this clash of two US teams whose cities actually know what hockey is when their teams aren’t in the finals.
Tags: crosby, datsyuk, detroit, fleury, hasek, hnic, Hockey, hockey night in canada, malkin, NHL, osgood, penguins, pittsburgh, red wings, zetterberg
