Every kid growing up with a hockey stick and a notion of being an NHL player wants to be in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Sidney Crosby(notes) always did. Tyler Kennedy(notes) estimates he played a thousand Game 7s in his driveway.
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Penguins push Stanley Cup Finals to Game 7 with 2-1 win
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi joked that, "I'm more of a stand-up goalie, not a butterfly guy" when making saves in the goal crease.
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Family 'bigger than game,' Sutter resigns as Devils coach
After six weeks of mulling, Brent Sutter chose family and business at home in western Canada over coaching the Devils in New Jersey.
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Fleury outdoes Osgood as Pens survive furious finish to push Cup finals to 7
The Penguins wouldn't let the Red Wings celebrate with the Stanley Cup, not again. Not in this Game 6 in their arena. Not without going the distance in a finals where home ice means everything and momentum means nothing.
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Talent runs deep among defensemen in 2009 NHL Draft
Red Line Report chief scout Kyle Woodlief will be providing position-by-position analysis of the top prospects leading up to the NHL Entry Draft in Montreal on June 26-27.
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Penguins can learn a lot from Ducks
The last coach to win a playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings takes pride in that distinction, and he should. With Detroit poised to win its second straight Stanley Cup championship tonight with a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena, Randy Carlyle might hold on to that honor for a while.
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Ducks sign Brown to extension
Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - The Anaheim Ducks signed forward Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension on Monday.
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Hershey Stands One Win from Calder Cup Championship
After approximately nine months of grueling hockey from preseason to postseason, two teams are now within reach of taking home the grand prizes from their respective leagues. In the NHL,
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Hossa's plan nearing fruition with Wings
If the Red Wings win Tuesday night in Pittsburgh, Marian Hossa might have to use the Stanley Cup as a shield.Hossa has been public enemy No. 1 around Mellon Arena since spurning a long-term offer last summer to stay with the Penguins before signing a one-year deal with the Wings for basically one purpose -- to join the team he thought gave him the best chance to win the Cup.
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Pink-slipped Pens on verge of proving Hossa right
Right about now, what must bother the Pittsburgh Penguins more than their inability to switch off the power of Pavel or the disappearance of their stars during a meltdown in Motown is that Marian Hossa(notes) could be right.
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What is it about College Baseball?
Crisp, flat bills. High, striped socks. A springtime spectrum of colorful bats, and youthful public address announcers. That's what I think about when college baseball comes to mind.
Read more »Red Wings' depth the driving force behind run for second straight Cup
With one more victory, the bruised and battered Detroit Red Wings will be Stanley Cup champions for a second year in a row.
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NHL - Malkin puts 2008 ghosts to bed
Malkin was the 'invisible man' of last season's showdown but this year the Penguins sniper is the main reason the best-of-seven finals is tied at 2-2 going into Saturday's Game Five in Detroit.
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Penguins' stars roll into Game 5
As Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin burst into their zone on a 2-on-1 rush that resulted in a Crosby goal, the Detroit Red Wings must have been thinking, "What did we get ourselves into?"
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