Stanley Cup Final

[Keystone]

Heigh ho, here we go again. Pens v. Red Wings.

Game One 8PM for us Easterners.

[O'Zebedee]

Figured it.

Too busy to watch, but Pens in 7.

[Nikolai]

Malkin and Datsyuk are two of the best players in all of hockey, right after Ovechkin.

Red Wings in 6

[Thorvald Eriksson]

The Red Wings will sweep em! :bbbat: When it's 3-0 Red Wings the Penguins will still not increase their penalties and they won't have one fight.

[Warka]

Calling it a tad early but that's 2 down. :)

[Keystone]

Guddammit. Even Wings who don't score in the regular season do now, and Osgood is sterling as usual.

[James DeGrizz]

How bout the Pens? Series now at 2-2.

[Trojan]

Amazing, just amazing, good year to be a Pittsburgh sports fan!

[Bulan]

I wouldn't normally root for a Pittsburgh team, being from Cleveland and all (big rivalry), but it's funny to see Detroit lose, so I can't help it this time.

Go Penguins!

[Hakluyt]

Go Team Canada! 16 Canadian players on the Pens (8 Americans) vs. 9 on the Wings (6 Americans).

[Thorvald Eriksson]

I wouldn't normally root for a Pittsburgh team, being from Cleveland and all (big rivalry), but it's funny to see Detroit lose, so I can't help it this time.

Go Penguins!

I thought kikes like you always root for the team in red?

http://www.academic.marist.edu/nork/army.gif

:jew: :yadayada:

[Trojan]

Game seven ... going to be a good game!

[James DeGrizz]

Awesome. I'll be in PGH for the final game, very excited.

[Keystone]

Hockey doesn't get any better than this. What a Final!

[O'Zebedee]

Figured it.

Too busy to watch, but Pens in 7.

Ahem.

(Though I gotta admit that the Wings have had me second guessing that off-the-cuff prediction)

[Thorvald Eriksson]

I can't root for this crypto-Jew.

Side Note: As I was thinking about this reference I found this.:rofl:

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0804/nhl.players.resembling.entertainers/images/sidney-crosby-andy-samberg.jpg

He doesn't look like he should be on the ice; he looks like he should be running the media and telling the liberal kiddies what to consume.

[Keystone]

Late 2nd period---Pens 2 Wings 0. Max Talbot with both goals. Crosby taken out against the boards by Johan Franzen.

[Trojan]

michael michael motorcycle

What a game!!

[Warka]

Hell of a game. Gotta hand it to Pittsburgh, they played a smart game. Congrats, fellas.

[Keystone]

Hell of a game. Gotta hand it to Pittsburgh, they played a smart game. Congrats, fellas.
Thanks Prac. Fuckin excellent series. Hockey is a superior game.

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Are the Detroit fans booing Gary Bettman, the fact that the Penguins won or a combination of the two?

[Trojan]

Pittsburgh, the city of champions once again!

What a playoff series - wow!!

Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, bring me the brandy

[Keystone]

Pittsburgh, the city of champions once again!

What a playoff series - wow!!

Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, bring me the brandy
---the incomparable Mike Lange!
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

[Thorvald Eriksson]

The Red Wings will sweep em! :bbbat: When it's 3-0 Red Wings the Penguins will still not increase their penalties and they won't have one fight.

Hmph..as Jay Leno once said, "The apples beat the crackers, who cares?":rofl:

[Hakluyt]

Goold old Canadian hockey triumphs over sport globalism once again. Congratulations Pittsburgh.

[Boleslaw]

Burn in Hell Keystone!

[Keystone]

Burn in Hell Keystone!
http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20090612brk_pd_penguins_i_500.jpg

You are a silly twat, Coleslaw. Remember to confess you wished me into hell.

[O'Zebedee]

The problem with giving Hamilton an NHL team:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/ozebedee/hamilton.jpg

[Keystone]

375,000,000 people show up in dahntahn Pittsburgh to cheer the Stanley Cup Champs

http://community.post-gazette.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/500x400/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.14.73.43/as_5F00_loc_5F00_parade2.jpg

Evgeni Malkin shows traces of giantism. His mum's there too.

http://community.post-gazette.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/500x400/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.14.75.30/20090616MH_5F00_paradeshot3.jpg


Max Talbot

http://community.post-gazette.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/500x400/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.14.75.23/20090616RR_5F00_paradeshot.jpg

Yinzers

http://community.post-gazette.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/500x400/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.14.75.25/20090616RR_5F00_paradeshot3.jpg

More Yinzers

http://community.post-gazette.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/500x400/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.14.74.36/Rombach_5F00_local_5F00_fan_5F00_1.1.jpg

[O'Zebedee]

I'm glad that Pittsburgh won, but I wouldn't have been angry if Detroit had - both great hockey towns, both long on hockey tradition.

[Keystone]

I'm glad that Pittsburgh won, but I wouldn't have been angry if Detroit had - both great hockey towns, both long on hockey tradition.
Thanks O'Zeb. The demographic for the Pens here is young and younger and that bodes well for the erganization. Still room for us oldsters who remember the first expansion and Jean Pronovost and Andy Bathgate.

Just great trading Cups with the Wings. Outstanding hockey on both sides.

[Hakluyt]

I'm glad that Pittsburgh won, but I wouldn't have been angry if Detroit had - both great hockey towns, both long on hockey tradition.
Detroit doesn't preserve much of that. Illitch's Red Wings operate on an import-based model sharply contrasted with Pittsburgh's Canadian/North American farm model. 15 European players on Detroit vs. 5 on Pittsburgh. No coincidence Pittsburgh is the favourite among Canadians, despite being the less traditional team.

[Keystone]

Detroit doesn't preserve much of that. Illitch's Red Wings operate on an import-based model sharply contrasted with Pittsburgh's Canadian/North American farm model. 15 European players on Detroit vs. 5 on Pittsburgh. No coincidence Pittsburgh is the favourite among Canadians, despite being the less traditional team.
We just like great hockey down here. Doesn't matter where it comes from.

[Trojan]

We just like great hockey down here. Doesn't matter where it comes from.

Amen - and we love a parade as well :)

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