Playoffs

By David • June 2nd, 2009

So here we are, in the early morning when most are sleeping and hopefully having good dreams, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been tossing and turning.  Pens superstar forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin probably have not even slept, they’re too busy figuring out a way to put the puck in the net more than just [...]

Playing in their second straight game in as many days, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final.  For the second straight year, the young Pittsburgh Penguins  descended on  Joe Louis Arena to kick off the Stanley Cup finals and [...]

The Stanley Cup opened with a thud last night for the Pittsburgh Penguins.  The thud they heard was the sound of themselves falling on their collective asses.  Detroit came out using their depth and experience to control the Penguins from start to finish.  When the clock hit 0:00 the final score was 3-1 in favor [...]

So here we are again a year later and the same teams have found their way back to the Stanley Cup Finals.  The Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings once again to see who deserves the honor of hoisting the Stanley Cup above their heads and [...]

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in dramatic fashion needing overtime to do it.  This was the third overtime game of the series.  Chicago did all it could and threw everything they had at the Wings, even an outstanding performance by backup goalie Cristobal Huet but in the end it just wasn’t [...]

Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 Tuesday night at the RBC Center in Raleigh-Durham.  With the win the Penguins complete a sweep of the Canes and now move on to the Stanley Cup Final where they await there opponent, either Detroit or Chicago.  At first it looked like Carolina was [...]

After a night off, play resumes in Carolina tonight where the Hurricanes have their backs up against the wall.  They trail the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the best of seven Eastern Conference Final.  Carolina has got to figure a way to slow down the Penguins juggernaut offense.  Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin have been on [...]

Yesterday the Detroit Red Wings basically bent over the Chicago Blackhawks and spanked them on the behind. They scored six times to beat the Hawks 6-1 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best of seven series.  The Hawks are at a loss, Detroit is just a stronger, deeper, more experienced and more talented [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins are showing everyone why they deserve to be the Eastern Conferences representitive in the Stanley Cup finals.  Last night on the Hurricanes’ home ice the Penguins crushed the Hurricanes 6-2 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best of seven series.  They are one game away from becoming the first team [...]

The series shifted to the windy city for game 3 and boy did the series seem to shift.  After getting dominated in Motown for games 1 & 2 the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in an overtime thriller at the United Center.   From the drop of the puck the Blackhawks attacked [...]