With one last glorious save, Marc-Andre Fleury secured a Game 7 victory in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nicklas Lidstrom had the puck on his stick in tight with a chance to tie the game, 2-2, but Fleury pushed across his crease and denied him. Max Talbot scored two goals in the second period that ultimately made the difference, and Fleury saved 23 of 24 shots. Sidney Crosby became the youngest captain in NHL history to lift the Stanley Cup.
Crosby was injured on an awkard collision with Johan Franzen in that middle frame and only took one shift after that. The Pens', with their captain out of play, came together and played the road game of their lives. Jordan Staal and Brooks Orpik led a furious brigade of shot blocking that helped hold off a strenous surge by the Wings.
Jonathan Ericsson scored for the Wings late in the third period, setting up the longest six minutes and seven seconds of our lives.
A point shot deflected off Staal and hit the crossbar, preserving the Pens' lead before Fleury's heroics in the closing seconds.
THE PENS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!
Evgeni Malkin has the Conn Smythe.
Of course, there will be more to come, but we'll just celebrate right now.
Have a nice summer, Hoss.
4 comments:
WE DID IT!!!!!!! SMART MOVE BENEDICT HOSSA!!!!
O ya and a lot of thanks to Big K for writing this awesome blog. It's been fun talking Pens hockey with you guys. Lets do it again next year.
Thanks John.
It's nice to know that people appreciate the blog. The only reason I do it is for the fans.
What else can I possibly say in a post to properly demonstrate what our Penguins have accomplished. The odds were against us. The history was against us. The commentators were against us. In other words, outside of Pittsburgh, there were very few who thought this game seven would even occur aside from us winning it. The fact is that we did and we won.
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