The Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup (NHL Playoffs 2008)

karat · Post by **karat** » June 2, 2008 9:15 pm

Go PENS!!!!

bubba phan · Post by **bubba phan** » June 2, 2008 9:17 pm

.....and the Red Wings draw blood.........

APLATillman · Post by **APLATillman** » June 2, 2008 10:45 pm

WOW...what a finish to the third period!!

MileHighPirate · Post by **MileHighPirate** » June 3, 2008 12:52 am

Good Job Pittsburgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPSET DETROIT!

Take DETROIT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tie it up and win again Pittsburgh!

beachbum13 · Post by **beachbum13** » June 3, 2008 12:57 am

It's pretty funny. I have not really watched much of the finals. I watched first period tonight and then turned on in third OT. I have been very critical of the officiating and I turn the game on just in time to see the Pens get away with a blatant trip in the offensive zone. One that I'm sure would have been a penalty in first three periods. So of course there's a obvious RW high stick (with blood) within a minute that results in the game winning PP.

So perhaps by trying not to decide the game the refs decide the game???? Did not see the whole game maybe Wings got away with a whole bunch before I tuned in. Just bring the point that a penalty is a penalty. You don't want to call something cheesy but not making a call you might be deciding the game as well. This is not so much a comment on tonights game as much as a fault in the NHL.

Maybe I'll watch tomorrow.....

PS anybody else thing it's retarded the way they schedule the playtoff games???

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » June 3, 2008 1:28 am

I'm an Altered Boy · Post by **I'm an Altered Boy** » June 3, 2008 6:11 am

yeah Pens!!!!

phew, I'm tired

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » June 3, 2008 6:24 am

have to give the Pens props...they weathered a strong attack and Red Wings team that controlled play for most of the third, only to tie it up with less than a minute to go. Great flow to the game, wish I could have stayed awake for the whole OT but fell asleep late in the first OT. Still see the Wings taking the Cup, but Pens have saved face after being shut out the first 2 games.

karat · Post by **karat** » June 3, 2008 8:58 am

We all bitchandmoan when our team is not doing well and it is always the officials....

All I have to say - this Stanley Cup Finals has been a helluva a series! Officials or not. The Wings have the maturity and the Pens have the youth (and did I hear correctly, have more cup rings on the team?)

They all have played very well....Like any of us could last that long on the ice!

Very VERY proud of the Pens and impressed with the Wings...

Still pushing and hoping the Pens win it! The city needs another winning team.

One day, just one day we will have a baseball team again that does well!

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » June 3, 2008 9:51 am

karat wrote:We all bitchandmoan when our team is not doing well and it is always the officials....

All I have to say - this Stanley Cup Finals has been a helluva a series! Officials or not. The Wings have the maturity and the Pens have the youth (and did I hear correctly, have more cup rings on the team?)

They all have played very well....Like any of us could last that long on the ice!

Very VERY proud of the Pens and impressed with the Wings...

Still pushing and hoping the Pens win it! The city needs another winning team.

One day, just one day we will have a baseball team again that does well!

Wings players have more rings. Our players have a combined 4 rings. (Roberts, Sykora and ???Sydor??).

karat · Post by **karat** » June 3, 2008 9:52 am

blackjack wrote: Wings players have more rings. Our players have a combined 4 rings. (Roberts, Sykora and ???Sydor??).

thanks for the correction.. it was late as you know...

still pushing for the Pens to win!!!

how many times have the Wing brought the cup home?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 3, 2008 9:59 am

holy crap that was some hockey!!

way to go pens!!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 3, 2008 10:00 am

I'm an Altered Boy wrote:

phew, I'm tired

me too! and it was only about 10:40 my time when the game ended!

silly me, i went to change over the laundry and came back and the game was over.

just my luck to stick it out for 3 periods of OT and miss the winning goal.

alphabits · Post by **alphabits** » June 3, 2008 11:13 am

karat wrote:
blackjack wrote: Wings players have more rings. Our players have a combined 4 rings. (Roberts, Sykora and ???Sydor??).
thanks for the correction.. it was late as you know...

still pushing for the Pens to win!!!

how many times have the Wing brought the cup home?

10 - 1936,1937,1943,1950,1952,1954,1955,1997,1998,2002

As far as the number of rings for players ......
Penguins - 4 total ... Sydor - 2; Roberts & Sykora - 1 each
Red Wings - 23 total ... Lindstrom,Holmstrom,Draper,McCarty,Maltby - 3 each; Osgood,Chelios,Rafalski - 2 each; Hasek,Datsyuk - 1 each

Not that it makes much difference once they drop the puck. I don't think they wear them on the ice (wouldn't the extra weight slow them down?) and even if they did, I don't think the rings have any special powers (maybe they should try "SHA-BOOBIES!?!") Although, apparently they do have some alternate uses. One of my favorite "ring related" stories involving Patrick Roy and Jeremy Roenick:

In the 1996 Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks, Jeremy Roenick was stopped by Roy on a break-away during OT in game 4, while apparently being tackled by an Avalanche player. The referees did not call for a penalty shot on the play and the Avalanche won in triple overtime on Joe Sakic's game winning goal. Earlier in game 3, Roenick scored on an unchallenged breakaway to tie the score at 3 and send the game to overtime; the Blackhawks ended up winning the game.
After game 4, Roenick told the media "there should have been a penalty shot [on the play]. I like Patrick's comment when he said he could have stopped me [on the breakaway]. I'd like to know where Patrick was in Game 3, probably up trying to get his jock out of the rafters." Roy retorted with his now-famous line, "I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 3, 2008 11:23 am

alphabits wrote:
karat wrote:
blackjack wrote: Wings players have more rings. Our players have a combined 4 rings. (Roberts, Sykora and ???Sydor??).
thanks for the correction.. it was late as you know...

still pushing for the Pens to win!!!

how many times have the Wing brought the cup home?
10 - 1936,1937,1943,1950,1952,1954,1955,1997,1998,2002

As far as the number of rings for players ......
Penguins - 4 total ... Sydor - 2; Roberts & Sykora - 1 each
Red Wings - 23 total ... Lindstrom,Holmstrom,Draper,McCarty,Maltby - 3 each; Osgood,Chelios,Rafalski - 2 each; Hasek,Datsyuk - 1 each

Not that it makes much difference once they drop the puck. I don't think they wear them on the ice (wouldn't the extra weight slow them down?) and even if they did, I don't think the rings have any special powers (maybe they should try "SHA-BOOBIES!?!") Although, apparently they do have some alternate uses. One of my favorite "ring related" stories involving Patrick Roy and Jeremy Roenick:

In the 1996 Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks, Jeremy Roenick was stopped by Roy on a break-away during OT in game 4, while apparently being tackled by an Avalanche player. The referees did not call for a penalty shot on the play and the Avalanche won in triple overtime on Joe Sakic's game winning goal. Earlier in game 3, Roenick scored on an unchallenged breakaway to tie the score at 3 and send the game to overtime; the Blackhawks ended up winning the game.
After game 4, Roenick told the media "there should have been a penalty shot [on the play]. I like Patrick's comment when he said he could have stopped me [on the breakaway]. I'd like to know where Patrick was in Game 3, probably up trying to get his jock out of the rafters." Roy retorted with his now-famous line, "I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."

Nothin' like a good Roy ego story.

That's Patrick for ya.

beachbum13 · Post by **beachbum13** » June 3, 2008 12:04 pm

blackjack wrote:
karat wrote:We all bitchandmoan when our team is not doing well and it is always the officials....

All I have to say - this Stanley Cup Finals has been a helluva a series! Officials or not. The Wings have the maturity and the Pens have the youth (and did I hear correctly, have more cup rings on the team?)

They all have played very well....Like any of us could last that long on the ice!

Very VERY proud of the Pens and impressed with the Wings...

Still pushing and hoping the Pens win it! The city needs another winning team.

One day, just one day we will have a baseball team again that does well!
Wings players have more rings. Our players have a combined 4 rings. (Roberts, Sykora and ???Sydor??).

Wings have 15+ rings with 5 players. I count ten Wings in my head that have rings.

karat · Post by **karat** » June 3, 2008 12:53 pm

If the Wings have brought home the cup that many times, what is the reason you really do not hear about them?

Just curious... Other than the tossing of slimey things

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » June 3, 2008 1:11 pm

I'm so proud of the Pens!

Too darn bad I fell asleep early and didn't see this finish.

Bringing it back to Pittsburgh.

Let's Go Pens!!!

blackjacks wife · Post by **blackjacks wife** » June 3, 2008 7:39 pm

There are tickets available for tomorrow nights game on TicketB@stard's ticket exchange if anyone wants them....

GO PENS!!!

I'm an Altered Boy · Post by **I'm an Altered Boy** » June 3, 2008 10:15 pm

go Pens!!!!

I'm hopin' the younger legs will have recovered quicker than the older guy's from last nights marathon... Damn the Wings are a great team!!

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