STANLEY CUP FINALS! - GAME 7 !!!

NHL.COM ^ | June 10, 2009 | vanity

[airborne]

Game 7 of the Final is hockey's ultimate contest

For a hockey fan, Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final is like waiting for Christmas: It seems like the big day takes forever to get there, but when it does, it's well worth the wait.

Of course, Christmas comes just once a year. A Final series that goes the maximum seven games comes along infrequently. Since the NHL expanded from the Original Six teams in 1967, the championship round has gone the distance just eight times, including this year's Final between Detroit and Pittsburgh. If the Stanley Cup Final is really the NHL's two best teams facing off for the championship, it seems logical that there would be more than eight seven-gamers in a span of 42 years — after all, baseball's World Series has gone the distance 14 times in the same span (though not since 2002).

But baseball has just eight teams in the postseason and only two rounds of playoffs before the World Series, so there's a much smaller likelihood of upsets in the early going. In contrast, with three rounds and potentially 21 games to play just to get to the Final, at least one of the teams is often worn out from the journey.

[Radl]

I thought this was the most recognizable trophy.

http://www.wldcup.com/pictures/wld2006/0606/pic90.jpg

[June K.]

Yep! Looks happy - if somewhat battered!

Junie K.

[airborne]

You’d be wrong.

The Stanley Cup is recognized worldwide. I’ve never seen the trophy you posted.

[airborne]

8 PM eastern time on NBC.
Everything is eastern, unless stated otherwise.

[June K.]

MM

“Fort NeverLose” .... hehehehee :)

~~~

:) I like that name!

[Mr_Moonlight]

“Fort NeverLose”

Well .. could have been worse ... could have occurred during the Internet age where the term would be misspeeled and misgrammararcated as "Fort NeverLoose". ... And then all heck would break loose ...... :)

[mkmensinger]

you don’t know the wings very well, do you?”

N, I don’t. We don’t get to see them much here in the East. They are clearly the gold standard for hockey organizations. But the ‘Hockeytown” thing is still arrogant.

[June K.]

:)

That’s true...
well- but to be “NeverLoose” might be good too! Wouldn’t that imply that you had a ‘Tight’ team? ;)

Junie

[Radl]

715 million people watched the 2006 final event and might be able to tell you what it stands for.

[period end of story]

So far there have been NO OT games in this series.

Here’s hoping for quintuple OT, and may the best team...er...Pitt.... win.

[JohnG45]

Potvin sucks ... Potvin sucks ... Potvin sucks ...

[airborne]

It's A Great Day for Hockey - June 11 Sam Kasan Jun 11, 2009, 7:31 AM EDT It's a Great Day for Playoff Hockey will be tracking the Penguins' Stanley Cup quest with constant updates throughout the postseason. 10:28 AM: Here is a photo of die hard Penguins fans who are currently serving in Logar, Afghanistan. The crew wakes up each morning at 4 a.m. just to watch the Penguins in action, and they were kind enough to send us their pics. "We just wanted to wish the Pens good luck from Afghanistan for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. GO PENS!" wrote CPT Jordan Settle of Pennsylvania. From left to right: CW2 John Fleshman from North Carolina, CPT Settle and CPT Justin Oshana of Pennsylvania. The men are members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division halfway through their one-year deployment. The Penguins organization is honored to have their support and wish these brave soldiers the best as they serve and defend our country.

[jp3]

IMO, hockeytown can be used by any original 6 team...the Wings will gladly share it. “Arrogance,” not sure I would use that word to describe a team that has worked/played hard and endured their share of losses as well as earned their wins.

According to Wiki:

Hockeytown is a nickname for the city of Detroit, Michigan, which arose in 1996 thanks to a marketing campaign by the city’s NHL franchise, the Detroit Red Wings. The nickname, over time, has gained national and international recognition. The “Hockeytown Cafe” in Detroit commemorates the nickname.

According to Sports Illustrated, Saint Paul, Minnesota can also be called Hockeytown, due not only to the NHL team (Minnesota Wild) but also its college, high school and youth programs.[1] Warroad, Minnesota has also been called Hockeytown, USA over four decades prior to the Red Wings’ use of the name.[2]

As of the 2006–2007 season, there has been a grassroots movement in Buffalo, NY (home to the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres) to label Buffalo as “The New Hockeytown” due to the overwhelming fan presence outside HSBC Arena during games, as well as throughout the community.[3][4]

Mayor of Pittsburgh Luke Ravenstahl wanted usage of the “Hockeytown” moniker included in a bet over the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals with Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick refused. His staff stated that “We can’t do the Hockeytown bet... that is a trademark and a brand” and that the name is a trademark of the Red Wings.[5]

“Hockeytown, USA” is still a registered trademark of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., the parent company of the Red Wings, and the Red Wings will continue to use the name for the foreseeable future.[6][not in citation given]

[Mr_Moonlight]

Potvin sucks ... Potvin sucks ... Potvin sucks ...

Hahahahaaa .. OK, but you left off the musical intro leading up to that chant:

"dut-dut-dut-daaa-daaa --- dut-dut-dut-daaa-daaa -- dut-dut-dut ... " (cue: JohnG45)

[Mr_Moonlight]

Maybe not in "HockeyTown", but sorta next door where Wings-Hawks would regularly lock horns in a "Battle of the Midwest"

[AGreatPer]

If the Penguins win just call Pittsburgh The Champions Town.
I'm sure the Steelers are willing to share.

[Hat-Trick]

Major showage of sack by the Pens coming back after game 5 when they completely lost all composure. Especially ballsy game 6 performance by Flower.

Wings are tough at home, but this is what every pro hockey player has dreamed about since pee-wee's - 1 game for the cup. Anything can happen.

[JohnG45]

To a Ranger fan like myself, that picture of Potvin raising the Cup is worse than the Helen Thomas pictures that I see appearing in so many threads around here.

It is a shame to see what has happened since to that once great franchise, the NY Islanders. Now that it is in the distant past, one can better appreciate how great those Islanders teams were.

[airborne]

Anything can happen in Game 7! But whatever does happen, I'm proud of my Penguins for coming from 10th place in February (out of the playoffs at the time) to here - fighting Detroit for the Stanley Cup!

They have a fantastic nucleus of superstar players who are all young. We can expect the Penguins to be great for years to come!

And winning the Cup tonight would be sweet!

[airborne]

GAME 7 HOCKEY PING!!!

GO PENS GO!!!!! GO BEARS GO!!!!!

I'm off to Hershey for the tailgate party prior to the game 6 Calder Cup finals contest between my Hershey Bears and Manitoba Moose. I get to see my two favorite hockey teams play (and hopefully win)their championship games! Enjoy the game everyone! And be nice to one another!!

'Badger' Bob Johnson said it best ! "IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR HOCKEY!!"