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Red Wings & Penguins Meet Again…This Time Penguins Win!

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It’s been another exciting NHL playoff season for me as my two favorite teams advanced and advanced to come together again in the Stanley Cup finals.
For the past two weeks, the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins have battled it out. Tonight it game down to Game 7. Yes, I wanted to see Detroit raise [...]

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New Year’s Hockey Madness

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It was a great New Year’s Day for hockey. The NHL played the second Winter Classic this afternoon from Wrigley Field in Chicago. It was an awesome game with the Detroit Red Wings beating the home team Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 6-4. It was a nail-biter too because Chicago dominated the game [...]

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Stanley Cup 2008: Red Wings Bring It Home

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Fantastic game tonight. Pittsburgh gave Detroit a run for their money, but Detroit brought it home with a 3-2 game. It’s been a thrilling run for the Cup this season. I can’t believe how lucky I was to have my two favorite teams in the finals and for my hometown team to take the cup!
I’m [...]

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Stanley Cup 2008: Soooo close!

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The Stanley Cup was out of its case being polished and then the Pittsburgh Penguins struck back!
Around 5 minutes to go in the third the Detroit Red Wings pulled ahead in game 5. Then with 35 seconds to go, the Penguins got one past goalie Chris Osgood to tie up the game.
Two and a half [...]

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Red Wings: 2 down, 2 to go

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I had no idea the Red Wings/Penguins series would be such a blow out. The Penguins are down by two games, which I did expect because stats show the Red Wings usually win at home. What’s surprsing is that both games were shutouts: 4-0 on Saturday and 3-0 tonight. The series moves to Pittsburgh on Wednesday and Saturday [...]

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Let’s Go Red Wings!

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Success! The Detroit Red Wings won the Western Conference Finals last night by defeating Dallas by a solid score of 4-1. It took six games to do it, and Dallas took the beating in their home arena; but now the Red Wings are off to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since [...]

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Sweep, Sweep, Sweep!?!

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Very exciting! Tonight Detroit can sweep the Western Conference final series against Dallas. They’ve looked fantastic in the first three games and tonight could finish it. Then, tomorrow night, Pittsburgh can sweep against Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference. They Penguins have also looked great… in fact, their defensive game last night was incredible to watch. [...]

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Stanley Cup 2008: Conference Finals

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I haven’t been this excited about conference finals in a few years now. My top two teams have made it through: Pittsburgh in the East and Detroit in the West. Few things hockey could make me happier than to see those two in the finals in a couple of weeks. The hockey action gets started [...]

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Stanley Cup 2008: Round 2 Ready to Go!

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The brackets came out this morning for the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs… this time it’s the conference semifinals. There are some stunning match-ups!

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Stanley Cup 2008: Round 1 Wraps Up

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It’s been a great Stanley Cup Round 1 for the teams I’m into.
After a nail-biting turn in Nashville during games 3 and 4, Detroit game roaring back strong in games 5 (in Detorit) and 6 (in Nashivlle). Yesterday afternoon’s game (at least once I found where it was on the dail since the local NBC [...]

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