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Pens Blast Philly 6-0, Advance to Cup Finals

Posted May 18, 08 9:55 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Ryan Malone, the one Penguins player with firsthand memories of the team's two previous Stanley Cup appearances, scored twice and set up a third goal as Pittsburgh routed rival Philadelphia 6-0 Sunday to win the Eastern Conference championship and a trip to the NHL finals. Pittsburgh will play the winner of the Detroit-Dallas series for the Stanley Cup.

Marian Hossa had a goal and three assists and Sidney Crosby, the 20-year-old captain of a team that was the Eastern Conference's worst only two seasons ago, added two assists. Jordan Staal, only 19, scored his third goal in two games and fourth of the series. The Penguins are returning to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1992.

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Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby, left, poses with the Prince of Wales Trophy and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daily after the Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-0 to clinch the NHL Eastern...   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Martin Biron (43) congratulates Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, right, whose team beat the Flyers 6-0 to in Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference hockey finals...   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby, left, and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, celebrate the Penguins' 6-0 win against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Sunday, May 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia Flyers forwards R.J. Umberger (20) and Sami Kapanen (24), of Finland, stand on the ice as the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrate their 6-0 win in Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference hockey finals...   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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