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OPINION

 Top US Sports City: Pittsburgh 

Having NFL, NHL champions gives it a leg up on Penn. rival Philadelphia

Oct 7, 09 11:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - With championship NFL and NHL teams and solid college squads, Pittsburgh is America’s top sports city, the Sporting News rules. “Sports fans in Western Pennsylvania have had a lot to be proud of these last 12 months. Pittsburgh truly is the City of Champions,” says Mayor Luke... More »

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(Newser) - Pittsburgh celebrated its Stanley Cup-winning Penguins today with a parade that may have drawn upward of 350,000, the Post-Gazette reports. Revelers began arriving at the parade route in center-city at 4:30am, and by 10:15 there were already 185,000 happy fans. At a downtown Starbucks with lines... More »

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(AP) - Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins. Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 tonight... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup

OPINION

 Lord Stanley's Top Game 7s 


Jun 12, 09 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins to decide the Stanley Cup finals tonight, David Schoenfield takes a look at the best Game 7s in NHL championship history for ESPN. Some highlights:
  • 1950: Red Wings 4, Rangers 3 (2 OT). Pete Babando’s goal 8½ minutes into
... More »

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nhl finals

 Hockey Holiness: 
 Penguins Force Game 7 


Jun 9, 09 9:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may not have the audience or star power of the other big-sport championships, but the Red Wings and Penguins are plugging away in a great Stanley Cup finals. Pittsburgh eked out a 2-1 win tonight to tie the series at 3 and set up those two words so beloved... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • Stanley Cup • NHL playoffs

(Newser) - As Detroit reels from the automotive crisis, a much-needed emotional uplift is coming from a dependable source: the Red Wings, currently in the Stanley Cup finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We “are one of the good stories that are coming out of Detroit right now,” a Red Wings... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • recession • Stanley Cup • auto industry

opinion

 NBC Gives NHL Little Love  


May 30, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC is putting the NHL in the penalty box. Unwilling to sacrifice its weeknight programming, particularly Conan’s Tonight Show debut, the network has dictated that games 1 and 2 will be tonight and tomorrow, the first time games have been back-to-back since 1954. Then, it’ll kick games 3... More »

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NBC • Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup • Versus cable

It's Magic vs. Bird—On Ice

Alex Ovechkin faces
Sidney Crosby in
'nail-biting playoff'...
but no one's watching

May 8, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Capitals-Penguins playoff series, with its two budding superstars, is what the beleaguered NHL has been waiting for, writes Reed Albergotti in the Wall Street Journal. In contrast to the disciplined play of Sidney "Wayne Gretzky" Crosby, Russian phenom Alex Ovechkin is both a firebrand and a goofball. But... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • hockey • Washington Capitals • Alex Ovechkin • NHL playoffs

GLOSSIES

 Jagr Happy, Rich in Siberia 

Former NHL star finds 'real freedom' playing (for big money) in outpost of Omsk

Dec 7, 08 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Jaromir Jagr is far from New York, playing hockey in Siberia, yet he tells the Atlantic he’s happy in the outpost of Omsk. Indeed, his $11 million salary helps cushion the blow of not being re-signed by the Rangers. And "in Russia, you have the real freedom, which... More »

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Russia • NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Siberia • New York Rangers • hockey • Washington Capitals • Jaromir Jagr

Stanley Cup

 Loyalty Is the
 Wind Beneath
 These Wings 

Detroit's Stanley Cup didn't simply come from mining European talent

Jun 5, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom and Finals MVP Henrik Zetterberg both learned their hockey skills in Sweden, but it's not Detroit's strategy of drawing European talent that secured them this year's Stanley Cup. The team's success, writes Scot Burnside for ESPN, is due to management's willingness to gamble on older... More »

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 Red Wings Raise Another Cup 

Detroit beats young Penguins in Game 6

Jun 4, 08 9:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Detroit Red Wings held off the resilient Pittsburgh Penguins tonight to win their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years, the Detroit News reports. Detroit won Game 6 by a score of 3-2 after surviving a near repeat of their late collapse in the previous game. The Penguins scored with... More »

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Stanley Cup Finals

 Pens Stay Alive in Triple OT Win 

Detroit misses chance to win Stanley Cup at home

Jun 3, 08 12:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Detroit Red Wings' road to the Stanley Cup has another stop to make. Against all odds, the Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 victory in Game 5 that ended on Petr Sykora's goal 9:57 into the third overtime last night. More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup • Chris Osgood • Jiri Hudler • Petr Sykora

Wings Bring Familiar Fury to Stanley Cup Ice

Overlooked Detroit stars have eclipsed young Pens all series

Jun 1, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Red Wings are marching inexorably toward possession of another Stanley Cup, it's thanks in large part to their remarkable composure, writes Bob Wojnowski for the Detroit News. Henrik Zetterberg and Co. kept their cool last night despite an early deficit and potential peril of a long 5-on-3, making... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup • Chris Osgood • Henrik Zetterberg • Marc-Andre Fleury • NHL playoffs

stanley cup finals

 Wings 1 Win Away From Cup 

Detroit beats Pittsburgh to take a 3-1 lead in the series

May 31, 08 10:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Detroit is just one game away from yet another meeting with Lord Stanley. The Red Wings beat Pittsburgh 2-1 tonight to take a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Jiri Hudler broke a 1-1 tie early in the third, and goalie Chris Osgood turned in one of his best... More »

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 Crosby Nets Two;
 Pens Take Game 3 

Crosby scores twice; Detroit now leads series 2-1

May 28, 08 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sid the Kid saved his team from the brink tonight. Teen phenom Sidney Crosby scored twice to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over Detroit in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Post-Gazette reports. The Penguins finally found their offense after being shut out in the... More »

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Stanley Cup Finals

 Wings Skate by
 Waddling Penguins, 3-0 

Detroit's momentum puts Pittsburgh in a 2-0 hole

May 27, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the second game of the Stanley Cup finals last night, the Red Wings had made eight shots and scored two goals before the Penguins attempted their first shot, and the lopsidedness continued throughout the game, writes the Detroit News. After a 3-0 loss last night, Pittsburgh has yet to... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • Detroit Red Wings • Evgeni Malkin • Stanley Cup • Chris Osgood • Tomas Holmstrom • Jordan Staal

Stanley Cup Finals

 Red Wings
 Ice Penguins
 in 4-0 Rout 

Quiet Samuelsson scores twice to spark team to 1-0 series lead

May 25, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For a while it looked like the kickoff of the Stanley Cup finals would be a goalie's battle, but then Detroit's Mikael Samuelsson kicked into gear with goals in the second and third periods. Two more Red Wings goals on Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury, by Dan Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg, sealed... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup • Henrik Zetterberg • Dan Cleary • Marc-Andre Fleury • Mikael Samuelsson

 NHL Hopes 
 Star-Studded 
 Final Lifts 
 Hockey 

Penguins/Red Wings matchup starts tonight

May 24, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NHL may have dinky ratings and a long way to go to catch the big three of American sports, but it couldn’t ask for a better pick-me-up than this year’s Stanley Cup final. The Pittsburgh-Detroit matchup that starts tonight is one of the most compelling in years,... More »

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 No Octopi for
 Wings Fans,
 Seller Says
 

Pittsburgh fishmonger wants 'to see the Penguins win, period'

May 23, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Red Wings fans, save room in that suitcase—it may be tough to buy an octopus in Pittsburgh next week. One steel-town fishmonger refuses to sell octopi to Detroit fans once the Wings-Penguins Stanley Cup finals kick off on Saturday. In a tradition spanning more than 50 years, Detroit fans... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • fish • hockey • ice • fans • traditions • octopus

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

 Pens Blast Philly 6-0,
 Advance to Cup Finals 

Young guns from Pittsburgh seek first championship since 1992

May 18, 08 9:55 PM CDT
(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... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • Stanley Cup • Philadelphia Flyers • Jordan Staal • Marian Hossa • Ryan Malone • NHL playoffs

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