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Penguins Repeat as Stanley Cup Winners

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Sidney Crosby’s legacy continues. He put the Pens on his back in Game 5 and his performance in big-money games is unsurpassed. And now he’s just the third NHLer to win the Conn Smythe in consecutive years. The last? Yup, team owner Mario Lemieux.
19. The number of years the Preds have been in the league just happens to be the number of years since the last back-to-back Cup winner (Detroit in 1997 and 1998). Ironic coincidence.

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Fifty shades of black and gold. One word: DOMINATION.
Thirty-six-year-old Ron Hainsey split the D and scored the game’s nicest goal. Too bad nobody noticed the spectacle given the score.

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Now trending, P.K. Subban’s bad breath and his commitment to Listerine. No wonder P.K. shut down Sid the Kid last game.
Some of the best play calls I’ve heard have come on the Punjabi Hockey Night in Canada. That is, until Brady Trettenero shared a Finnish broadcast clip via Twitter. Thanks, friend — I’m still laughing.

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So … the catfish hit the ice with Craig Smith’s third-period goal. I’d hate to have been sitting beside the guy with that smelly thing taped to his body or shoved in his pants. That guy better stay away from the local feral cat colony as he walks home. Peee-yew.
Zero. Ziltch. Nada. That’s the number of shots by 87 and 71, combined. I don’t think I remember a playoff game where that happened. Until now.

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Is Jake Guentzel this era’s John Druce? Better question — does Guentzel even know who John Druce is?
The Pens need to thank their lucky stars that Matt Murray has bailed their butts out of both games so far. They don’t deserve the lead.

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37 minutes. Between shots. By Pittsburgh. Seriously? They didn’t deserve this win.
The coach’s challenge was never intended to be used the way it is today. Just saying.

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Peter Laviolette is just the fourth coach in history to take three different teams to the Stanley Cup Final. The Canes got rings; the Flyers did not. Will the Preds?
Colton Sissons? He was a scorer in junior, but his best NHL trait is his two-way determination. Monday, he became the first player to net a hattie in a Conference Final since Patrick Kane in 2013. Too bad the fans didn’t notice until the next TV timeout.