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Red Wings beat Penguins to close in on Stanley Cup
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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The dejected Penguins could only watch as the Red Wings hoisted the Stanley Cup on Wednesday at Mellon Arena. (article 1)
Despite Wednesday's 3-2 home loss - the capper on a hard-fought six-game defeat to the Detroit Red Wings - the Eastern Conference champions made a great leap forward in 2007-08, becoming the NHL's unofficial Up-And-Coming Young Team to Watch. (article 1)
That doesn't make this any easier an emotional Sidney Crosby said as he sat in his stall at Mellon Arena. (article 1)
Better times figure to be on the horizon for the Penguins, who marched through Ottawa, the New York Rangers and Philadelphia in just 14 games to reach the Cup final. (article 1)
This season, Pittsburgh won the Atlantic Division and the No. 2 seed in the East despite losing Crosby - their captain and best player - for six weeks with an ankle injury. (article 1)
Star sidekick Evgeni Malkin was a revelation during Crosby's absence, keeping the team afloat en route to a breakout season of 47 goals and 106 points, the latter figure trailing only the 112 posted by NHL scoring champion Alex Ovechkin. (article 1)
" Yes, at the end of the Flyers series and the beginning of the Detroit series I was a little bit sick said Malkin. (article 1)
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Penguins, Wings, Cup, Pittsburgh, Detroit |
Source articles
- Young Penguins facing bright future (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 761 words)
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