After being forced to miss Game 4 in Pittsburgh with a hamstring injury, Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom will be in the lineup on Monday night when Detroit attempts to win its fourth championship in 11 seasons (8 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio).
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June 02, 2008
A look at the Detroit Red Wings fan who threw an octopus on the ice and other fun fan mischief.
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June 01, 2008
While there may still be hockey to play, AccuScore NHL analyst Tim Williams has already crowned the Detroit Red Wings the Stanley Cup champions based on current AccuScore forecasts. See why this series is over, and why Pittsburgh never stood a chance.
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June 03, 2008
Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins are heading to game 7 and we got 10 reasons why for ya
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May 31, 2008
Looking back on Game 4 of the Finals and the one that got away for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Detroit Red Wings didn't win the Stanley Cup tonight, but it is definitely now their to lose as they head home for Game 5in Detroit Monday night. Do these young Penguins have enough left to keep the champagne on ice?
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June 03, 2008
They had to work a little OT to do it, but the Pittsburgh Penguins have clawed back into the Stanley Cup Finals. Petr Sykora's called shot in triple OT has the series shifting back to Pittsburgh for Game 6. Will the Detroit Red Wings be able to handle the mounting pressure?
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June 03, 2008
Mid-way through the Overtime marathon, Penguin forward Petr Sykora leaned over to NBC commentator Pierre McGuire (doing on-ice commentary from between the player benches) and promised that he was going to score the winning goal. In the following OT period the Penguins were awarded a PowerPlay. As he was preparing to hop onto the ice, Sykora told his teammates he was going to score...
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June 01, 2008
Henrik Zetterburg may have locked up the Conn Smythe Trophy with his performance in Game 4 for Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings delivered a 2-1 win in Pittsburgh to open a 3 to 1 series lead on the Pens on Saturday Night. Zetterburg and his linemates fended off a 5 on 3 powerplay with 9:50 to go in 3rd period while the Wings were clinging to a one-goal lead. Zetterberg essentially...
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June 02, 2008
No Scotty, No Stevie? No Problem
Tonight the Red Wings are poised to win the Stanley Cup. In the bottom line business of professional sports, you can't get much more plain than that. All the money spent, all the number crunching, all the scouting, all the flurry of phone calls on trade deadline day, all the days in training camp -- all of it is designed to be in a position...
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May 31, 2008
So close, yet so far away.
Once again, the Detroit Red Wings put on a defensive clinic and got a nice roll of the puck in the third period leading to the winning goal, as the Wings took a commanding 3-1 lead in the Cup Finals with a 2-1 win in Game Four at the Igloo.
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June 03, 2008
The veteran leadership of Detroit ran out of gas in game five, but their mastery of old-time hockey will lead to a Stanley Cup championship.
Via Nittany White Out
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June 03, 2008
Pittsburgh wins at Detroit in triple overtime to force Game 6 in Pittsburgh.
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June 02, 2008
War's over. Detroit's dropped the big one.
What? "Over"? Did you say "over"? Nothing's over until we decide it is!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!
-Germans? -Forget it, he's rolling.
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