Pittsburgh Penguins Win Eastern Conference Finals
May 26, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Carolina Hurricanes, Eastern Conference, NHL Playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins completed the sweep and the only thing I can say about the elimination of the Carolina Hurricanes is that I’m grateful they’ve been put out of their misery. They definitely battled hard in the first two rounds but they seemed to fall apart against the Pens in the Eastern Conference Finals.
image: Zuma Press
The Penguins enjoyed an easy 4-1 win over the Hurricanes with goals from Max Talbot (who also had two assists), Ruslan Fedotenko, Bill Guerin and Craig Adams (empty-netter). Captain, Sidney Crosby had two assists and goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, stopped 30 shots on net. In the end, Pittsburgh outscored the Hurricanes 20-9 in the series.
I think that this young team has one thing on its side now – experience. They were in this position just a year ago and, hopefully, they learned something.
I really held my breath when they brought out the Eastern Conference Championship Trophy. I wasn’t sure if they were going to touch it since it is considered bad luck. In the end, Crosby bravely went right up to it and skated away with it. “We didn’t touch it last year and things did not go the way we wanted to, so we switched it up,” Crosby said. “We know what we want.”
image: Zuma Press
With this series wrapped up, I’m guessing hockey fans will be watching what happens over in the Western Conference where the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Detroit Red Wings, are just one win away from eliminating the Chicago Blackhawks.
If the Red Wings succeed in taking the conference, it will be the first time two teams met again for a Stanley Cup rematch since the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders battled in 1983 and 1984.
I lost my voice screaming and yelling during the Stanley Cup Finals last year and I’m ready to do it again. I guess I better go stock up on ice cream and popsicles.
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