Are Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins starting a dynasty after last nights Stanley Cup victory?
DETROIT – Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup, injured knee and all, with a smile of satisfaction as wide as a goal crease. A few handoffs later, the silver trophy was passed to Mario Lemieux, and how fitting. Two stars, two generations, two captains joined together by one Stanley Cup that took some bad teams and the good drafts that followed them, a tremendous comeback and one unlikely Game 7 goal scorer to accomplish. The Penguins overcame the NHL’s 38-year-old Game 7 road jinx, Crosby’s mid-game injury and a furious third-period surge to beat Detroit 2-1 on Friday night, win the Stanley Cup and prevent the Red Wings from winning their fifth league championship in 12 seasons. As he kissed the cup not once but twice, Lemieux’s grin was nearly as big as Sid the Kid’s, and why not? To Lemieux, the first Hall of Famer to win the Stanley Cup as a player and then as a primary owner, Crosby is like family, a player who might be as good as any in the NHL but one who is so grounded he still
Penguins out to clip Red Wings’ dynasty in Stanley Cup Finals BY Michael Obernauer DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Saturday, May 30th 2009, 4:00 AM It has been a quarter-century since the NHL had a rematch in the Stanley Cup Finals. And when the Edmonton Oilers beat the Islanders in 1984, it wasn’t just the Cup that changed hands, it was the end of one dynasty and the start of another. Tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins step into Joe Louis Arena to begin their quest for revenge and the third Cup in franchise history. To win it, they’ll have to take down a Detroit Red Wings team that has won four Cups over the last 12 years and has shown no reason why it can’t add a fifth. “It’s all part of a process,” said Mark Messier, a member of the Oilers team that lost to the four-time champion Isles in ’83 before taking five of the next seven Cups. “And I think the Penguins are doing that same thing right now.” Many believe the Penguins, with a year of seasoning since falling to the Wings in six games las
Anytime your team features the best player in the world, as the Penguins showcase Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, you will likely always contend for a top spot. To say they will be a dynasty though implies they will win many championships with very few gaps in between and it simply is not likely that this will happen.
