Red Wings, Penguins offer marquee matchup for Stanley Cup

 
DETROIT - Sid the Kid is set to take on Hockeytown. With all due respect to the NHL's other 28 teams, no other Stanley Cup finals matchup could sizzle quite like this... (link)

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Chris Chelios won the Stanley Cup before Sidney Crosby was born

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Drop the puck, already!

The opening faceoff of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals is mere hours away, so it's the right time to take a look at how Detroit and Pittsburgh match up in the faceoff circle, and how that might shape the outcome of the series...
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Unfamiliarity between Pens and Wings will end early in Game 1

The Red Wings have gone through the Penguins one by one, scouting them, scrutinizing them, studying them. But until Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals between Detroit and Pittsburgh gets underway Saturday at Joe Louis Arena, neither team will really get a feel for an opponent seen only twice over the past three seasons. "Sometimes you can overanalyze everything and you just have to get out ...
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Mayors Kilpatrick and Ravenstahl reach final agreement for Finals wager | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Just hours before the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins take to the ice at the Joe, the mayors from both cities have announced they're reached an agreement as to what each will receive should their team snag the Stanley Cup. Mayor Kwame M. ...
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