post-gazette.com - 5/10/2008
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The two best players still standing in the Stanley Cup playoffs were on the ice at Mellon Arena last night and neither of them was in the uniform of the Philadelphia Flyers. That's not a good thing in competitive athletic situations. The Flyers vaunted balance vs. the Penguins celebrated star power -- Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby -- was a mismatch in this first game of the Eastern ...
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THE BEAT GOES ON
Mondesi's House —
... wondered about what the Penguins' playoff song would be. And while I did hear "Zombie Nation" played, I think on behalf of all TV viewers that the following song becomes the Official 2008 Penguins Playoff Anthem. There's no other tune I can identify so closely with my Penguins playoff-viewing experience. --Max Talbot was skating at morning practice today. --Cook: If Penguins keep this up, Flyers will be cast aside quickly --Smizik: Malkin, Crosby too tough an assignment --Anderson: Flyers: Game 1 loss puts them in ...
NHL Morning Papers--Conference Finals!
IllegalCurve.com —
... ---According to someone smarter than Ron Cook, Bob Smizik resisted the urge to make bold outlandish predictions, and instead said that the best two players on the ice last night were Gene Malkin and Sid Crosby. ...
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NHL.com News in English 5/10/2008
Philadelphia 2 0 0-2
Pittsburgh 3 1 0-4
First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Sykora 5 (Malone, Malkin), 6:19. 2, Philadelphia, Richards 5 (Umberger, Coburn), 8:30. 3, Philadelphia, Richards 6 (Lupul, Umberger), 12:50. 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 3 (Hossa)...
