Holy crap, the Pens won the Cup!



This has been such a crazy series, full of ups and downs. Games 1 and 2 were the same thing on a different night. Games 3 and 4 back in Pittsburgh were like a whole new Pens team showed up. Then game 5, no one in black and gold showed up. But we came back game 6 with a vengance.

Then it was game 7. For all the marbles. I was driving to meet my parents in WV, and had Pensblog Charlie on one window, a Lets Go Pens in the other, and my "Its a great day for hockey" towel in the back window. Lots of thumbs up and honks while in traffic.

Then the game. First period, nothin but nail biters. Not enough of this, too much of that. General freaking out. Second peroid. Max Fucking Talbot. I love you. Thank you so much. You made my year. Third period. Cross bars for Det. Amazing, secret service officer save for Flower. Then, the buzzer. Total chaos.



Was tempted just to go on to Pgh for the parade, but it wasn't in the stars. Looks like it was a great time. Would have loved to be down on the south side outside Mario's, or in Diesel on Saturday night. How crazy. Where else in the US does the winning team take the most famous trophy in sport to a club? Awesome.



Pittsburgh truly is the city of champions. I'm excited for the surely upcoming Sports Illustrated with Sid and Ben on the cover. You know its coming. They'd be stupid not to.

The only sad thing is now there's not much to get excited about. Its a bit of a down time in sports. Its not like the Buccos are gonna win the World Series this year. Its time to just relax and enjoy the warm weather outside.

But for now, just remember that when no one said they could beat Detroit, they did. We are the Champions. And watch this video. If NBC really wanted to do hockey right, they'd just use the CBC feed for everything. Those Canadians know how to make great TV with hockey.