the pittsburgh penguins beat the new jersey devils in the stanley cup.
the pittsburgh penguins beat the new jersey devils in the stanley cup.
who did the pittsburgh penguins beat in the stanley cup?
new jersey devils
in 2008, neither the pittsburgh penguins' sidney crosby nor the red wings' nicklas lidstrom touched their respective conference trophies; the red wings won the stanley cup that year. the following year, however, crosby decided to touch the wales trophy, and the penguins went on to win the stanley cup. they did the same thing again in winning the 2016 and 2017 stanley cups; conversely, the san jose sharks' joe pavelski stayed true to the general tradition and did not touch the campbell bowl. pittsburgh then went on to defeat san jose in six games to win the cup. the same occurred to the nashville predators when captain mike fisher refused to touch the campbell bowl one year later. one possible reason for crosby lifting the trophy is that the penguins have had good luck winning the stanley cup after lifting the wales trophy; this was evident when mario lemieux lifted the wales en route to the penguins' 1991 and 1992 cup wins.
traditions and anecdotes associated with the stanley cup
the penguins advanced to the stanley cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. they earned the fourth seed in the eastern conference and home-ice advantage in the opening round match-up against the philadelphia flyers, following a loss by the flyers on the last day of the regular season. for the second consecutive season, the penguins erected a 12 by 16 foot led screen on the lawn directly outside mellon arena, allowing fans to watch all playoff games, free of charge. after defeating philadelphia, the penguins beat the washington capitals and the carolina hurricanes to advance to the stanley cup finals. the penguins faced the detroit red wings, defeating them in seven games to win their third stanley cup in franchise history. the final game of the season drew a 42.2 television rating in pittsburgh—the highest local rating in any city since the nhl began to track the figure.
2008–09 pittsburgh penguins season