Now, I have no idea if tonight's "winner take all" contest for Lord Stanley's Cup between the 2009 editions of the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins will be any good. The last game played by those two teams in Motown (nearly a week ago now) was a complete yawnfest, ending 5-0 in favour of the home team. However, three of the last four games between them (the three played in Pittsburgh in this series) were all quite good. And most importantly: it's Game 7! It's virtually every Canadian boy's dream growing up to take part in one of these mythical beasts, and so tonight could be magic for somebody.
[Aside: The Penguins have never played in a Finals Game 7 before, and the Original Six Red Wings haven't done so since I was a lad of just one year old!]
But of course it'll have to go a country mile to beat the one played at Madison Square Gardens fifteen years ago this Sunday! After all, neither of tonight's teams are looking to win their first ever championship (as Vancouver was in 1994, and still continues to, at present), nor are either trying to end a 54-year Cup drought (as the Rangers most spectacularly did back on that legendary Tuesday evening).
So we'll just have to see what tonight has in store for all of us hockey fans... Good luck to both teams, and may the best one win.
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