Wow, a dominant 3rd period by the Wings was not quite enough. Detroit scores 2 goals in just under 3 minutes and seemes to be in total control. The Joe is rocking and all is well in Motown. Pittsburgh doesn't seem to press very hard to get the tying goal...ok, maybe the Detroit defense is that good.
Then, Maxime Talbot (1 point in the series) scores with 35 seconds remaining. Put the cup back in its case and hold on just a little while longer.
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
Does Evgeni Malkin realize that he is playing in the Stanley Cup Finals. He is -3 in the series with zero points. During OT, he stays down on the ice because he seems to be tired? That is not exactly the level of commitment expected in June.
You think Ryan Malone might have some words for Malkin, or at least some uncomfortable sideways glares?
Marc-Andre Fleury played a fantastic game. Yes, he was a first 1st round pick in 2003 and that is one reason why him performance is so impressive. He is only 23.
Detroit dominated long stretches of the game - both regulation and overtime but just coundn't get one past Fleury. As usual, they badly outshot the Penquins.
5th longest game in Fnals history
I keep hearing how the officials should not decide the game by calling a penalty. Do they not help decide the outcome by not calling penalties?
Petr Sykora skated over to Peirre Mcguire's cubicle and told him that he was going to score. That is calling his shot and making it happen.
You have to wonder how the Red Wings will respond. They are an older team. Also, before last night, they had played only one OT game in the playoffs - way back on April 18 vs Nashvile.
On the other side, will Pittsburgh respond like Dallas did in game 6 or can they muster up another herculean effort?
This is exactly why the Stanley Cup is the most difficult, grueling, rewarding trophy in team sports.
Mitch Albom on the loss
Pittsburgh columnist gushes over the win
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What does Terrell Owens have that George Bush doesn't? Four more years.
Why Orville Redenbacher is smiling
This is definitely not the same T.O.
Without the controversy that led to his departure from Philadelphia, Terrell Owens quietly received a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, team sources told ESPN's Michael Smith.
Terrell Owens has always been there for the Cowboys when it mattered most. In two seasons in Dallas, Owens has nabbed 166 receptions. Twenty-eight of those have been for scores, which ranks tops in the NFL.
The wide receiver was slated to earn $7 million this season in the last year of his contract, but he now receives a four-year, $34 million deal. Owens is slated to earn $27 million over the next three seasons, making him -- along with Randy Moss, Javon Walker and Larry Fitzgerald -- one of the highest paid wide receivers in the league.
Owens will receive $12.9 million to sign and $100,000 of his $830,000 2008 base salary guaranteed, for a total of $13 million guaranteed. He is now under contract through 2011.
The key to the deal may not be the length or even the money.
The best part: Owens will not be playing out the final year of his contract, eliminating a potentially explosive topic from a team that needs its attention on ending an 11-season drought without a playoff win.
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Pacman can do anything, except play in a real game
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday notified Jones that he may participate in the OTAs, minicamp, training camp and preseason games. Goodell will make a final determination on a full reinstatement by Sept. 1, six days before the season opener at Cleveland.
The Sept 1 deadline might seem punative towards the Cowboys, but that is the price you pay when you sign troubled players.
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Josh Hamilton continues to make news on a daily basis, yet he moves further and further down the ladder of websites and blogs.
Josh 2nd in voting among outfielders
Oh yeah, he is player of the month....again
Hamilton became the first American League player to win the monthly award in April and May the same season.
"I come to the park, I know what I need to do to get ready for the game and I do it. Nothing is going to change," Hamilton said. "I want to work harder and I want to do better."
Hamilton went into a Monday night game against Cleveland hitting .328 with a major league-best 63 RBIs, 13 more than the next-closest player. He led the AL with 15 homers, 77 hits and 25 multihit games. Hamilton had eight homers and 29 RBIs in May, when the Rangers won 19 games for their winningest month since June 1983.
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Madame Tussauds might want to re-think this idea
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