Pens vs Wings Game 7

The Penguins and Red Wings will play game 7 tonight in Hockeytown. Unfortunately for the Penguins, it's a few months too late. Malkin and company will be skating into Detroit looking for some type of redemption after losing game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Maxime Talbot and Petr Sykora will always be remembered for their game 5 performance last season. Maxy did what any fine grinder does and found a way to become the hero when no one else would emerge. Talbot scored the game tying goal with 34 seconds left in the third period to send the game into overtime. It was in overtime when Petr Sykora decided to be "Babe-like" and call his shot. Pierre McGuire, TSN and NBC broadcaster who won two cups with the Penguins as an assistant coach, was commentating from the section between the player benches. Petr Sykora turned to after a shift and told him he was going to score the game winning goal. McGuire let everyone listening on TV know what Sykora had said, explaining that this was the first time a player had ever made such a claim to him. After predicting so after the first OT period, it would take Sykora another period and a half to score the game winner. In the 10th minute of play in the third overtime, Sykora ended the game and Detroit's hopes of winning the series at home.

Tonight's game won't mean anything toward the outcome of the season, but it will mean a lot to the Penguins that left their hearts on home ice when their season ended. If it wasn't bad enough losing the Stanley Cup Finals, Sidney Crosby filmed this commercial to advertise for the NHL. You better believe that there is nothing more that these guys want than to beat the Wings in tonight's game. Pittsburghers believe that the young Penguins' days are still ahead of them, but players know that there is no guarantee of ever returning to the finals. Look for the Penguins tonight to play with the passion and playoff attitude that it will take for them to return to that final stage.

Game 7 - The Return to Detroit - 7PM - Joe Louis Arena - Hockeytown - VS. (Channel Varies) - WXDX (105.9 The X)

Matt@Penstation