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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Winning one Stanley Cup is hard. Winning two in a row is almost impossible, underscored by the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins are the first to accomplish the feat since the Detroit Red Wings did so in 1998. And doing it the way Pittsburgh did it? Well, that's a road no NHL team…
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The Pittsburgh Penguins barely had started their celebration for winning their second consecutive Stanley Cup championship before Las Vegas tabbed them as favorites to capture their fifth time in franchise history in 2017-18. The Penguins became the NHL's first repeat champions in 19 years on Sunday when they posted a 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators…
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Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino admitted he played through a broken leg during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Bonino sustained the injury after he was on the receiving end of a slapshot from Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban in the first period. Bonino returned to play in the second and third periods, finishing the…
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A repeat Stanley Cup champion for the first time since the Detroit Red Wings accomplished the feat in 1997 and 1998. Can the Pittsburgh Penguins, owners of back-to-back titles after vanquishing the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Final, make it a three-peat in 2018? It's certainly possible, even if the Penguins lose goalie Marc-Andre Fleury…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Stanley Cup is going back to Pittsburgh. Former Nashville forward Patric Hornqvist broke a scoreless tie at 18:25 of the third period Sunday night as the Penguins successfully defended their Stanley Cup championship with a 2-0 victory over the Predators in Game 6 of the Final at Bridgestone Arena. It was the…
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Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis, who played less than 11 minutes before suffering an upper-body injury in Thursday night's 6-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, was on the ice skating alone in the morning ahead of Sunday night's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. Facing elimination, the Predators are hoping Ellis will be able to…
