THE TOP TEN REASONS WHY THE NHL KICKS ASS

YAHOO! Yeah, I am bias as they come when it comes to home town teams bringing home a championship, and none is more deserving than my FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM EVER: The Detroit Red Wings! The Cup has finally returned after 6 years and I couldn't be happier. After 8 months of hockey, a great playoff series, and a Stanley Cup championship game going into 3 overtimes, i could not be happier for or persistent Wings! So, my list today is dedicated to them. Enjoy! ************************************* ************************************* 10. HOME GAME ANTHEM PERFORMER KAREN NEWMAN ***************************************** ****************************************** 9. THE FOLLOWING KICK-ASS FACTS: 0 - Shorthanded goals allowed by Detroit in its 22 playoff games. The Wings also led all teams by scoring six shorthanded goals, including one in Game 1 of the Final. 1 – European-born and trained captains of Stanley Cup-winning teams. Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom a native of Sweden, is the first non-North American to lead his team to a Stanley Cup. 1.55 – Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood's goals-against average in the Playoffs. Osgood surrendered only nine goals in six games in the Final, one of which went into triple overtime. 2 – Two-man advantages for the Penguins killed off by the Red Wings in the Final. The Wings held Pittsburgh scoreless for 1:33 of a 5-on-3 in Game 6 after blanking them for 1:26 in the third period of Game 4. 3 – Hat tricks by the Red Wings in the playoffs – the only ones by any team in the 85 playoff games played this year. Johan Franzen two, both against Colorado in the conference semifinals, and Pavel Datsyuk had one in Game 3 of the Western Finals against Dallas. 4 – Stanley Cups won by the Red Wings in the last 11 years. Since 1997, when they ended a 42-year championship drought, the Wings have won more Cups than any club since the Edmonton Oilers captured five in seven years from 1984-90.