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the pens beat the caps 6-2 in the seventh game of their conference semi-finals. hoho! they will next be facing either the boston bruins or the carolina hurricanes.

must. find. versus network.

Ovechkin slammed into Gonchar with his knee. It looks like he was having an “oh shit” moment and Gonchar just didn’t see it coming. Ouch ouchouchouch.

Penguins currently leading the series 3-2. Next game: Monday May 11 7pm est.

^Malkin’s interview by the Pittsburgh Fox Sports peeps after scoring 5 goals in last night’s game against the Thrashers taped from a tv screen. His English is picking up! I would be totally okay if he stayed in this stage.

Evgeni Malkin Is Still A Great Interview Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

I didn’t know calling somebody a “pansy” was a gay slur. Egale Canada (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) seems to think so, spazzing out over Hockey Tonight’s commentators using the term “pansification” whenever talk of the NHL banning fighting pops up.

Fact: this guy uses the term.

The kid that died from heart failure earlier in the hockey year, Alexei Cherepanov, has now been confirmed to have been found blood doping. The final word, from Hockey New’s The Canadian Press:

Russia’s federal Investigative Committee said a chemical analysis of the samples allowed experts to conclude “that for several months Alexei Cherepanov engaged in blood doping.” There was no elaboration, and a spokeswoman at the committee refused to comment further.

The statement also said Cherepanov in his final year suffered from myocarditis, a condition where not enough blood gets to the heart, and should not have been playing professional hockey.

The club’s medical team might carry legal liability in the episode, the statement added.

“A row of gross violations was committed by the medical brigade helping A. Cherepanov,” the statement said. Among them, doctors arrived on the scene a full 12 minutes after Cherepanov collapsed, and the battery on the defibrillator to attempt shock Cherepanov’s heart back into life was drained, the statement said.

This is dumb. What the hell was he using anyway?

deadspin article

Really that’s all i have to say. I’m excited to see who gets who and who gets made fun of. Since the Pens were number two this season, something tells me we won’t get the top picks. And that’s okay. Because we rock.