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4 Parade of the Penguins and Mario's Messages

One of the neat stories that came out Monday was the fact that Mario Lemieux played a small role in the Penguins victory, sending all of the players text messages and helping inspire them after Game 5 and before Game 7.

9 Videos, Images and Thoughts On the Penguins' Stanley Cup Parade

Videos, images and thoughts from the Penguins' Stanley Cup parade
Click photo for full gallery: Mario Lemieux, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, chugs after the Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup.

10 Building A Stanley Cup Champion: The 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins

GM Ray Shero had some help from Craig Patrick in building the best team in hockey.

5 Penguins take Cup celebration to street

The Pittsburgh Penguins had quite a time on the town with the Stanley Cup this weekend.

4 Taxi squad celebrates the Stanley Cup too

Players behind the scenes still enjoy that the fruits of the Stanley Cup victory.

15 Penguins Stanley Cup parade set for Monday at noon

The Pittsburgh Penguins will hold their Stanley Cup parade Monday at noon.
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11 The Stanley Cup makes its first appearance at PNC Park

The Stanley Cup makes its first appearance at PNC Park today along with eight to 10 other members of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Pittsburgh Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby raises the Stanley Cup after the Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Detroit, Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

4 Marian Hossa's Cup comes up empty

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13 2009 Stanley Cup final: Game 7 may have hit record ratings

I'm no television ratings expert, but NBC's preliminary numbers from last night strike me as incredible, perhaps the best ever for a nationally televised NHL game in the U.S.

12 2009 Stanley Cup final: A statistics compendium

A list of the stats for all 40 skaters who took part in the final series and the two starting netminders
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49 Heartache in Hockeytown

Thoughts on Game 7 and the series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins
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146 How did you become a Pittsburgh Penguins fan?

How did YOU become a Pittsburgh Penguins fan and what does this win mean to you?
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8 The Ty Conklin Curse?

Ladies and gentlemen, we might have a real issue on our hands. Does the Ty Conklin Curse exist?
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77 Penguins win the 2009 Stanley Cup

Depth pays off for Pittsburgh in Game 7 as the Pens become the third team to ever win the Cup on the road after seven games
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255 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE YOUR 2008-09 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

The Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup!!!
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Congratulations Pittsburgh

Congratulations to the 2009 Stanley Cup Champions!
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6 Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2009 Stanley Cup Champions

The Detroit Red Wings gave it their best shot in the final six minutes, but Pittsburgh played a smart, intense game for 60 full minutes and deserved this win.
Guerin/McNulty says, "Hey-yay, hay-yay, hay-yay."

5 Bill Guerin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Miro Satan: Stanley Cup champions

Three former Islanders won the 2009 Stanley Cup, filling key supplementary roles on the NHL's championship team.
Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood looks back as a shot by Pittsburgh Penguins' Maxime Talbot, not shown, goes in for a goal in the second period of Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Detroit, Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

14 Congratulations Pittsburgh Penguins, 2009 Stanley Cup Champions

Congratulations Pittsburgh Penguins, 2009 Stanley Cup Champions
CLICK ABOVE FOR PHOTO GALLERY: Pittsburgh Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby raises the Stanley Cup after the Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals in Detroit, Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

1 Your 2009 Stanley Cup Champions - Pittsburgh Penguins

On the strength of two goals by Maxime Talbot and strong goaltending from Marc Andre Fleury, the Pittsburgh Penguins won their 3rd Stanley Cup championship tonight in Detroit.
View the full AP Image gallery from last night's Stanley Cup championship and Penguin celebration

2 Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins: 2009 Stanley Cup Champions

Congratulations to the 2009 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins!
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440 [Game Thread] Game 7: Penguins @ Red Wings

Live Game Thread for Game 7 between Detroit & Pittsburgh
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21 Who will win the Conn Smythe tonight?

The leading four candidates are Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Chris Osgood and Henrik Zetterberg, and it may simply fall to what happens tonight as to who wins the playoff MVP.
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24 2009 Stanley Cup final: A Jekyll and Hyde series

This has been a truly homer series, one of the most starkly divided best-of-sevens I can remember, and for that alone, it makes sense that Detroit finishes the job and wins its fifth Stanley Cup in 12 seasons.

42 A brief history of the roller-coaster ride known as the 2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins

One way or the other, it's the end of the line for the PIttsburgh Penguins season. Here's a quick recap of the rollercoaster ride of a year for the two-time Eastern Conference champions on the eve of the deciding Stanley Cup game.