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Upon entering Mellon Arena, the "Pens Patrol" girls insist that I take a picture with them. Not wanting to be rude, I of course obliged.
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Sign of the Game: "Fart on the Sens!"
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Honorable Mention: "What WOULDN'T Gary Roberts do?" (This guy usually hangs a sign that reads "WWGRD?").
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Carol laughs at the signs.
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2nd Honorable Mention: "Dirty Gary" (a play on the "Dirty Harry" movies).
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The team warms up.
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Evgeni Malkin is always the last off the ice during warm-ups.
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Here come the Penguins!
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The crowd is on fire again!
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Marc-Andre Fleury gets ready to put on another stellar performance.
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Pittsburgh gets a 5-on-3 power play thanks to the the fine slashing and holding efforts of Chris Neil and Chris Phillips! Just seconds later...
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...Sergei Gonchar blasts one into the net!!!
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Penguins 1, Senators 0.
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The infamous "Cotton candy here!" guy passes through our section. Gotta love him.
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The crowd goes wild as Petr Sykora takes another amazing feed from Evgeni Malkin to put the Pens up 2-0!
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Carol and I celebrate as Petr Sykora scores ANOTHER goal to put the Pens up 3-0!!!
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Note the shots on goal: Pittsburgh 31-13, just halfway through the second period!
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Players come together.
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Iceburgh comes through our section!
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Things get rough as the Senators come back to tie the game up at 3-3.
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Moment of the Game: With just 62 seconds left in the game and the score tied 3-3, Ryan Malone takes the puck behind the net, wraps it around to the other side, and jams it in! WOO-HOOOOOO!!!
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With 49 saves and a .925 save percentage, Martin Gerber single-handedly kept the Senators in the game.
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The crowd is deafeningly loud!
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Carol looks up at the scoreboard in disbelief... are we really going to go up 2-0 in the series?!? Woo-hoo!!!
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Ryan Malone adds an empty-netter just to be safe.
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LET'S GO PENS!!!
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Pens win! Pens win!!!
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The guys head back to the locker room with a 2-0 series lead. They'd go on to sweep the series 4-0!!!
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Carol and I are thrilled!
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3rd Star: Ryan Malone (2 goals, 1 assist, game winner).
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2nd Star: Evgeni Malkin (3 assists, all of which were amazing).
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1st Star: Petr Sykora (2 goals).
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