Congratulations Pittsburgh Penguins
You Earned It!
Posted on 06/15/2009 8:35:27 AM PDT by flattorney
06.15.09: Pittsburgh Officials Prepare for 350,000 fans at Penguins' Victory Parade
The City of Champions has gone Cup crazy. As Pittsburghers basked in the glow of a second pro sports championship in four months, the Stanley Cup toured PNC Park on Sunday, Sidney Crosby talked about the excitement of a two-title town and people crammed hotels in advance of today's celebration parade Downtown. "It's been an amazing couple of days," Penguins winger Bill Guerin said after throwing out the first pitch at yesterday's Pirates game. "This city is just crazy about it right now. It's awesome. Pittsburgh's such a huge sports town. The fans ... incredible. It's been wild." The Penguins' Stanley Cup victory parade starts at noon today and will take the same route the Steelers did in February after they won their sixth Super Bowl title. It will proceed through Grant Street, loop to the Boulevard of the Allies and end at Stanwix Street. Several Downtown streets will be closed. Pittsburgh officials are planning for the parade to draw as many as 350,000 people, the number who turned out for the Super Bowl victory parade, said Joanna Doven, a spokeswoman for Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a trimphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” - General George S. Patton Jr.
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TAB
They should have given the referees the Conn Smythe Trophy this year. They were clearly the most important people on the ice for the Penguins.
Have to agree here. I really think Bettman wanted to be able to push Crosby ahead of AO as the top gun in the league
They let the boys play.
I'm not sure Malkin even belongs in the NHL; I know Tablot does not - spearing a player on his knees with the point of stick, knocking him over after the game was clearly over!. Sure, Malkin can score, and has talent, but his temperement reminds me mostly of the 70's-era Flyers (who spent more time fighting than playing).
Still, it was an interesting series to watch (it's fun for the fans when a series goes all 7 games). We'll see what happens now that Crosby was given his Stanley Cup and Mario is placated. Oh . . . and the Wings handled it all with class, and I think Babcock (Wing's coach) is the best in the league . . . right up until he lame excused the loss as "ran out of gas". C'mon! Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoff? Your team does not run out of gas! It's what the players have been playing for all their lives, the chance to win back to back championships. That is really rare, and proves any previous win was no fluke! You dig down deep and pull out a win.
Ran out of gas, my eye!
TV coverage is great. They claim 250,000 have shown up. Very fun to watch.
Well...hooray for the Penguins. ‘Burgers must be really going wild. Now if they can only motivate the Pirates this baseball season to be a winning team! Then in Pittsburgh it will be three for three with the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates. Go ‘Burgh! My hometown!
My daughter works on Stanwix Street...she thinks the crowd is BIGGER than for the Stillerz (Warmer weather...that’s for sure!!!)
It was a great game...and a story book ending to the season. I hope Dan Blysma buys Power Ball tix...he is one lucky man!!!
Now you guys just need an NBA team.
Yes, they “let the boys play”, but that generally favors the teams with most goons. Had the Red Wings had more goons, then Buttman would have told the refs to call the game tightly instead. At least the overrated Cindy Crosby didn’t win the Conn Smythe. Z owned Cindy throughout the series.
now if the pirates can take the worls series...that would be awesome!!
Congrats Penguin Fans! Enjoy!
(Great Shots of the Cup & Conn Smythe—The NHL has the most classic trophies in sports!)
I think they did “run out of gas.” They seemed flat...almost like all they would have to do was show up at the Joe and collect the Cup.
Geno NOT NHL worthy??? Ya gots to be kidding!
I think we got to keep jeffc away from the punchbowl.
THANKS!
Will they be lotting and burning the city in celebration? If not, how can they call themselves fans? /semisarc
looting, that is.
I’m surprised it took this long for some whiney grouch to blame the refs.
Thanks for showing up!
Punchbowl...maybe. We already know...no sipping from Stan’s Cup for him this year!!!
Work bound here...I am guessing video was pretty sweet of the parade?
Malkin, and a few others (not Crosby - he, at least, shows more maturity) on the Pens team, need to show me a little more matureness before I think they are "NHL worthy". There are a few others around the league (especially on the Flames) who could do with more class, too.
Sorry - Malkin, and Talbot, need to grow up some more; granted Malkin is not as bad as Talbot, but even Orpik skates around with a petulant childish sneer on his face all the time - I guess it's his "game face" but he looks too much like a scolded child - it's quite comical to me!
Face it, my 7 year old could beat him at poker with that face.
I do not mean to pick on the Pens, it's just the subject at hand. They played a great season and they won the Cup, and Crosby played a huge part in that. I'm not going to whine about what could have been, or cry in my beer - someone wins and someone loses. Sometimes your team wins, and sometimes they lose - you'se takes 'yuz chances!
Remembering FlA & Co.'s other FR Pittsburgh sports posts.
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It's obvious you and PAmom are just a little too partisan to look at hockey games objectively when it concerns your team. At least you are not rabid like the people posting to the NHL.COM forums. WOW! Talk about "fan" being short for "fanatic" - uh-huh!
Enjoy your greatly deserved win (and I really mean that), and we'll see you next year. It is, after all, just a game. Root for your team, cheer when they win and stand by them when they lose - but call them out when they deserve it, like the Wings "running out of gas" to lose game 7, it's just not something done by a pro team in the final game that will determine the overall winner. It's a lame excuse, and even if true, Babcock should not have said it, and I call the Wings out on that!
You have my vote for most absurd comment of the decade.
A little over the top, don't you think? Do you really think it comes close to anything BO has said, either while campaigning or in office for absurdity?
If you do, it proves your own absurdity to be focusing so much on a game. If you do not, it shows that your comment is nothing more than a shallow partisan thought.
The parade was great. I got there about two hours early but it was already too late to get close to the stand and big screen. I went to the 5th Super Bowl parade and this was a bigger crowd. Pittsburgh fans celebrate in a good way unlike some other city I could name. The worst thing that happened was a couple of burned couches and some drunks. The police really don’t have much to do.
I loved seeing Crosby hoist the Cup down the Boulevard of the Allies and Talbot and Guerin running around smacking peoples hands.
It’s sad to see the same type of whiners who infect the sports boards posting to this thread.
Yea, I do. Not that your silly rants can raise my taxes, nor endanger my freedom and the future of my children like Obama can, but I do have to say, yes, you win the totally absurd comment award and trying to change the subject back to politics won't erase that stupid remark.
I just looked up Malkin's stats. He's only 22 years old, has over 300 points in just 3 seasons, and just walked away with the playoff MVP. And you think he does not belong in the league?????? But I didn't really have to look up the stats. I watched the kid in the playoffs and baring future injury, he will be an all time NHL great. I have followed to game for 40 years and seen a lot of them and this kid is the real deal.
.... it proves your own absurdity to be focusing so much on a game. If you do not, it shows that your comment is nothing more than a shallow partisan thought.
Pot, kettle, black. I wasn't 'focusing' so much on a game. You were. I just happened to stop by and read your silly remarks.
If anything, you sound like a shallow partisan sore loser. I guess that would be the source of that absurd remark.
It’s sad to see the same type of whiners who infect the sports boards posting to this thread.
That's because they are losers just like Detoilet. - TAB
That must be a picture of Cindy Crosby, professional cry-baby. Congrats to the Pittsburgh fans, I guess if you have to live in Pittsburgh, then at least this gives you something to be happy about.
LMAO!!! That’s funny!
You are so funny! It’s nice that you can keep a good sense of humor about it!
I know I’m laughing at you big time!!!!!!!!!!
Rad about Lindstrom getting ‘speared’ in the testicles and having surgery for fix it? And he PLAYED???? Now that’s a man.
Laugh all you want, but I get the last laugh since I don't live in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
PITTSBURGH STEELERS ARE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!
FREEPER "rivercat" IS A CHAMPION CRY BABY!
"And ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!"
Obviously you are incapable of reading; if you could, you would have seen my other comments. The Pens won, get over it and stop focusing on Malkin. I will leave it to others, more discerning than you, to look at all I said concerning the playoffs and a "sore loser" status.
And if you really do think that I'm more absurd than BO, than, you my friend, need look no further than the nearest mirror for absurdity. Remember, you did not qualify your statement to any specific item or topic, you just said "of the century" - so I did not "change the subject" - you left it wide open!
Malkin proved to you that he belongs in the NHL - so what? He hasn't to me. Maybe it's just that to you, starting fights after a game is over, or nearly over, when it can neither change nor help anything, is OK with you, like the 70's Flyers I mentioned earlier.
40 years, huh? Really? I remember watching Gordie Howe and Sid Abel and Frank Mahovlich play on a B&W TV and Hockey Night In Canada on channel 9 (Windsor station). I remember when the league was just 6 teams.
Than you should be able to recall how really classy players play hockey - they didn't need to fight, except to defend themselves when attacked - but maybe you were a Flyers fan back in the 70's.
I suggest (but doubt) you read all of my posts concerning the series before you spout off and continue sounding like the whackos posting to the NHL.COM forums.
Good natured ribbing is one thing, but when you start singling out fellow freepers by name, and posting stupid pictures, then you’ve crossed the line.
I think the Crosby detracters are focusing on the wrong player(s) here. I think Crosby played with class and determination, unlike some of the other Penguins. I'm glad he's the Captain and hope the others on his team follow his lead.
Sports is like politics - some people get in way too deep. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. You can enjoy a victory without slamming your opponent.
And before someone jumps on this post, please read my other posts on this subject and stop focusing on one player!
I never knocked the Penguins - admit it!
I congratulated them on their win - admit it!
I disclaimed Babcock's "out of gas" statement as lame - admit it!
I blame the Wings for losing and the say the Penguins won it without cheating or referee "calls and "non-calls" (that stuff happens - it's part of sports) - admit it!
I'm confused. You disagree with what? I'm being accused of making the most absurd statement of the century (this includes anything BO, jimmy Kawtaw, nancy pee-losi and others of their ilk have ever said) about Malkin. It sounds like you agree that Malkin is barely, if at all, NHL material.
Well, I think Crosby played with a lot more class than Malkin. Crosby is a good player and should have a long career in the NHL. Face it, he is fun to watch - he's got some good moves!
>>I’m not sure Malkin even belongs in the NHL;
Dumbest thing I’ve read on a FR thread.
Another Pittsburgh fan joins in without being able to see beyond their own monitor.
Obviously you can excuse the petulant behavior shown by Malkin throughout the playoffs, acting, or at least looking like, a 10 year old kid playing pond rink hockey - grinning like a kid on Christmas when his teams wins, and ready to throw a temper tantrum because he didn't get a puppy for Christmas when his team loses.
Keep it up, y'all. You're making Penguin fans look pretty juvenile. They won. Enjoy the win. I do not detract them for winning, nor say it was fluke or bad officiating.
They beat the Wings, fair and square. I would say right now that the Penguin players are more mature than alot of their supporters, and are handling it better, too!
Sorry, I was disagreeing with your assessment that Crosby is a good captain. But yes, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment that Malkin is barely NHL material.
What’s wrong with being happy when your team wins and mad when they lose? Especially in the playoffs?! See that’s the problem with the Wings lately, and why I’ve kind of gotten sick of them, they’ve turned into a hockey playing machine and lost the emotion of the game. I like seeing players emotionally tied to the game, especially in the playoffs when most players are playing for history not money. That’s part of what makes sports fun, the emotions of the players tie them on some level to the fans, emotionless players are boring to watch.
It is a great time here. Phillies, Steelers, Bears and Penguins. Even our local high school (Camp Hill) won the State Baseball Championship.
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