2009 Stanley Cup Finals

2009 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Games Pittsburgh Penguins  1 1 4 4 0 2 2 4 Detroit Red Wings  3 3 2 2 5 1 1 3
Location: Detroit: Joe Louis Arena (1,2,5,7) Pittsburgh: Mellon Arena (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Pittsburgh: Dan Bylsma Detroit: Mike Babcock Captains: Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby Detroit: Nicklas Lidstrom National anthem: Pittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson Detroit: Karen Newman Referees: Paul Devorski (1,3,5,7) Dennis LaRue (1,3,5) Bill McCreary (2,4,6,7) Marc Joannette (2,4,6) Dates: May 30 – June 12 MVP: Evgeni Malkin Series-winning goal: Max Talbot (10:07, second, G7) Networks: NBC, Versus, CBC, RDS, ESPN America Announcers: (NBC/Versus) Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk (CBC) Jim Hughson, Craig Simpson (RDS) Pierre Houde, Benoit Brunet (NHL International) Dave Strader, Joe Micheletti
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A graph comparing the teams' points throughout the regular season.

The 2009 Stanley Cup Final, commonly known as the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, was the best-of-seven NHL championship series of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs contested between the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings. It was Detroit's 24th appearance in the Finals and Pittsburgh's fourth appearance in the Finals. This was a rematch of the 2008 Finals where Detroit had defeated Pittsburgh in six games. This time Pittsburgh defeated Detroit four games to three to win their third Stanley Cup in franchise history. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs, becoming the first Russian-born player to win the trophy.

Road to Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins were the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. After playing 57 games of the 2008–09 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins had a record of 27–25–5 and were five points out of playoff position.^[1] The organization fired head coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Dan Bylsma, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.^[2] Under Bylsma, the team went 18–3–4, including 10–1–2 in March, losing one home game.^[3] Before the trade deadline the Penguins acquired Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin from the Anaheim Ducks and the New York Islanders respectively.^[4][5]

The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for their third consecutive season. They did not repeat as champions of the Atlantic Division, but earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 99 points. They began the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 15 against their cross-state rival Philadelphia Flyers. They beat the Flyers, Washington Capitals, and Carolina Hurricanes to earn a second-straight berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Detroit Red Wings

Entering the 2008–09 season as the Stanley Cup Champions, the Detroit Red Wings signed head coach Mike Babcock to three-year contract extension.^[6] Marian Hossa signed with the Red Wings after turning down a $49 million offer from the Penguins, whom he played for throughout the 2007–08 playoffs.^[7] The Red Wings also signed Ty Conklin, who had played for the Penguins throughout the 2007–08 season.^[8]

The Red Wings won the Central Division title with 112 points before defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets, rival Anaheim Ducks, and then-division rival Chicago Blackhawks to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the sixth time in the past fourteen seasons.

The series

Number in parenthesis represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs

Game one

The Red Wings took game one, 3–1, as three different Detroit players scored goals off of unusual bounces.^[9] The first period featured back and forth action, with each team having a variety of chances. Detroit scored the first goal of the game at 13:38 into the first period when Brad Stuart's shot missed wide left, bounced off the end boards, and then deflected off the back of Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury's leg into the net. The Penguins tied the game at 18:37 when Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood mishandled a shot by Evgeni Malkin, allowing Ruslan Fedotenko to score. Malkin gained the initial opportunity after forcing defenceman Stuart into a turnover. The Penguins dominated the early portion of the second period, but Osgood kept the game even, including when he bailed his team out by stopping Malkin on a breakaway. The Red Wings bounced back and went ahead at 19:02 of the period after Brian Rafalski's shot rebounded off the end boards to Johan Franzen, who banked a shot off Fleury and into the net. Detroit's third goal of the game came at 2:46 of the third period when, after a save by Fleury on Ville Leino, the puck bounced high into the air and was swatted by Detroit rookie Justin Abdelkader from midair to his stick. Abdelkader then went around Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal (who had lost sight of the puck) and shot it above Fleury. Only three total penalties were called in the game, two on Detroit and one on Pittsburgh, but neither team could take advantage on their respective power plays as Osgood stopped 31 out of 32 shots while Fleury stopped 27 out of 30.^[10][11]

Game two

Game two was another 3–1 victory for Detroit. Pittsburgh started out the game strong, setting up numerous chances from behind the net that were stopped by Chris Osgood. The Penguins then struck first at 16:50 of the opening period. After the Red Wings' Niklas Kronwall was sent to the penalty box for cross checking, Evgeni Malkin fired from the slot, and a scramble in front of the net ensued after Osgood gave up a rebound. The puck eventually came to Malkin for a second crack, and the shot was inadvertently deflected by Brad Stuart into his own net. Detroit took over in the second period, dominating in shots and benefiting from some luck, such as when Bill Guerin's wrist shot hit the inside of the post but stayed out of the net. Jonathan Ericsson tied the game at 4:21 of the second period, moments after the Penguins were forced to ice the puck after a long shift. Pittsburgh promptly lost the ensuing faceoff in their zone, allowing Ericsson to score from the point. Then at 10:29, the Red Wings went ahead after Valtteri Filppula was able to backhand a shot from a difficult angle into the net. Filppula scored after Fleury had stopped both Tomas Holmstrom and Marian Hossa, but couldn't hold the rebounds.

At 1:39 of the third period, Sidney Crosby peeled out of the corner and fired a shot that bounced off the post and rolled along the Detroit goal line. The play was reviewed by video replay, but the ruling on the ice was upheld as a no goal. Then at 2:47, Justin Abdelkader gave the Red Wings their third goal of the game, as he moved in slowly against the Pittsburgh defense and blasted a shot that caught Marc-Andre Fleury off guard as it landed in the net. Tensions flared up near the end of the game at 19:41 of the third period. Maxime Talbot was called for slashing, which eventually led to a fight between Malkin and Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg. Malkin received an instigator penalty and a misconduct penalty, but was not suspended by the league for the incident.^[12]

Game three

The Penguins won game three, 4–2, cutting their deficit in the series in half. Pittsburgh got off to a strong offensive start and scored first at 4:48 of the opening period when Evgeni Malkin set up Max Talbot, who fired a one-timed snapshot. Detroit answered less than two minutes later with a Henrik Zetterberg goal at 6:19 in the period. Zetterberg scored on a rebound after Ville Leino's wrap-around attempt was stopped by Marc-Andre Fleury. After Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik was called for interference, Johan Franzen responding by scoring a goal at 11:33 with under ten seconds left in the penalty. Franzen's score was a one-timer that resulted after Zetterberg fed him a pass around the goal crease. While Detroit dominated the middle of the first period, at one point firing nine straight shots, the Penguins caught a break when the officials missed a penalty for too many men when Pittsburgh had inadvertently created their own powerplay, and played with six men for nearly thirty seconds.^[13] Pittsburgh then used a late holding call on Dan Cleary to set up a game tying power play goal. Defenceman Kris Letang fanned on a one-time attempt as he took a pass from Malkin, but regained control of the puck and fired a wrist shot into the net.

The score remained unchanged through the second period, although Detroit had numerous scoring chances. The Penguins' Fleury stopped 16 Detroit shots in the frame, and caught a break as Mikael Samuelsson hit the post on a breakaway. The Penguins came out with strong defence in the third period, and the Detroit offense sputtered, at one point going over ten minutes without a shot. Midway through the third period, the Penguins earned a power play opportunity after Jonathan Ericsson was called for interference. At 10:29, Sergei Gonchar drilled a slapshot from near the blue line, which sailed through traffic and beat a screened Chris Osgood to give the Penguins the lead. Detroit could not mount a late surge with the extra attacker on the ice, and Talbot added an empty net goal at 19:03 for his second of the game to seal the victory.

Game four

The Penguins picked up a 4–2 win in game four, equaling their performance from the previous meeting. Detroit found themselves at an early disadvantage, as a tripping call on Niklas Kronwall gave Pittsburgh a power play just over a minute into the game. Evgeni Malkin scored with the man advantage at 2:39 to give the Penguins an early lead. The goal occurred after Chris Osgood stopped a Jordan Staal shot, then Kris Letang fired a rebound wide that was picked up by Malkin and deposited behind the outstretched goaltender. Detroit ended the first period on a relentless assault, but Marc-Andre Fleury held the fort in goal for Pittsburgh, including a sequence in which he stopped four Detroit shots seconds apart. On that shift, Fleury cancelled a Darren Helm wrap around attempt, stood up to stop Mikael Samuelsson's rebound one-timer, then stopped Dan Cleary on two more rebound tries. With 19 shots in the period, Detroit would eventually score at 18:19, after Helm forced Rob Scuderi into a turnover on a clearing attempt, then fired a wrist shot into the goal.

Detroit took the lead early in the second period, after Henrik Zetterberg passed from behind the net to Brad Stuart at the point. Stuart's slap shot at 0:46 beat a screened Fleury, but provided one of the few sparks for Detroit in a nightmarish period. After Brooks Orpik was called for tripping, it was the Penguins who picked up great scoring opportunities during the Detroit power play. First, Osgood stopped Malkin on a breakaway. However, he was not able to keep Staal from scoring shorthanded. At 8:35, Staal lit the lamp after dragging the puck around Brian Rafalski by using his long reach. Just under two minutes later, Sidney Crosby finally scored his first goal of the series. Malkin stripped Brad Stuart, who had just mishandled a pass, and started a two-on-one with Crosby, who took the pass at 10:34 and shoved it into the net. At 14:12 in the period, Tyler Kennedy scored to extend the Pittsburgh lead. The play began when Kennedy beat Henrik Zetterberg to the puck on the forecheck. Chris Kunitz then took the puck and fed a pass to Crosby, who one-touched it to Kennedy for the goal, as Osgood was caught moving side-to-side. The third period featured several good chances by each team, but neither team was able to score and the game ended with a tied series.

Game five

Fleury is screened by Franzen during Game 5

Detroit gained a huge boost in game five, as star two-way player Pavel Datsyuk played for the first time in the series after returning from a foot injury. The Penguins were the team that began the match with energy, dominating the first five minutes, and producing a variety of chances from the Evgeni Malkin-Ruslan Fedotenko-Max Talbot line. However, the Red Wings rallied around a rejuvenated Datsyuk to take over the game midway through the period. Datsuyk's skating allowed Detroit to score at 13:32 of the period, as he fed a pass to Dan Cleary during a three-on-three transition play. Cleary used Penguins' defenceman Brooks Orpik as a screen as he shot the puck past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. The Penguins began to unravel in the second period, committing five minor penalties in the frame. This undisciplined hockey allowed Detroit to score three power play goals and one marker that occurred seconds after a penalty had expired.

At 1:44 of the second, the Red Wings scored their second goal. On the final seconds of a power play, Fleury made a sprawling save on Datsuyk, the puck was cleared, and the penalty expired. However, as the Penguins attempted to make a line change, goaltender Chris Osgood fed a long pass for Detroit to Marian Hossa, who slipped a pass into the slot, enabling a streaking Valtteri Filppula to score on the backhand. Three straight penalty calls on Pittsburgh would then lead to Red Wing scores. A slashing minor on Sergei Gonchar eventually allowed a high wrist shot by Niklas Kronwall at 8:35 to find the back of the net. Kronwall scored after pinching into the corner and playing in a forward position. He then took a pass from Johan Franzen and patiently waited for Fleury to go down before lifting the puck. An elbowing penalty on Evgeni Malkin led to a Brian Rafalski goal at 11:34, which saw the defenceman take a pass from Datsyuk and score on a wrist shot from the right circle. A Chris Kunitz roughing penalty set up Henrik Zetterberg. At 15:40, Zetterberg took a shot-pass from Jiri Hudler and peeled to the front of the net to deposit the puck over Fleury's glove. After giving up the fifth goal, Fleury was replaced by Mathieu Garon, and the Penguins committed two more penalties in the second to give Detroit a two-man advantage on which they did not convert. The third period was mostly uneventful and the score remained 5–0 until the end of the game.

Game six

Osgood makes a save in Game 6

The Penguins defeated the Red Wings in game six, 2–1, to force a seventh and deciding game of the finals. The first period featured strong defensive play by both teams. Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made a big early save as he stopped a one-timer by Henrik Zetterberg, who had just received a pass from Pavel Datsyuk on a two-on-one rush. Detroit's Chris Osgood equaled Fleury's early brilliance, as he stopped Sidney Crosby on two separate power plays, first by stuffing his attempt to jam home a puck in the crease, then by denying him on a rush through the slot in transition. After a scoreless first period, Jordan Staal scored Pittsburgh's first goal at 0:51 in the second. Tyler Kennedy chipped a puck away from Valtteri Filppula in the Detroit zone, then passed the puck to Staal to start a two-on-one break. Osgood stopped Staal's first shot by tipping it with his glove, before the rebound was deposited into the net.

Pittsburgh dominated the second period, but did not score again in the frame. They also caught a break as Zetterberg's forehand shot from the slot hit the post and was then held by Fleury as it ricochet off his back. Kennedy gave the Penguins their second goal at 5:35 of the third after gaining the puck by cycling behind Detroit's net with Max Talbot. Two Red Wing defenders went to Talbot, which gave Kennedy a clear lane to walk in front of the net and lift a shot high over Osgood. Kris Draper cut the Pittsburgh lead at 8:01, beating Marc-Andre Fleury on a wrist shot. The goal came after Jonathan Ericsson's slapshot was kicked aside and Draper was able to take the rebound and glide into scoring position. The Red Wings found their stride late in the game, but were thwarted on two late scoring chances. With 1:42 remaining, Dan Cleary raced into the Penguins zone on a breakaway, but his shot was turned aside by Fleury. In the final thirty seconds, an unlikely hero stepped up for the Penguins. After Fleury stopped Datsyuk's shot, the puck came to the goal mouth, where Johan Franzen was ready to pounce. However, with Fleury out of position, Pittsburgh defenceman Rob Scuderi stepped in front of the loose puck and blocked three Franzen shots with his skates to preserve a win.

Game seven

For the first time, the Pittsburgh Penguins played a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Finals, while the Red Wings made their seventh appearance in the deciding game. Detroit had previously gone 3–3 in game sevens. Their last Stanley Cup Final game seven was in 1964 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, where they lost by the score of 4–0 in Maple Leaf Gardens.^[14] Entering the contest, Red Wings Coach Mike Babcock joined Mike Keenan as the only men to coach Game 7's of the Stanley Cup Finals with two different teams, having been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim when they lost to the New Jersey Devils in 2003 (the home team won all seven games of the series).^[15]

The opening half of the first period featured tentative play by both teams but with Pittsburgh outperforming Detroit offensively in the frame. However, the Red Wings got the best scoring chance, as Kirk Maltby gained possession of a bouncing puck after a faceoff in the Penguins' zone. Maltby's shot was then stopped by the glove of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury from point blank range. At 1:13 in the second period, Pittsburgh struck first, as Max Talbot scored following a turnover. The goal resulted after Brad Stuart attempted to clear the zone following a dump-in by Brooks Orpik into Detroit territory. Evgeni Malkin used his skates to block Stuart's pass, and the puck found its way to Talbot, who patiently waited to find a shooting lane behind goaltender Chris Osgood. Both teams gained chances through the middle of the period, with each goalie coming up strong. On one sequence, Brian Rafalski made a quick pass to Darren Helm in the left circle, where he was stopped by Fleury. As Rafalski set up for a rebound shot, he lost the puck to Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke, who was then stuffed on a breakaway attempt. Soon afterward, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was crunched into the boards by Johan Franzen and sustained a knee injury. He would be healthy enough to play only one shift for the remainder of the game.

Malkin, during the Penguins' victory parade, became the first Russian player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Talbot struck again at 10:07 in the period, as he curled the puck to fake a pass during a two-on-one break, then lifted it over Osgood's shoulder. The play began with Chris Kunitz splitting the Detroit defence with a pass in his own zone, allowing Talbot and Tyler Kennedy to move in on an odd man rush. The Penguins attempted to play conservatively in the third period and registered only one shot in the frame. At the same time, Detroit was able to sustain pressure on several occasions during the period. At 13:53, the Red Wings got on the board, as Jonathan Ericsson drilled a one-timed slapshot behind Fleury from near the blue line, after receiving a pass from Niklas Lidstrom. Then, at 17:45, Detroit came within inches of pulling into a tie. However, Niklas Kronwall's wristshot from the right circle ricocheted off of Jordan Staal, hit the crossbar, then bounced away from any Red Wing skaters. Detroit gained one last chance on the final shift of the game. After stopping an initial Henrik Zetterberg shot from the right faceoff circle, the rebound came loose to Nicklas Lidstrom at the left faceoff circle, forcing Fleury to make a diving stop with two seconds remaining to preserve the win and the championship.^[16][17] Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy after the game as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs, becoming the first Russian born player to win the trophy.

The Penguins became the first team since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens to win game seven of the Final on the road. They were also the first road team to win game seven of a championship round, in any major league sport, since the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4–1 at Memorial Stadium to win the 1979 World Series.^[18][19] For the Red Wings, it was the first time that they lost in the Finals since 1995, when they were swept by the Devils. It was also the first time that the visiting team has won the Cup at Joe Louis Arena in the venue's 30-year history, and the Penguins became the first team to win the Cup in Detroit since the Montreal Canadiens did so in 1966 at the now-demolished Olympia Stadium. They were also the first team to win the Stanley Cup without finishing first in a division during the regular season since the Devils in 2000.

Officials

The following officials worked the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals:^[20] (Bold-face indicates worked Game 7)

• Referees: Paul Devorski, Marc Joannette, Dennis Larue, Bill McCreary
• Linesmen: Derek Amell, Steve Miller, Jean Morin, Pierre Racicot

Television coverage

In the United States, NBC broadcast the first two and final three games of the Final, while Versus broadcast games three and four.^[21] The first two games of the series were played on consecutive nights due to NBC's scheduling.^[22] In Canada, all games of the Final were broadcast in English on the CBC and in French on the cable network RDS. CBC had a new broadcast team calling the Final with Jim Hughson as play-by-play announcer, and Craig Simpson as colour commentator.

Game seven was the final major sporting event on analog television in the United States, with the DTV transition finishing less than an hour-and-a-half after the game ended and just one hour after NBC coverage ended. NBC affiliates WDIV-TV in Detroit and WPXI in Pittsburgh – who months before the Stanley Cup playoffs began electing to keep their own respective analog signals on until June 12, well past the original February 17 deadline – both remained on the air for game seven before cutting their analog signals at 11:59 EDT.

Ratings

In the United States, with an average of eight million viewers, game seven was the most-watched NHL game in the United States since game six of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.^[23]

In Canada, game seven drew an average of 3.529 million viewers to the CBC. However, it averaged 2.154 million viewers for the seven-game rematch, down 7% from the 2008 final.^[23]

Records

The Red Wings attempted to become the first team to successfully defend a championship since they did it in 1998. The Red Wings were also the first defending Stanley Cup champions to reach the Finals since 2001, when the 2000 champions New Jersey Devils lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Penguins became the first team since the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 to win the Stanley Cup after having lost in the Finals the year before; it was also the first instance of a Stanley Cup Finals rematch since then. They were the first team in major professional sports to win a game seven of the championship round on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. They also became the third team to win a game seven in the Stanley Cup Finals as the visitor, the first since the Montreal Canadiens in 1971 (the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1945 being the other).

Seeded fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Penguins became the lowest-seeded team to win the Cup since the fourth-seeded New Jersey Devils in 2000, and tied for eighth overall in the NHL, they became (along with the 1991 Penguins and 1995 Devils), the only teams in the post-1967 expansion era to finish outside the top six overall and win the Cup. The last team to win a Stanley Cup with fewer than 100 points in the season was the 1997 Detroit Red Wings, with 94.

Crosby (right) and Fleury (left) with the Stanley Cup during the Penguins' victory parade. Pittsburgh became the first city to win a Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in the same year.

The Penguins' Cup victory, coupled with that of the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII four months earlier, gave the city of Pittsburgh the distinction of being the only city to win a Super Bowl and the Stanley Cup in the same year. However, Detroit holds the distinction of being the first city to have NFL champions and NHL champions in the same city in the same year, 1952. The "City of Champions" gained multiple titles in the same year for the second time and first time in 30 years (the Pirates won the 1979 World Series in between the Steelers' victories in Super Bowl XIII in January 1979 and Super Bowl XIV in January 1980). It also gives the state of Pennsylvania three champions in the four major professional sports in a span of nine months, with the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series the previous October.

This was the second consecutive year that two US-based NHL teams competed for the championship, and the first time that two teams met in the Stanley Cup Finals in consecutive seasons since the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders did so in 1983 and 1984.

The first two games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on consecutive weekend nights—May 30 and 31—the first time that Finals games have been played on consecutive days since 1955.^[24]

Detroit's loss gave Mike Babcock the unfortunate distinction of being the first coach in NHL history to lose game seven of a Stanley Cup Final with two different teams.^[15] Mike Keenan, the other to coach in two Finals game sevens with two different teams, had avoided the distinction by winning the second Finals game seven he coached. He was with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1987 when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers, and was with the New York Rangers when they won the Cup in 1994.

This was the last Stanley Cup Final played at Mellon Arena, which was closed after the following season. The Penguins moved to the Consol Energy Center for the 2010–11 season.

Rosters

Pittsburgh Penguins

Roster on June 12, 2009.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Canada !	Adams, CraigCraig Adams	7.0 !RW	R	32	2009	Seria, Brunei
43	Canada !	Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	2.0 !D	R	36	2008	Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec
24	Canada !	Cooke, MattMatt Cooke	6.0 !LW	L	30	2008	Belleville, Ontario
87	Canada !	Crosby, SidneySidney Crosby (C)	4.0 !C	L	21	2005	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
9	Canada !	Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	6.0 !LW	L	30	2008	Laval, Quebec
7	United States !	Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	2.0 !D	L	32	2006	Wilmington, Delaware
26	Ukraine !	Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko	6.0 !LW	L	30	2008	Kiev, U.S.S.R.
29	Canada !	Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury	1.0 !G	L	24	2003	Sorel, Quebec
32	Canada !	Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon	1.0 !G	R	31	2009	Chandler, Quebec
2	United States !	Gill, HalHal Gill	2.0 !D	L	34	2008	Concord, Massachusetts
28	Canada !	Godard, EricEric Godard	7.0 !RW	R	29	2008	Vernon, British Columbia
3	United States !	Goligoski, AlexAlex Goligoski	2.0 !D	L	23	2004	Grand Rapids, Minnesota
55	Russia !	Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar (A)	2.0 !D	L	35	2005	Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.
13	United States !	Guerin, BillBill Guerin	7.0 !RW	R	38	2009	Worcester, Massachusetts
48	Canada !	Kennedy, TylerTyler Kennedy	4.0 !C	R	22	2004	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
14	Canada !	Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz	6.0 !LW	L	29	2009	Regina, Saskatchewan
58	Canada !	Letang, KristopherKristopher Letang	2.0 !D	R	22	2005	Montreal, Quebec
71	Russia !	Malkin, EvgeniEvgeni Malkin (A)	4.0 !C	L	22	2004	Magnitogorsk, U.S.S.R.
18	Canada !	Minard, ChrisChris Minard	4.0 !C	L	27	2007	Owen Sound, Ontario
44	United States !	Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	2.0 !D	L	28	2001	San Francisco, California
81	Slovakia !	Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	7.0 !RW	L	34	2008	Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
4	United States !	Scuderi, RobRob Scuderi	2.0 !D	L	30	1998	Syosset, New York
11	Canada !	Staal, JordanJordan Staal	4.0 !C	L	20	2006	Thunder Bay, Ontario
17	Czech Republic !	Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora	7.0 !RW	L	32	2007	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
25	Canada !	Talbot, MaximeMaxime Talbot	4.0 !C	L	25	2002	LeMoyne, Quebec
15	Canada !	Zigomanis, MichaelMichael Zigomanis	4.0 !C	R	28	2008	Toronto, Ontario

Detroit Red Wings

Roster on June 12, 2009.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8	United States !	Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader	4.0 !C	L	22	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
24	United States !	Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	2.0 !D	R	47	1999	Chicago, Illinois
11	Canada !	Cleary, DanielDaniel Cleary	7.0 !RW	L	30	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
29	United States !	Conklin, TyTy Conklin	1.0 !G	L	33	2008	Phoenix, Arizona
13	Russia !	Datsyuk, PavelPavel Datsyuk (A)	4.0 !C	L	30	1998	Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R.
44	Canada !	Downey, AaronAaron Downey	7.0 !RW	R	34	2007	Honeywood, Ontario
33	Canada !	Draper, KrisKris Draper (A)	4.0 !C	L	38	1993	Toronto, Ontario
52	Sweden !	Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson	2.0 !D	L	25	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
51	Finland !	Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula	4.0 !C	L	25	2002	Vantaa, Finland
93	Sweden !	Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen	6.0 !LW	L	29	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
43	Canada !	Helm, DarrenDarren Helm	4.0 !C	L	22	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
96	Sweden !	Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom	7.0 !RW	L	36	1994	Piteå, Sweden
81	Slovakia !	Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	7.0 !RW	L	30	2008	Stará Ľubovňa, Czechoslovakia
35	United States !	Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard	1.0 !G	L	25	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
26	Czech Republic !	Hudler, JiriJiri Hudler	6.0 !LW	L	25	2002	Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
46	Czech Republic !	Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl	2.0 !D	L	22	2005	Sumperk, Czechoslovakia
82	Slovakia !	Kopecky, TomasTomas Kopecky	6.0 !LW	L	27	2000	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
55	Sweden !	Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall	2.0 !D	L	28	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
22	United States !	Lebda, BrettBrett Lebda	2.0 !D	L	27	2004	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
21	Finland !	Leino, VilleVille Leino	6.0 !LW	L	25	2008	Savonlinna, Finland
5	Sweden !	Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom (C)	2.0 !D	L	39	1989	Västerås, Sweden
3	Sweden !	Lilja, AndreasAndreas Lilja	2.0 !D	L	33	2005	Helsingborg, Sweden
18	Canada !	Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby	7.0 !RW	R	36	1996	Guelph, Ontario
14	Canada !	Meech, DerekDerek Meech	2.0 !D	L	25	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
30	Canada !	Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	1.0 !G	L	36	2005	Peace River, Alberta
28	United States !	Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	2.0 !D	R	35	2007	Dearborn, Michigan
37	Sweden !	Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson	7.0 !RW	R	32	2005	Mariefred, Sweden
23	Canada !	Stuart, BradBrad Stuart	2.0 !D	L	29	2008	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
40	Sweden !	Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg (A)	4.0 !C	L	28	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

Pittsburgh Penguins – 2009 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

¹-played both wing & center.

Stanley Cup engraving

• ^a Mike Zigomanis played in only 22 games due to injuries, and missed the whole playoffs. Pittsburgh included his name on the Stanley Cup by petitioning for league approval.
• *^b Despite having served with the organization in various positions for a total of 25 years, this was Johnston's first Stanley Cup with the Penguins. (Also his first in management, and his first since winning as a player with the Boston Bruins in 1970, and 1972.)
• ^c Gilles Meloche and Mario Lemieux are the only ones to have their names engraved on the Cup in the three Penguins championships of 1991, 1992, and 2009. (Kevin Stevens won as a player in '91 and '92, but was not engraved as a professional scout for the team in 2009.) However, Meloche is the only one to hold the same position for all three wins. Dr. Charles Burke was the only other member of the Penguins to win 3 Stanley Cup rings. However, his name is not on the Stanley Cup.

Dan Bylsma was the 13th rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup and the first since 1986. Dan Bylsma only coached 25 regular season games, before leading Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup Finals. He is the second mid-season replacement rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup (See 1971 Stanley Cup Finals for the other coach, Al MacNeil). Bylsma was also a player under Mike Babcock on the 2002-03 and 2003-04 roster of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Included on the team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup.

• #14 Chris Minard(LW - 20 games for Pittsburgh, 56 games in the minors, 12 playoff games in the minors),
• #42 Dustin Jeffrey(C - 14 games for Pittsburgh, 63 Regular season, 12 playoff games in the minors),
• #22 Jeff Taffe(LW - 8 games for Pittsburgh, 74 regular season, and 12 playoff games in the minors ),
• #1 John Curry (G - 3 games played for Pittsburgh, 50 games in the minors)
• #65 Ben Lovejoy(D - 2 games for Pittsburgh, 76 regular season, and 12 playoff games in the minors),
• #30 Brad Thiessen(G - signed by the organization out of Northeastern University in April, served as practice goaltender in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League before being called up to Pittsburgh in May to fulfill the same role. He was included in the team celebrations and official picture with the Cup, despite the fact that at the time, he still had yet to play in his first professional game of hockey and spent the whole season playing college hockey.),

References

External links

• 2009 Stanley Cup Finals at ESPN

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