Kings Win The Cup

8th Seed Team Wins It All

Congratulations to the L.A. Kings.  They and their fans have waited a long time to hoist The Cup. 

The Kings came to play in game six.  They came to get the job done.  The name of the game was to take it to the Devils early and often.  Boy, did they ever.  The Devils were chasing their tails from the first drop of the puck.  Instead of taking a deep breath and regrouping the Devils decided to play cro magnon hockey.  It cost them The Cup.  Bernier boarded Scuderi to give the Kings a 5 minute power play.  The Kings did what they had to do.  I could just picture Bernier sitting in the locker room taking his skates off and hearing the horn blow for one, then two and finally three goals as his team mates were left to defend his stupidity.  And that was just the first period. 

In the second period the Kings added insult to injury and scored their fourth goal of the game at full strength.  The Devils continued to spiral downward, taking 4 more penalties, two of which were additional misconducts.  Blood was spilled by sticks and collisions.  Even one of the linesmen was brutalized when he couldn't get out of the way of incoming player traffic.  Adam Henrique finally got one past a sprawling Quick so any thought of a shutout for The Cup Win was demolished.  

The Devils continued their parade to the penalty box in the third.  Zhidlicky, in his true fashion, tripped and hacked his way to the box.  The Kings took their share of penalties but came away unscathed.  With 3 minutes left the Devils pulled Marty.  It took the Kings 2 seconds to score the empty netter.  Marty came back in.  It took the Kings 4 seconds to score on him.  After that the Kings just skated aound, not wanting to make it any worse for the Devils.  Final score: 6-1 Kings.  

Best moment through the handshake line: Quick and Brodeur hugging it out and congratulating each other.  

Conn Smythe: Jonathan Quick

And there it is - the most coveted trophy in professional sports: The Stanley Cup.  It is a thing of pure beauty.  One day, some day... a Wild fan can dream.     

 And let the battle for Parise begin!!