2009 Stanley Cup Finals: Pittsburgh Takes Their Revenge On Detroit
The Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins had played an exciting Stanley Cup Finals in 2008, with the Penguins staving off elimination in the closing seconds of Game 5, and then the Red Wings going on the road to take Game 6 and hoist the Cup. It was a good enough Finals that these two Rustbelt franchises with passionate fan bases decided to do it all over again at the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. This time, the series went the distance and the Penguins got their first Cup since the Mario Lemieux era.