Eastern Conference Final: Game Four Pens/ Canes

by Jan Snyder

Shout – Isley Brothers

You know you make me wanna (Shout!)

Kick my heels up and (Shout!)

Throw my hands up and (Shout!)

Throw my head back and (Shout!)

Come on now (Shout!)

This could be my favorite song ever to dance to and certainly expresses how we Pens fans feel about this great victory in Game Four! Eastern Conference Champions for the second year in a row!

Having survived a couple of real hurricanes myself, I thought this series was going to be tougher than it ultimately proved to be and that the Pens would have a harder road to hoe. Turns out the Pens blew into Carolina like a hurricane and left quite a swath of destruction in their wake.

Again the Canes started out well, with Eric Staal scoring just two minutes into the game as the fans went berserk. Fedotenko tied the game at 1-1 and a little later, Max scored a loopy goal that got away from Cam Ward and made it 2-1.

The Canes seemed to get to Geno tonight as he took two penalties in the first period. Hard to score from the penalty box, but no matter. If both parts of the two-headed monster aren’t scoring, the rest of the team will!

In the second, Guerin took a fantastic pass from Sid and scored and in the third, Sid graciously gave the empty-netter to Adams. A big shout out to Crosby who ended his evening with two assists and to Malkin, who had to cool down a little. He had no points, but laid out some big hits and made some fine defensive plays.

All in all, everyone did their thing, including Fleury who stopped all kinds of shots and had us up and shouting hooray! Ward did his part too, making plenty of nice saves.

So, Coach Cowher traded in his black and gold for red to support the Hurricanes, eh? That’s okay, we’ll take Super Bowl winning Coach Mike Tomlin who goes to Pens’ games dressed in his Crosby jersey! Only three years away from the ‘burg and Pittsburgh native Cowher switches teams? I’ve lived in Texas for 12 years and still follow all the Pittsburgh teams as closely as I did the day I moved away.

Christine Simpson expressed surprise that Superstitious Sidney touched the trophy. I confess to being absolutely flabbergasted! But it’s all good if they want to try to change their fortunes from last year. The team has certainly earned the right to do whatever they please!

Now the Hurricane warning is over, the Red was rocked, and the Orange was crushed. Only one more team stands in the way of the ultimate victory.

Remember the movie Rock Star? In it, Mark Wahlberg plays the part of a Pittsburgh guy who plays in a tribute band. He ultimately lives out his dream when the real band, Steel Dragon, invites him to be their lead singer. One of the songs he sings is Stand Up. They have been playing the song at Mellon Arena – just the first part: “Stand up and shooouuuutttt!” Let’s keep winning, let’s keep shouting, and let’s see who we play in the Stanley Cup Finals!

Reprise:

You know you make me wanna (Shout!)

Kick my heels up and (Shout!)

Throw my hands up and (Shout!)

Throw my head back and (Shout!)

Come on now (Shout!)

Let’s Go, Pens!!