Ray Ferraro awoke Tuesday morning in Herning, Denmark, where he’s stationed this month calling the IIHF World Championship for TSN, and checked his cell phone. In the middle of the night, the Washington Capitals had eliminated the Penguins from the playoffs, ending their run at a third consecutive Stanley Cup. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the winner at 5:27 in overtime.
It felt rather familiar.
Twenty-five years ago this week, Ferraro feathered a pass to David Volek, whose Game 7 goal then thwarted the previous Penguins’ three-peat try. In Pittsburgh. In the second round. At 5:16 of overtime.