Lord Stanley, here we come.
Or, as inimitable Penguins play-by-play announcer Mike Lange once chirped, “You can spit-shine your shoes. We’re going dancing with Lord Stanley.”
The Penguins edged the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, last night in a pulsating Game 7 that virtually throbbed with passion and intensity. Indeed, the 18,638 Consol Energy Center faithful stood in unison with five minutes left and remained on their feet to cheer the Pens home.
The new barn never rocked as loud.
Bryan Rust led the way. Harkening back to another Penguins scrambler who scored two goals in a Game 7, the Notre Dame grad struck twice in the second period to lift the Pens to a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.