Ils sont les favoris
PITTSBURGH - Pendant que les joueurs du Canadien se démenaient à Washington, ceux des Penguins de Pittsburgh suivaient le match à la télévision comme les partisans du Tricolore. Et eux aussi souhaitaient voir les hommes de Jacques Martin venir à bout des Capitals.
L’été passé, Kristopher Letang, Pascal Dupuis, Maxime Talbot et Marc-André Fleury ont amené la coupe Stanley au Québec pour célébrer leur triomphe face aux Red Wings de Detroit.
Voilà qu’ils reviendront de nouveau au Québec, mais pour défendre leur trophée contre le Canadien qui se retrouve soudainement sur leur chemin.
« Ça va être une bonne série, je vais réaliser un rêve de jeunesse en jouant contre le Canadien », avoue Dupuis. « Ça va être évidemment très spécial pour les Francophones de notre équipe. »
« Ça va être très excitant et comme l’a si bien dit Pascal, je vais également réaliser un rêve de jeunesse », renchérit Talbot. « Nous allons essayer de gâcher le plaisir des partisans montréalais. »
« J’ai toujours été un partisan du Canadien, alors ce sera bizarre de l’affronter en séries », reconnaît Fleury. « Je vais tout essayer pour les battre! »
La rencontre entre le Canadien et les Capitals n’était même pas encore terminée, que déjà les Québécois des Penguins étaient inondés d’appels de parents et d’amis qui désiraient obtenir des billets pour les parties à Montréal.
Plusieurs seront déçus, car il faudra pratiquement couper les ponts pour deux semaines.
« Jouer contre le Canadien, c’est toujours beaucoup de distractions », explique Talbot. « Et ce n’est pas seulement vrai pour les Francophones. »
En ce qui concerne leurs rivaux, pas question de prendre le Canadien à la légère, bien au contraire!
« Ils ont battu les premiers », conclut Letang. « Ils doivent être considérés comme les favoris maintenant. »
Source
http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/298159.html
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Pens Win and move onto the second round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs
Random picture from tonights Pens/Sens game of Letang #58 and Fleury #29.
Pens win this series 4-2. Yay Pens :) :)
Bonne Anniversaire Kris
Today is Kris Letang's 23 birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus the Pens can hopefully kick some Sens butt today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thanks to "Penguins Hockey in the Burg blog" for this information!
Dan Bylsma:
On Kris Letang playing better in the playoffs:
"I’m going to expect more of it next year from him by the way that he has played through the first four games. We had a good understanding that they were going to come and try to establish a forecheck on us. We have heard from different sources throughout the year that teams thought that they could get to us on the forecheck. Not just Kris, but our guys have gone back and knew that they were coming and took hits and went back again and made plays. I think that it’s a lot of guys back there, but Kris Letang in particular. He has set the tone a little bit for us in the last few games with the hit in his first shift against (Anton) Volchenkov in Game 2 at the red line and the collision with (Mike) Fisher in Game 4. I think that was his first shift and the second shift of the game in the corner down there. He also takes hits and penalties and stands right there and makes plays without being phased by it. I think that has been a big factor for our team, and Kris has probably been the best in that regard. We’ll remember the standard that he is setting."
On if Letang performs better when he plays physical:
"I think that we talked about him being a good defender and being a tough guy to play against. We saw that a few times against pretty skilled players, and he is better. He’s more focused and charged on being in the game and playing defensively and taking those hits. We are seeing him at his best."
Dan Bylsma:
On Kris Letang playing better in the playoffs:
"I’m going to expect more of it next year from him by the way that he has played through the first four games. We had a good understanding that they were going to come and try to establish a forecheck on us. We have heard from different sources throughout the year that teams thought that they could get to us on the forecheck. Not just Kris, but our guys have gone back and knew that they were coming and took hits and went back again and made plays. I think that it’s a lot of guys back there, but Kris Letang in particular. He has set the tone a little bit for us in the last few games with the hit in his first shift against (Anton) Volchenkov in Game 2 at the red line and the collision with (Mike) Fisher in Game 4. I think that was his first shift and the second shift of the game in the corner down there. He also takes hits and penalties and stands right there and makes plays without being phased by it. I think that has been a big factor for our team, and Kris has probably been the best in that regard. We’ll remember the standard that he is setting."
On if Letang performs better when he plays physical:
"I think that we talked about him being a good defender and being a tough guy to play against. We saw that a few times against pretty skilled players, and he is better. He’s more focused and charged on being in the game and playing defensively and taking those hits. We are seeing him at his best."
Post Game interview with Kris 4/22/10
Kris also scored another playoff goal in this game!!! It was the first one for the Pens in this game and unfortunately the Pens lost so now we are back up to Ottawa for another game!!!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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From the Pens Team Report and Team Photo Day 4/7/2010
Kris Letang
On memories at Mellon Arena:
In my mind, it’s a great place to play. We have had a lot of success through the years. I don’t have specific memories, but the fact that we have had success and won the series against Philly here is great.
On memories at Mellon Arena:
In my mind, it’s a great place to play. We have had a lot of success through the years. I don’t have specific memories, but the fact that we have had success and won the series against Philly here is great.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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