Talkin’ Hockey

For the first time since 1995 the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks will meet in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. That year saw the Red Wings advance easily beating the Blackhawks 4-1 to advance. This season the young Blackhawks will look to continue their impressive run which has excited their fan base and caused a large increase in Chicago Blackhawks hats & merchandise sales. Red Wings clothing & apparel is always a top-seller, outpacing most every other NFL franchise in apparel sales, and their Stanley Cup Playoff success boosts these sales each season.

So who will win the NHL’s Western Conference Finals in 2009? The Red Wings seem to be the favorite due to experience, but the young Blackhawks have a lot of fire and may just pull the upset.

The NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals are set after two game 7’s this week which saw the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Panthers both prevail on the road to advance. After Pittsburgh’s win as Washington, the Penguins appear to be the team to beat in this series, and Penguins apparel is flying off the shelves. However Carolina jumped out to a quick 3-1 series lead on the #1 seeded Boston Bruins, and the Hurricanes should not be overlooked. It always seems that Carolina Hurricanes hats & merchandise is a little slower in sales since they are not in such a hockey-crazed town as Pittsburgh, but online stores are reporting nice traffic gains and sales increases.

Pro Hockey Fans has released their Eastern Conference Finals preview and makes their pick for who will play for the Stanley Cup in 2009. Will it be the Penguins or the Hurricanes? Find out!

In what turned out to be a thrilling series, the Detroit Red Wings emerged as the NHL’s top team with a 3-2 Game #6 win on Wednesday night as they top Pittsburgh 4-2 to win the 2008 Stanley Cup. A late flurry of shots made this game a nail-biter down to the final second, but Chris Osgood was able to seal the win for the Red Wings for the franchise’s 11th Stanley Cup Championship. As Detroit Red Wings Championship apparel will no doubt be a hot item in Detroit and throughout the nation, fans are already talking about next year in every other NHL city.

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While both teams led their conference finals series 3-0, there was no sweep for either the Penguins or the Red Wings. Lucky for both teams, the 33-year trend of teams coming back from a 3-0 deficit appears to have likely been broken as well. On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 games to take the Eastern Conference Finals and advance to play for the Stanley Cup. One night later, the Detroit Red Wings finally put away the Dallas Stars with a 4-1 road win. After taking a 3-0 series lead, Detroit lost Game #4 @ Dallas and Game #5 in Detroit, but with Monday’s win, the Red Wings take the series in 6 games.

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AFter a dominating performance in Game #1, the Detroit Red Wings jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the 1st period of Game #2 and the defense held tight as neither team scored again on Saturday night. As a result of the 2-1 win, the Detroit Red Wings now lead the Dallas Stars 2-0 n their best-of-seven series as they head to Dallas for Game #3 on Monday night.

Despite being without the 2008 NHL Playoffs’ leading goal-scorer, Johan Franzen, the Wings were able to come up with just enough offense as Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg each scored a goal to lead the Wings’ offense. With the win the Red Wings apparel continues to be a hot-seller online as the Detroit Red Wings have now won 8 consecutive playoff games.

With the Western Conference Finals set to begin on Thursday night, Pro Hockey Fans has released their Western Conference Finals preview. With Dallas and Detroit set to face off in a best-of-seven series to determine the Western Conference Championship and a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, Pro Hockey Fans writer Kevin Chavez gives us the main things to look for in this series. Check out the entire Western Conference Finals preview online over at ProHockey-fans.com.

With their teams both up 2-0 in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s no wonder that fans are excited about the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings came into the NHL playoffs as the Western Conference #1 seed and defeated Nashville 4-2 in the first round before jumping out to a 2-0 lead vs. Colorado. Meanwhile the Penguins, the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference, swept Ottawa 4-0 in the first round and now lead the New York Rangers 2-0 in their best-of-seven series.

DFN Sports is now reporting that gear featuring both the Red Wings’ and Penguins’ logos are hot items. Detroit Red Wings apparel is a top-seller year-round, but with the leadership of Sidney Crosby for the Pens in the playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins hats & merchandise is selling at a faster rate than ever before for the sports fan & merchandise site.

Pro Hockey Fans continues to provide fantastic coverage of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs and they have continued that coverage with recaps of the first two games in the semifinals series. The Philadelphia vs Montreal recap tells us how the Flyers escaped Montreal with the series tied 1-1 while the Penguins were able to win games #1 & 2 vs the NY Rangers. Finally, the Stars continue to surprise after knocking off the defending Stanley Cup Champions in the 1st round, Dallas has taken a 2-0 lead over San Jose with two road wins at the Shark Tank. Keep checking back at Pro Hockey Fans for more NHL Playoff coverage all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Detroit Red Wings took command of their series with the Colorado Avalanche earlier today as they dominated colorado in a 5-1 win and Pro Hockey Fans has posted their Detroit/Colorado game recap. Johan Fanzen netted a hat trick for the Red Wings as we head to Colorado with the Red Wings leading 2-0 in this best of seven series.

As the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue and just 8 teams remain alive for hockey’s most coveted prize, Pro Hockey Fans has released their Eastern Conference Semifinals preview and their Western Conference Semifinals preview. Pro Hockey Fans writer Kevin Chaves has been providing Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage throughout the playoffs, and they continue to do so with the conference semifinal previews and predictions.