Talkin’ Hockey

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!

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.

DFN Sports features great sports merchandise including Pittsburgh Penguins hats and Detroit Red Wings apparel and more!

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.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the first team to advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ 2nd round as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 last night to complete the Pens’ 4-0 sweep of Ottawa. With the win the #2 seed Penguins advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals to face the winner of #3 Washington vs. #6 Philadelphia or the winner of #4 New Jersey vs. #5 NY Rangers; the Flyers lead Washington 2-1 heading into tonight’s Game #4 while the Rangers have a 3-1 lead on New Jersey heading into tomorrow’s Game #5.

Fans can find Pittsburgh Penguins apparel online through DFN Sports!