The Marlies are back in action tonight. They have returned to Ricoh down 2 games to none in their series vs. the Hershey Bears. Needless to say a win tonight is kind of critical. We'll have a preview of the game up this morning.

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Women's Hockey Wednesday: Angela James and LGBTQIA Representation - PPP
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Penguins 5 - Lightning 2

Crosby leads Pens to 5-2 win to force Game 7 - PensBurgh
The Penguins hold on to win 5-2 in Game 6 in a crazy game where they come out strong. Crosby, Letang and Murray are great and there's now a Game 7 in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

The Bolts were flat out destroyed in this game.

No one survives a 5-on-3 against this PP unit.

The series now goes back to Pittsburgh on Friday where someone will win the Prince of Wales trophy. Looks like it's getting chippy already. This game 7 could be one of the best hockey games of the playoffs.

Meanwhile the Sharks have a chance to eliminate the Blues in tonight's game at 8:00PM

Where is Tarasenko? - St. Louis Game Time
Might as well ask what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. His once unstoppable goal scoring ability has been met by the Sharks immovable defense pairing of Braun and Vlasic.

Other News

Coach John Brophy paid it forward, helped black hockey players in their careers - Color of Hockey
When a lot of hockey people didn’t think Val James had the wherewithal to be a professional player, John Brophy did.

Backup Goaltender Just As Important - Editor in Leaf
The NHL playoffs are teaching the Toronto Maple Leafs anything it’s that they don’t just need a starting goaltender – they also need a very good backup cage guardian.

Bruins extend Kevan Miller 4 years for 2.5M AAV - Stanley Cup of Chowder
[Species: Remember when this is what we expected of our management?]

After a year of tracking Flyers zone exits, what have we learned about the defense? - Broad Street Hockey
With the regular season over, we now have full 82-game exit statistics for the Philadelphia Flyers, on both an individual and team level. Today, we'll focus on the performance of the defensemen.

2016 World Selects Invitational: Top '01 Defensemen - SB Nation College Hockey
Who were the top 2001-born defensemen that were competing at the 2016 World Selects Invitational?

The conference final winners will be:

Penguins and Sharks130
Penguins and Blues16
Lightning and Sharks38
Lightning and Blues5
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