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After a thrilling come from behind victory on home ice in Game 6, the Ottawa Senators are looking to keep this improbable playoff run going with a victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight in Game 7. The Sens are beaten and battered, facing a Penguins team that could get some key injured players back, have Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and a ton of experience with Game 7's. Oh, and Ottawa is 0-5 in Game 7's in their history.
Right now, the Sens aren't focused on any of this (save for dealing with Crosby and Malkin), preferring to look at it like it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. As Craig Andrerson said to NHL.com, "You never know when it's going to happen again," Anderson, 36, said Wednesday. "As a young player, you always think, 'There's always next year.' When you get to be a guy my age, you run out of next years. You make the most of your moments and if it's in your cards to be one of the select few to be able to be in the opportunity we're in, it's definitely an honor."
Forget the attendance issues. Forget the media lobbying for penalties. This is what every kid dreams of growing up, playing in a Game 7 for the right to play in the Stanley Cup Finals.
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GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
The Modified Ghost Festival II gets underway tonight in Vancouver, 4 nights of kickass metal that has something for everyone under the metal banner. Tonight, it's a death metal fiend's delight as WAKE, SEEKER, ARCHSPIRE, PSYCROPTIC, EXHUMED and headliners DYING FETUS hit the stage. Tomorrow night, KOMA, BUSHWHACKER, WITCH MOUNTAIN, BLACK WIZARD, ACID KING, RED FANG and the legendary Swedish doom metal band CANDLEMASS tear up the Rickshaw Theater. Saturday's show (which I am gonna be at) has TYRANT'S BLOOD, ANCIIENTS, MANTAR, PRIMITIVE MAN, NAILS, legendary Canadian thrashers RAZOR and headliners MUNICIPAL WASTE. It all wraps up on Sunday with WORLD VIEW, ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, HOMEWRECKER, COMEBACK KID, and celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic 'Age Of Quarrel' album, NYHC legends CRO-MAGS. There are still a few tickets available, but they're going fast. Check out their facebook page, and here's some of what you'll see there.