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PITEA, Sweden - Tomas Holmstrom had his day with the Stanley Cup on Friday, and he let his cousin use it as a baptismal font for a christening.

Holmstrom suggested the idea to his cousin, Robert Sundstrom, who baptized his seven-week-old daughter Alva Felicia during a private ceremony outside Holmstrom’s hometown of Pitea in northern Sweden.

“Tomas came up with the idea when we were sitting in his summer cabin kitchen a week ago,” Sundstrom said. “Me and my wife thought it would be fun to christen our daughter in such a priceless object.”

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DETROIT - Marian Hossa chose to join the Detroit Red Wings at a discount. He hopes hoisting the Stanley Cup will make it worth the sacrifice.

Hossa signed a US$7.45-million, one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. He had rebuffed a chance to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were reportedly offering $7 million a season as part of five-year contract after they lost the Stanley Cup final to Detroit last month.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Former Grand Rapids Griffins players joyfully hoisting the Stanley Cup are the focal points of the team’s new promotional campaign, “Stanley Cup Champions: Raised in Grand Rapids!”

The 2008 Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings featured 15 former Griffins on their playoff roster, including eight players whose names have been engraved on the most famous trophy in sports. Now, four of them are being individually honored on billboards that display a photo of them raising the Stanley Cup alongside an action shot taken during their Griffins tenure.

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Don’t forget to come down and join us tonight for Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final tonight at Mushrush’s Main Office Pub at 631 Main Street in downtown Peoria.

The Detroit Red Wings have a chance to take home Lord Stanley’s Cup tonight as they return to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit with a 3-1 series lead. Join us for $2 half-pound burger night tonight and every Monday night at Mushrush’s Main Office Pub, the former Sullivan’s, in downtown.

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Don’t forget to come down and join us tonight for Game Six of the Stanley Cup Final tonight at Mushrush’s Main Office Pub at 631 Main Street in downtown Peoria.

The Detroit Red Wings once again have a chance to take home Lord Stanley’s Cup tonight as they lead the series over Pittsburgh 3-2. Join us for a free finger food buffet starting at 5 pm at Mushrush’s Main Office Pub, the former Sullivan’s, in downtown.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … An official scoring correction made by the American Hockey League on Monday has given Wilkes-Barre/Scranton rookie Alex Goligoski his 26th point of the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs, the most ever by an AHL defenseman in a single postseason.

Goligoski should have been credited with an assist on the first Penguins goal in Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Chicago in Game 2 of the Calder Cup Finals. The AHL has reviewed the video and adjusted the scoring appropriately. Goligoski now shows two assists for Sunday’s game and six points (1g, 5a) in the first two games of the series, figuring in on all six of his team’s goals in the Finals.

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DETROIT (AP) -Goaltender Chris Osgood stopped just about everything in the Stanley Cup playoffs. With thousands of jubilant fans celebrating the Red Wings’ title Friday, he couldn’t stop his emotions.

“I’ve had to wipe away a few tears,” he said. “This is why I play in Detroit.”

Two days after Detroit once again raised the hallowed trophy, spectators jammed downtown to join the party.

Enduring temperatures reaching as high as 92 degrees with sweltering humidity, they stayed put for the 2 1/2-hour-long procession and 45-minute rally in a jam-packed Hart Plaza.

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PITTSBURGH - Their names will never be etched on the Stanley Cup but the Detroit Red Wings needed their quiet contributions to reach the top.

So it goes for the family and close friends of a professional hockey player. They are the people in the background providing support during injuries, slumps and losing streaks and the ones who keep the household running during long road trips.

The players recognize the importance of these people more than anyone, which explains the mix of tears and jubilation that was on display after Detroit’s Cup-clinching victory over Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. Once the trophy had been presented and the Red Wings had posed for a photo, family and friends were allowed on the ice at Mellon Arena to share in the celebration.

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PITTSBURGH - Win or lose, taking his team to the Stanley Cup final has been big for 20-year-old Sidney Crosby.

The Cole Harbour, N.S., native has been a leader on and off the ice for the young, talent-stacked Pittsburgh Penguins, even while struggling to score early in the best-of-seven final against the Detroit Red Wings.

“It’s pretty much everything I expected,” Crosby said hours before Wednesday’s Game 3 of his first experience in the final. “I tried not to think about it coming in and just tried to prepare the same way.

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PITTSBURGH - It took Sidney Crosby at the top of his game to put the Pittsburgh Penguins back in the hunt for the Stanley Cup.

Crosby scored Pittsburgh’s first two goals of the series and Adam Hall got the game-winner as the Penguins came alive with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final on Wednesday night. The Red Wings, who shut out Pittsburgh in consecutive games in Detroit, lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 with Game 4 set for Saturday night at Mellon Arena.

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