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Adversity- condition or instance of continued difficulty.
That's what this team had to overcome all season long. Mark Eaton, Maxime Talbot, Gary Roberts, Marc-Andre Fleury, Sidney Crosby, high ankle sprains, broken legs, tested to the limit. Yet, they never gave up. Never called it quits. Stepped up and rose to the challenge. A team of young men, faced by nothing but adversity, looking it straight in the eye and rising to the challenge.
Players like Ty Conklin, Ryan Malone, Petr Sykora, Evgeni Malkin, Brooks Orpik, Tyler Kennedy, Adam Hall, Jordan Staal, Jaarko Ruutu and the rest of the Penguins organization played like men until the last second at the final buzzer. From game 1 in the regular season until game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. From last place to a race for the cup. An amazing accomplishment. The time will come when the cup is held high once again in the steel city by a man wearing a black and gold jersey.
Hold your heads high and know this: There is no shame in what you accomplished. The time will come and the banners will fly high in the igloo for years to come. Banners of the past, and of the future. You have shown us the true meaning of the word TEAM. As a true fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
GO PENS!
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