That is last year's winning entry from Michael Pope. 

* The two missing players were Brodeur and Brian Campbell

Jeff Carter's goal in Game Six paved the way to victory. A rare 20-point bonus for scoring the Stanley Cup clinching goal. Jeff Carter, bro.

Rinkotology closes at 7:55pm tonight. Great turnout so far this year. Click here to sign up. 

-- The TSN parody of The Hangover:

Endless Darren Dreger GIFs to be made from that.

-- The Big Screen is back. Have fun with parking, though. [ Pens.com ]

-- CapGeek Twitter rankings and a list of everyone you should follow. [ CapGeek ]

-- Good stuff from GTOG on the Isles/Pens. [GTOG ]

To recap, the top two fears we've identified have little to do with the Islanders: a Fleury meltdown and a PK disaster.  The actual Islanders-based reasons that might make you afraid have their own flaws: John Tavares has never played a playoff game and is probably the 3rd best player in the series; Matt Moulson is Matt Moulson and we're not really going to get overly worked up about that; and Evgeni Nabakov has playoff experience the same way Dan Marino had playoff experience

Yep.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

From John N...

TWEET OF THE YEAR

Honestly I don't care if you are gay or straight as my teammate. As long as you don't listen to Nickelback. #courage

— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) April 30, 2013

Obviously this isn't the complete history of the two teams playing against one another, but here are some key moments in Penguins/Islanders history.

We said it last season after the loss to the Flyers, and it's a no-brainer to mention it again now. That series changed us. For as far back as we can remember, there has never been a time where our guts were ripped out like that. The enthusiasm everyone had going into those playoffs was destroyed. People were wiping away tears while shaving their beards. It shook us to our very core. Never again, we said, would we look at the playoffs the same way.

And now here we are. As fun the regular season was, this was the bright light in the distance. It took a whole year and ton of shit to get back. 

Let's go.

If you're looking to donate some money to a great cause, consider pledging for Lowell's playoff manliness in the Pens' Beard-A-Thon. He has a goal of raising $1,000 for the Mario Lemieux Foundation. If you want further incentive, Lowell's one of the better kind of people you'd ever want to meet.

Head to his beard page.

48 GIFs that tell the story of the Pens season.

All after the jump, this post may take 30 years to load

Rick Berrott, the T.V. Productions Teacher at Plum High School has been producing this type of video for the last few years.

This year they wrote two songs, and it is good stuff. Love the chant at the end:

Huge credit to the Plum students and Rick.

In celebration of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we've lowered the cost of everything in Storeblog for a limited time. If you want to get your hands on any of Stephen's great shirt designs, this is a good time to do so.

Visit: http://thepensblogstoreblog.spreadshirt.com/

PIT not likely to know til tomorrow afternoon if Crosby will be medically cleared to play Wed vs NYI. That's when he'sto see the doctor.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 29, 2013

-- Steve Lepore has a complex TV viewing guide for the first round. [SBN ]

Basically there is a hockey game on every night. Looks like Root will carry all non-NBC games for the Pens.

-- 66 playing it casual at MJ's wedding. [GlobalGrind ]

That is what the phrase "all business," means.

h/t to Derekd F for the Spot.

After the jump TIL, GIF of the Day.