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Former Pens assistant Barry Smith stops by

By Scott Burnside

Thursday, June 4, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- There was a familiar face at Mellon Arena for Game 4: Barry Smith, who was an assistant coach in Pittsburgh during the Penguins' Cup years in the early 1990s before moving with Scotty Bowman to Detroit, where he helped the Wings win Stanley Cups in 1997, 1998 and 2002. Smith has been coaching the St. Petersburg, Russia, team in the Kontinental Hockey League. "The hockey's very good," Smith told ESPN.com on Thursday. Smith said the living conditions can be taxing. "Over there, i ...

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