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Cup win completes incredible journey

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Friday, June 12, 2009

DETROIT -- There he was, Mario Lemieux, former captain and current owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, searching the crowd on the Joe Louis Arena ice surface for his captain, Sidney Crosby. Finding Crosby, Lemieux gently handed the Stanley Cup back to him and, in doing so, closed the circle on the Penguins' remarkable championship run. For a team that on this night lost Crosby to a knee injury early in the second period and still gutted out a thrilling 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup c ...

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