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Penguins win Stanley Cup, defeat Sharks in Game 6

12 June, 2016 - VILkA_2P | 0 Comments

The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup with a 3-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks in Game 6 of the Final at SAP Center on Sunday.

It is the fourth NHL championship for the Penguins, who also won in 1991, 1992 and 2009. Captain Sidney Crosby was given the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

It was the first appearance in the Cup Final for the Sharks in their 25-year history.

Realignment plan approved by Board of Governors

14 March, 2013 - VILkA_2P | 1 Comments

The new four-division plan, featuring a new-look set-up for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, will go into effect next season.

The NHL and NHLPA each had input into the plan to realign the League into an more geographically appropriate two-conference, four-division format that features 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 teams in the Western Conference.

The Stanley Cup Playoffs will still consist of 16 teams, eight in each conference, but it will be division-based and a wild-card system has been added as a new wrinkle.

The top three teams in each division will make-up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season points and regardless of division. It will be possible, then, for one division to send five teams to the postseason while the other sends three.

Division A is the Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks.

Division B features the Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets.

Division C has four Original Six franchises: Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning are also in the division.

The Columbus Blue Jackets, Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals will join the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in Division D.