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PITTSBURGH — After winning a pair of hard-fought series, the first against Brad Marchand and the Boston Bruins, followed by Chris Kreider and the New York Rangers, it may be a squad of 12-year-olds that does in the Ottawa Senators in the third round of the NHL playoffs.
That, at least, is what many Grade 6 students from Pittsburgh’s Aquinas Academy are hoping after their class visit to the PPG Paints Arena on Friday took them into the visitors’ — the Sens’ — dressing room, where they conjured whatever bad-luck mojo they could to help their beloved Sidney Crosby and his Stanley Cup-defending Pittsburgh Penguins.
“We touched their tape,” admitted Daniel Donahue, who may have been the ringleader to this foul deed. “That’s going to bring them bad luck.”
Another student, Anthony Canzian, confessed to his part in the malfeasance: “I put my bag in one of their cubbies. That’s bad luck — it’s got secret stuff in it.”
From somewhere in the mob of 25, meanwhile, a girl’s voice called out, “I touched the seats and was tempted to curse them!”
Few among the group, however, seemed to think that the Penguins will actually need their help.
The aforementioned Donahue, who claimed that his loyalty to the Pens extends back for all of his 12 years, said Pittsburgh is going to sweep Ottawa.
“Karlsson is a pretty good defenceman and (Ottawa) has pretty good offence, but they’re not going to win.”
The key to Pittsburgh’s success in this series, he noted, is goaltender Marc-André Fleury, whom he described as “the best goalie ever.”
“Better than Marty Brodeur?” he was asked. “Better than Carey Price?”
“Carey Price is trash.”
“And Sidney Crosby,” added Mason Bilenski, addressing concerns for the concussion-prone Pittsburgh captain’s health, “could be out and we’d still win.”
Grade 6 students from Pittsburgh’s Aquinas Academy in front of the statue of Mario Lemieux outside the PPG Paints Arena.
Isabelle Hite, sporting a Pittsburgh Pirates jersey, also predicted a “straight sweep” for the Penguins.
“Do you think they could win it in three games?” she was asked.
“Maybe,” she replied.
When asked if, in their excitement, they might accidentally call out “Go, Sens” instead of “Go, Pens” during Saturday’s game, Jude Truschel said, “It’s not physically possible.
“I’ll give the Senators one game,” he added, as though it was his gift to offer, “but not Saturday’s. After beating the Capitals, (Pittsburgh) is not going to lose the next game.”
Besides, pointed out Canzian, “Ottawa’s had it easy, while we faced the Caps and Blue Jackets.”
Hunter Harrison was one of scant few who conceded the series might last beyond the fifth game. “My brother loves hockey and tells me all about (the Senators), and he says they’re actually a good team. And I believe him, so I think they have a shot at winning two games.”
But four? “No.”
Only one of the students, Oliver Flynn, and to loud catcalls from his classmates, said that Ottawa will take the series, and in a hurry. “The Pens are going to lose every game. I know they won the last series — by luck. But I think they’re going to get too proud of themselves and take Ottawa lightly.
“(But) I think that Ottawa has learned more because they’ve lost more games,” he added in a stunningly adroit backhanded compliment. “I think Ottawa’s going to take the Penguins by surprise because they’ve been practising and practising to fix all their mistakes.”
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That, at least, is what many Grade 6 students from Pittsburgh’s Aquinas Academy are hoping after their class visit to the PPG Paints Arena on Friday took them into the visitors’ — the Sens’ — dressing room, where they conjured whatever bad-luck mojo they could to help their beloved Sidney Crosby and his Stanley Cup-defending Pittsburgh Penguins.
“We touched their tape,” admitted Daniel Donahue, who may have been the ringleader to this foul deed. “That’s going to bring them bad luck.”
Another student, Anthony Canzian, confessed to his part in the malfeasance: “I put my bag in one of their cubbies. That’s bad luck — it’s got secret stuff in it.”
From somewhere in the mob of 25, meanwhile, a girl’s voice called out, “I touched the seats and was tempted to curse them!”
Few among the group, however, seemed to think that the Penguins will actually need their help.
The aforementioned Donahue, who claimed that his loyalty to the Pens extends back for all of his 12 years, said Pittsburgh is going to sweep Ottawa.
“Karlsson is a pretty good defenceman and (Ottawa) has pretty good offence, but they’re not going to win.”
The key to Pittsburgh’s success in this series, he noted, is goaltender Marc-André Fleury, whom he described as “the best goalie ever.”
“Better than Marty Brodeur?” he was asked. “Better than Carey Price?”
“Carey Price is trash.”
“And Sidney Crosby,” added Mason Bilenski, addressing concerns for the concussion-prone Pittsburgh captain’s health, “could be out and we’d still win.”
Grade 6 students from Pittsburgh’s Aquinas Academy in front of the statue of Mario Lemieux outside the PPG Paints Arena.
Isabelle Hite, sporting a Pittsburgh Pirates jersey, also predicted a “straight sweep” for the Penguins.
“Do you think they could win it in three games?” she was asked.
“Maybe,” she replied.
When asked if, in their excitement, they might accidentally call out “Go, Sens” instead of “Go, Pens” during Saturday’s game, Jude Truschel said, “It’s not physically possible.
“I’ll give the Senators one game,” he added, as though it was his gift to offer, “but not Saturday’s. After beating the Capitals, (Pittsburgh) is not going to lose the next game.”
Besides, pointed out Canzian, “Ottawa’s had it easy, while we faced the Caps and Blue Jackets.”
Hunter Harrison was one of scant few who conceded the series might last beyond the fifth game. “My brother loves hockey and tells me all about (the Senators), and he says they’re actually a good team. And I believe him, so I think they have a shot at winning two games.”
But four? “No.”
Only one of the students, Oliver Flynn, and to loud catcalls from his classmates, said that Ottawa will take the series, and in a hurry. “The Pens are going to lose every game. I know they won the last series — by luck. But I think they’re going to get too proud of themselves and take Ottawa lightly.
“(But) I think that Ottawa has learned more because they’ve lost more games,” he added in a stunningly adroit backhanded compliment. “I think Ottawa’s going to take the Penguins by surprise because they’ve been practising and practising to fix all their mistakes.”
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