Per popular request, Mike Lange's goal calls from Game 2:

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THE KING

At some point in your life, it's possible described the four grown men in that photo, Mario Lemieux, John Smoltz, Ben Roethlisberger or Pierre Larouche, as your hero.

You probably should divert some of your attention to the young man in the middle.

His name is John Challis. He's dying from cancer but at the same time, he's living whatever life he has left.

The Post-Gazette's Mike White has done a marvelous job of chronicling Challis' horrible but inspiring story.

Challis and his family got to attend last night's game as guests of the Penguins. He even got to hold court with Lemieux, Roethlisberger, and Dan Rooney. You can watch the video here. After the meeting, he said he felt like one of the Kings of the City.

STILL IN THE GARAGE

Remember when Mario Lemieux called the NHL a garage league? Stuff like this is why.

The NHL did not suspend Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood or Stars forward Mike Ribeiro for their roles in what was essentially a stick fight at the end of Game 2. Both players, along with Stars forward Steve Ott, were merely fined.

It shouldn't matter if neither player were injured on the play. The intent was there. It shouldn't matter the players' star power or the weight of the games. If that Krys Barch and Brett Lebda going at it in November, they're both suspended for five games at least.

The NHL has made numerous strides in many areas since the lockout but very little has been done in the way of discipline.

EMPTY NETTER ASSISTS

Playoff Stuff

Eastern Conference

Penguins-Flyers

-Dave Molinari's game recap from last night's game.

-Did the Flyers grab Evgeni Malkin's broken stick at the end of a period to measure it?

-Ron Cook said Maxime Talbot was the Penguins' hero.

-Bob Smizik says Marc-Andre Fleury is getting it going at the right time.

-Don't expect Mark Eaton to return to the lineup.

-Steve Downie took the blame for Talbot's game-winning goal.

-Marian Hossa is a good penalty killer.

-The Flyers didn't run into any hecklers in Pittsburgh.

-Penguins postgame video.

-Flyers postgame video.

-Penguins fans watched the game in the rain.

-Tyler Kennedy fighting Scottie Upshall:

-Someone shot video of the fireworks after Game 1:

-Mike Richards is doing everything he can for the Flyers.

-The Flyers can't afford to lose Braydon Coburn.

-Coburn needed over 50 stitches to close the cut near his eye.

-Would a visor have prevented Coburn's injury?

-Philadelphia played well, but not well enough.

-The Penguins showed they can get rough and tumble too.

-Sidney Crosby returned to form.

-Michel Therrien held a press conference. Kukla's Korner has the transcript.

-It's a good time to be a hockey fan in Pittsburgh.

-Has anyone seen Daniel Briere?

-Don Cherry's suit last night looked like something we sat on at someone's grandmother's house in the 1980's:

(Kudos to Going Five Hole for the find.)

-Was Sergei Gonchar robbed on that non-goal?

-Columbus wants to host a potential Stanley Cup final between the Red Wings and Penguins.

-Could the Panthers look at Penguins assistant coach Andre Savard as their next head coach?

Western Conference

Red Wings-Stars

-The Red Wings have a 2-0 lead in the series because they're not retaliating.

-Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom isn't making life easy for Stars goaltender Marty Turco.

-Can the Red Wings even lose a game?

-Detroit defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom is a pretty even-keeled guy.

-The Stars are eager to return to Dallas.

-Detroit's defense has stymied the Stars.

-There are Red Wings fans in Dallas.

-Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg is the Swedish Steve Yzerman.

-Stars forward Jere Lehtinen is questionable to play in Game 3.

-Dallas forward Brenden Morrow is the father of two new twins.

-Red Wings forward Johan Franzen will not play in Game 3.

-Detroit doesn't want to give Dallas any momentum.

AHL

-Portland Pirates forward Bobby Ryan, the second overall pick in the 2005 draft after Sidney Crosby, could burn the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL playoffs.

Non-Playoff Stuff

IIHF World Championships

-Finland got a goal and an assist from Teemu Selanne in a 3-2 win against the United States.

-The United States was burned on a goal that went through the side of the net.

(Kudos to Kukla's Korner for the video.)

-There might not be any two images that contrast each other greater than a cute little baby in a pink outfit and John Tortorella's unshaven fury.

-Flames forward Marcus Nilson scored two goals in Sweden's 5-3 defeat of the Czech Republic.

-Senators forward Martin Gerber made 18 saves for Switzerland in a 7-2 win against Denmark.

-Forward Lauris Darzins had a goal and an assist for Latvia in a 4-1 defeat of Norway.

-Fans and not artificial music make all the noise at the World Championships.

Vomit Division-Could Versus be considering using that "puck-tracking" technology Fox crashed and burned with back in the 1990s?

-Good thing Versus doesn't have any other problems to take care of like. Oh... actually being available in more than 32 households in America.