What writers -- and fans -- were writing in the hours after the Penguins' 2-1 victory in Detroit Friday night:

Top 10 reasons the Penguins' Stanley Cup victory is awesome:

10. Shows that with supportive, involved owners, a talented front office and coach Pittsburgh can produce an elite winner outside of football. Nutting Pirates: Are you listening & watching?

9. Scoring machine Max Talbot continues his offseason career doing TV commercials for auto dealerships ... and maybe broadens it!

8. It's time to try out a new victory parade route through the city.

7. Can a reality show "Cooking with Mama and Papa Malkin" be far behind on FSN?

6. Thank you, Sergei Gonchar for playing on one leg for two more series after that cheap shot by [Evgeni Malkin].

5. The Flower gets the monkey off his back; he can win the big one.

4. Capn' Sid Crosby is the youngest captain of a Stanley Cup winner.

3. Time for Mario Lemieux to christen the pool at this house with the Cup.

2. Hey, Marian Hossa: You chose the wrong team!

1. Pittsburgh remains the City of Champions: First city to have a Super Bowl winner and a Stanley Cup winner in the same year.

"Joey Bats, on the Empty Netters blog at www.post-gazette.com

With history against them and fate working its way into the opposing lineup, the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't buckle.

Chris Kuc, Chicago Tribune

Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup, injured knee and all, with a smile of satisfaction as wide as a goal crease. A few handoffs later, the silver trophy was passed to Mario Lemieux, and how fitting. Two stars, two generations, two captains joined together by one Stanley Cup that took some bad teams and the good drafts that followed them, a tremendous comeback and one unlikely Game 7 goal scorer to accomplish.

Alan Robinson, The Associated Press

This was the rare sequel that outdid the original.

Ira Podell, The Associated Press

There he was, Mario Lemieux, former captain and current owner of the 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.

Scott Burnside, espn.com

Tip your hat to the Penguins. They did what no team had done in 38 years -- win a Game 7 on the road to take the Cup. They were supposed to be younger, less experienced and less talented overall. Don't tell them that. ...But Friday was a night to forget [for Detroit fans] in a series to remember. And it's an awfully quiet morning around here.

Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press