Associated Press
T wenty-one! Twenty-one! ..."
There was snow on the ground and empty streets throughout Detroit. Tuesday night in February is a hard sell for any business.
"Twenty-one! Twenty-one! ..."
But inside Joe Louis Arena, it was buzzing like a summer weekend, a team, a sport and a crowd on fire, alive with the unique jolt of making history while being aware of it.
"Twenty-one! Twenty-one! ..."
The anthem was sung, the puck was dropped, and before you knew it, Nicklas Lidstrom, the Red Wings' captain, got it to Pavel Datsyuk, the alternate captain, who flicked it to Henrik Zetterberg, the other alternate captain (talk about your stars aligning!), who banged it past the Dallas goalie and straight into the record books.
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