Henrik Zetterberg

By winning a dramatic Game 7 in Detroit's hostile old barn, Pittsburgh revealed a brilliance beyond Sidney Crosby and signaled a new era for the NHL

With hockey's two best teams set up to stay that way, a , rich with thickening subplots, could become a familiar event

The assigned him a personal escort on the ice and draped him with top defenders. Stopping Sid the Kid was the strategy for bringing the silver chalice back to Detroit

Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin may be the MVP favorites this season, but countryman of the Red Wings is the best all-around forward in the NHL

BY ANY MEASURE OF THE REGULAR SEASON OR THE PLAYOFFS, THE MEN IN RED ARE NUMBER 1