So the 2008/09 season finally came to an end with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the seventh game in the Stanley Cup Final. Much has already been written and said about the final but I want to concentrate on poor Marian Hossa. He was with the losing side Pittsburgh in last year's Stanley Cup Final when Detroit Redwings won 4-2 in matches. After that, he became a free agent but was offered a long-term contract with the Penguins which he declined, instead he chose a one year contract with the Redwings for a chance to be on the winning side!

After seven matches, the Penguins came away champions and Hossa stood once again on the losing side on home ice. He's out of contract again this summer and will probably move on. Who wants a Stanley Cup Jonah?NHL.com is a mine of information about the NHL and the Stanley Cup. It is also my main source of information for NHL events as I'm not able to be there in person. After the ultimate Stanley Cup Final match between Detroit Redwings and Pittsburgh Penguins, the site had some interesting facts and figures, some of which I would like to recount here.0 -- Goals by Detroit's Marian Hossa in this year's Final. Hossa led Pittsburgh with 3 goals and 7 points while playing against the Red Wings in last year's Final, then signed with the Wings as a free agent. He had only 3 assists in seven games against his former team this year.1 -- Teams that have rallied from 2-0 series deficits twice in the same playoff year. On the way to the Cup, Pittsburgh became the first team to overcome a pair of two-game deficits in the same year. The Penguins beat Washington in the Eastern Semifinals and Detroit in the Cup Final after losing the first two games each time....2 -- Home losses by the Red Wings in this year's playoffs, in 13 games. The Red Wings were 11-1 at home this spring before losing Game 7 at Joe Louis Arena....4 - Times, including this year, that a team has won the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final and failed to win the Cup. Before the Red Wings this year, the only previous non-winners were Detroit in 1942 and 1966 and Chicago in 1971. Teams starting the series by winning the first two games have won 41 of 45 series.5 -- Game 7 wins on the road by the Penguin, in as many tries. The Penguins are better off playing Game 7 on the road -- they're 2-4 at home....9 -- Consecutive faceoffs, beginning with the game's first draw, won by the Red Wings. Jordan Staal was the first Penguin to win a faceoff when he beat Mikael Samuelsson on a draw 13:46 into the game. In all, Detroit won 11 of the 14 draws in the opening period....15:45 -- Elapsed time in the third period before Pittsburgh managed a shot on Chris Osgood. Detroit had the first six shots of the period (and scored once) before Evgeni Malkin got off a blast from the high slot. It was Pittsburgh's lone shot in the final 20 minutes....260,858 -- Fans who filled Detroit's Joe Louis Arena for the Red Wings' 13 playoff games -- 20,066 per game, including Friday night. It's the largest postseason attendance in Detroit history.All the best.