you heard what sidney crosby had to say. what else do you say to sid?i'll bring him in and say sidney we're here because of you. you've had an unbelievable year, and you're an unbelievable leader. i'm going to do everything in my power to keep you away from zetterberg, every chance i get. but if i can't, you've got to go out and outplay him, and outscore him. wee need that offense from you in this building in detroit. >> sidney crosby, a minus 3 in this series. let's flip the switch here. marian hose a, the top goal in the regular season. big goose egg so far. matthew barnaby, you're hose a. give me your game 7? >> i came here for one reason, to hoist that cup. i haven't been very good in the series. tomorrow i will be great. i will go to those areas to score. i will be physical, and be that dominant player you guys pick on your team. >> head coach mike babcock? >> i would look at marian and say, you're right. you haven't been good. >> i would show him a tape of him when he was great. he's a power forward. get your nose dirty, get the puck in the net. n

i think it's a rare guy, mark that, can come in and be a sidney crosby or wayne gretzky, just a phenomenal at that young age. and to make an impact. i would say this, i think that the kid who was picked second, hedman, 6'6", the defenseman, tremendous reach, tremendous skating ability as well. in this league, having a defenseman like that that you can play 30 minutes a night is so important. when you look around, they have had accomplished players like hall, shanahan come and go and they're still the top team that competes for a championship year after year. that big reason is lidstrom has been there for them and he is one of the guys that can get the minutes and neutralize players on another team. hedman, i think there will be a learning curve but i think he can be a dominant player for a long time. >> e.j., one final thought, not on the draft but on the trade that came about the flyers getting chris pronger in exchange for lupul and draft picks. how big a deal is this for the players? >> it's a huge deal. they want to win now, they want to be the stanley cup champions. also against the w

sidney crosby cunning for his first cup. the greatest of all time in the house. first period, no score. kirk a quite open effort. but mark andre fliewr we, one of his 23 saves on the night keeping this one scoreless. seconds period still no score. wings in their own zone. turn it over and that man we just heard from, maxine talbot shoots and scores. tall lot scored 8-24 goals this postseason. late there are the w period, johann a hard check of sidney crosby. he would leave the game. but he would return. late there are the second, talbot again. led this one 2-0s in after two periods. we head to the third, lord stanley's cup putting on silver shine. was in eight david ortiz like salam, but that i had faith that our economy and david ortiz would be hitting home runs again. unfortunately the "boston globe" ran an editorial the next day questioning my judgment and linking david ortiz's recovery to the american economy. that night david ortiz hit a home run. last night david ortiz hit a home run. today and yesterday we received all of this new positive commentary about

. >> sidney crosby, one goal in the series, not generating much offense, and hossa, 0 goals, not enoughffense. >> give me a guy who steps up game seven. >> i'll go to marion hossa, he will look utterly stupid and humiliated if he's watching that pittsburgh team that he chose not to play for carrying that cup around. >> for our game seven coverage we are truly blowing out the budget, we're going to go out and buy another chair, barry melrose will parachute in for this night edition of "sportscenter." that's it from detroit, now back to you. >> all right, thanks. the world cup qualifier, england at wimbley, david beckham playing for the first time in two years. the bad boy for the header. 1-0, england. more already, a 2-0 lead, the second half, already 4-0, beckham free kick, jermaine da foe with a cleanup on the rebound, his second of the match, fabio capello's man gets the win. a win away from clenching a berth for south africa 2010. >> michelle and i are coming back in a moment with our top stories. the yankees have yet to beat their arch rivals this season. this is kate. last year, ka

he is overlooked on the team with malkin and sidney crosby.ut since tuesday night he's dominated most of the chart having saved the penguins season in the final seconds. for more on him and the stanley cup finals we welcome in espn.com's e.j. hradek. any chance that dan will throw pads on him and put him in goal for game 7? >> [laughing]. well, he gave a good try out there the other night in game 6 in the crease there. scadari is one of tose guys who doesn't get a lot of attention in pittsburgh. he is a guy who is there really just to make a safe play on his end and defense against other teams top players. an interesting story. he came out of long island. we don't have a lot of hockey players in long island, new york. he played college hockey at boston college. i saw him play at boston college. i wasn't sure he would ever play in the national hockey league. but he's been in the league for a couple of years now. he will be called up again. him and hal gill to show down the red wings top guys. a lot of what happens on friday night will be determ