Hockey is a team sport. No one person on any team can do it all unless if you're playing a new team from Barbados or Jamaica. Anyone from a Sharks and the Flames teams can tell you how hard it is to get to the Cup Finals, let alone coming out of the first round. A team that goes to the Finals will need every single player performing at 100% or more. I'm sure Ovie and most of his team mates were performing at that level, but the Pens were better. Injuries and fluky goals play a huge roles in upsets as well.
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