1. Red Wings: 2 Avalanche: 0 (May 29, 2002): The Statue of Liberty. The Avs led the Wings 3-2 in the Western Conference Finals. Brendan Shanahan shot the puck at Patrick Roy. The flighty Avs goalie tried to olay the puck and held it up as a trophy. Only problem was he did not have the puck and it slid into the net. Darren McCarty added a second goal and the Wings forced Game 7. Detroit won Game 7 by a touchdown and ended Colorado’s reign of terror. The Avs have not been the same since. Roy would play one more year before retiring.
2. Red Wings: 3 Penguins: 2 (June 4, 2008): Stanley Cup Finals Game 6. In Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Wings led the Pens 2-1 in the third period. Henrik Zetterberg scored at the 7:36 mark of the third to ice the game. Marian Hossa scored late to make it 3-2, but Pittsburgh ran out of time. The Wings won their 11th Stanley Cup and Sydney Crosby cried. Hahaha.
3. Tigers: 6 A’s: 3 (October 14, 2006): ALCS Game 4. The Tigers led the A’s 3-0 in the ALCS. The A’s jumped to a 3-0 lead on Jeremy Bonderman. Bondo battled and kept the Tigers in the game. After 6, the game was tied 3-3. In the 9th, Magglio Ordonez hit his second homer of the game. It was a 3-run pennant winning walk-off. The Tigers won their first pennant since 1984.
4. Red Wings: 3 Hurricanes: 2 (3OT) (June 8, 2002): Stanley Cup Finals Game 3. Detroit lost game 1 to Carolina in overtime. They won game 2 to even the series. Game 3 proved pivotal. It went three overtimes before Igor Larianov scored the game winner. It was his second of the game. Detroit dominated the next two games to win their 10th Stanley Cup.
5. Twins: 6 Tigers: 5 (12 innings) (October 6, 2009): Game 163. This could have been the best game of the decade had the Tigers won. This game had everything. Rick Porcello pitched his heart out. The game turned when Brandon Inge was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, but it was not called. The Twins went on to lose the LDS while the Tigers retooled.
6. Spartans: 67 Jayhawks: 62 (March 27, 2009): NCAA Tournament. Kalin Lucas scored seven points in the final 49 seconds as Michigan State defeated the defending champion Kansas Jayhawks. Goran Suton scored 20. MSU rallied from a 13 point deficit to win. MSU made the finals after beating #15 Robert Morris, #10 USC, defending champion Kansas, #1 Louisville, and #1 Connecticut. They ran the gauntlet and then fell to North Carolina in the final.
7. Penguins: 4 Red Wings: 3 (June 2, 2008): Stanley Cup Finals Game 5. Wings were seconds away from Stanley Cup #11 and gave up the game tying goal. The Pens scored in the third overtime to send the series to a 6th game. I hate Pittsburgh.
8. Pistons: 100 Lakers: 87 (June 15, 2004): NBA Finals Game 5. The Pistons won their third NBA Championship by defeating the Lakers in 5 games. This series was not that close as the Lakers imploded and the NBA could not do anything to throw the games to Shaq and Kobe. Larry Brown became the first coach to win a NCAA title and a NBA title. Chauncey Billups won the Finals MVP Award.
9. Chippewas: 29 Spartans: 27 (September 12, 2009): Once again, CMU defeats the Spartans in East Lansing. MSU pulled a MSU with stupid penalties sealing the Chip victory!
10. Wolverines: 41 Gators: 35 (January 1, 2008): The Citrus Bowl. The Wolverines beat the defending national champion Gators and Tim Tebow in Lloyd Carr’s last game. It was the end of an era. The Schembechler coaching tree seemingly came to an end and Chad Henne and Michael Hart graduated.
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