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EditDetroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Champions 2008
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champions 2008
2008 Conn Smythe Trophy Winner - Henrik Zetterberg
Team Roster
Pavel Datsyuk, Jiri Hudler, Kris Draper, Henrik Zetterberg, Darren Helm, Valtteri Filppula, Dan Cleary, Dallas Drake, Kirk Maltby, Aaron Downey, Darren McCarty, Mikael Samuelsson, Tomas Kopecky, Johan Franzen, Tomas Holmstrom, Andreas Lilja, Nicklas Lidstrom, Derek Meech, Brett Lebda, Brad Stuart, Chris Chelios, Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall, Chris Osgood, Dominik Hasek
Head Coach - Mike Babcock
Assistant Coach - Todd McLellan
Assistant Coach - Paul MacLean
General Manager - Ken Holland
President / Owner - Mike Ilitch Sr.
Vice President - Christopher Ilitch
Senior Vice President - Jim Devellano
Vice President - Steve Yzerman
The 2008 Stanley Cup Final was the best-of-seven NHL championship series of the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs contested between the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins. This was Detroit's 23rd appearance in the Final, and its first since winning the Cup in 2002. This was Pittsburgh's third appearance in the Final, and its first since winning consecutive Cup championships in 1991 and 1992.
The Red Wings defeated the Penguins four games to two, and were awarded the Stanley Cup.
This was the first time that the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins have met in postseason play.
This was Detroit's 11th Stanley Cup title.
Henrik Zetterberg was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.