June 18, 2009

Savoring the Moment

The following article, which features former Dartmouth standout Ben Lovejoy, appeared in the June 14 issue of the Citizens Voice.

 

By Jonathan Bombulie
Staff Writer

The group picture of the Pittsburgh Penguins gathered around the Stanley Cup they won Friday night in Detroit will soon be ubiquitous in the Steel City. It will be plastered on everything from cereal boxes to T-shirts to posters and sold to fans hungry for memorabilia.

But hidden on someone's digital camera is another picture, one that won't be used in merchandising but one that has meaning to those who posed for it.

Late Friday night, long after captain Sidney Crosby took the first sip of champagne but before the team's charter left for Pittsburgh at 2:45 a.m., a group of six taxi squad players and a coach gathered around the Stanley Cup in the Penguins locker room for one last photo.

Complete article can be accessed via the Citizens Voice Web site by clicking here.