Antti Niemi was a backup during the regular season, but has turned in a star performance in the playoffs. (AP Photo)
- Antti Niemi was a backup during the regular season, but has turned in a star performance in the playoffs. (AP Photo)
- Born in Minneapolis and raised in Roseau, Dustin Byfuglien is the only Minnesotan playing in this years finals. He also might be one of Chicago's most important players in the series. (AP Photo)
- Like Byfuglien, hard-nosed Dave Bolland has stepped up just when the Blackhawks needed him most. (AP Photo)
- There's that man again; Marian Hossa will play in his third straight finals for his third different team. Can he finally win one? (AP Photo)
- One-time Blackhawk Michael Leighton didn't join the Flyers until mid-season, but he turned in three shutouts in the Eastern Conference Finals against Montreal. (AP Photo)
- Injury forced Philly's other goaltender, Brian Boucher, out of action in the second round, but not until after he had beaten Martin Brodeur and the Devils in round one. (AP Photo)
- Mike Richards, left, is the Flyer captain, but Claude Giroux, right, is the player that gets comparisons to Peter Forsberg. With 17 points in 17 playoff games, he might be deserving of that kind of praise. (AP Photo)
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