Talbot’s connection with his teammates is rivaled only by his connection to the fans

Penguin fans got it right Friday night.

At the team’s 2009 Stanley Cup championship banner raising ceremony, there were a number of spine tingling moments. A video montage of highlights was played on four huge white sheets draped down from the ceiling.

The sheets acted as screens for a theatre-in-the-round retrospective of Pittsburgh’s emotional ride to the franchise’s third NHL title. Those in attendance at Mellon Arena ooo-ed and ahhh-ed at all the big plays from that season as if they were watching them for the first time. Here were the top 5 plays in terms of fan reaction in the arena that night:

-Marc Andre Fleury’s save to win the Cup

-Fleury’s save on Ovechkin in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final

-Max Talbot’s two Goals in Game 7 against Detroit

-Talbot’s now infamous “SHHHHHH” to the Philadelphia crowd en route to the penalty box in Game 6 of the first round

Notice a trend there?