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It took 129 minutes to achieve, but the Dallas Stars finally eliminated the pesky San Jose Sharks from the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Brenden Morrow netted the puck 9:03 into the 4th overtime period to give the Stars their first Conference Finals appearance since 2000.

Marty Turco faced 61 shots in the epic battle, making him the 1st star of the game.  Evgeni Nabokov of the Sharks was 2nd star and Brenden Morrow was 3rd.

The Dallas Stars now go on to face the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals.

Earlier tonight the Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers, making way for an all Pen State EC final between the Penguins and Flyers.