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Catching Up With Rob Scuderi.

Long Island's own Rob Scuderi talks about winning the Stanley Cup !

  While the State of NY has only produced 95 players to lace up their skates in the NHL, 14 of those have come from Long Island, only one of them have the distinction of having thier name engraved on Hockey's Holy Grail, the Stanley Cup. Rob Scuderi  attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, graduating in 1997. After high school, Scuderi attended Boston College, where he played four seasons for the Eagles. Following his freshman season, when he tallied 24 assists in 42 games, he was drafted in the 5th round, 134th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Rather then leave school Rob continued on with his education. At the end of his collegiate career he held the Eagles' record for most games played, tallying 169 appearances for the team.He played his final game in the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament championship game, which BC won over defending champion North Dakota, 3–2, in overtime.

   On June 12, 2009, Scuderi won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scuderi made a crucial play late in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, with the Penguins hanging on to a 2–1 lead over the Detroit Red Wings. Scuderi stopped a shot at a wide open net by Johan Franzén with his stick, then stopped Franzén again with his skate. Scuderi became the first Long Island native to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. He would repeat that feat this past summer with the Los Angeles Kings.

  Rob appeared this past Sunday night on WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY. You 

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