Count Phil Kessel among the speechless after the Penguins’ Game 7 win Thursday night at Consol Energy Center.
This Penguins winger whose career has taken off in these 2016 playoffs is going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time.
“I’m so thrilled,” a beaming Kessel said. “I, I, I don’t even know what to say.”
The Penguins’ leading scorer through three rounds — with 9 goals, 9 assists — eventually found a few words.
“This is a huge moment in my career. I have nothing but good things to say about everyone in here,” he said.