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‘Five Minutes In Hell’: The Story Of Game 6

Steve Bernier said he didn't watch the remainder of Game 6 after he was kicked out of the game for boarding Rob Scuderi in the first period. As he sat in the locker room alone, he heard the crowd roar three times during the five minute Kings power play that followed his hit on Scuderi, and you can only imagine how that felt. Like Hell, probably.

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Yep. That’s the front page of the sports section in Tuesday’s Newark Star-Ledger, summing up the Devils’ evening as succinctly as possible. Meanwhile, the front page of the Los Angeles Times tells quite the opposite story.

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The Bakersfield Californian goes a little further:

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And this isn’t just an English-language thing in Southern California. Here’s the front page of L.A.‘s Spanish-language daily, La Opinión:

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California paper cover shots via Newseum.org

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