PITTSBURGH -- Thousands of people turned out in spontaneous celebrations Friday night to celebrate the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup victory.
The Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win the Cup for the third time, following titles in 1991 and 1992.
The dominant chant was a vulgar insult to Marian Hossa, the former Penguins player who signed a one-year deal with Detroit last summer, turning down a better-paying offer with a longer term from Pittsburgh.
"I love to beat Hossa, the traitor," said Randy Banks, 34, who was out with his dog, Bear. The dog was wearing a Sidney Crosby jersey.
Slideshow: Pens Fans Celebrate Stanley Cup Win!Empty cans and bottles of beer littered the street and a homemade replica of the Stanley Cup covered in aluminum foil was passed around.
"This is amazing. It hasn't happened since I was 7, so it's nice to see it again," said Kevin Buch, 24, who has lived in Pittsburgh all of his life.
Fans agreed that it was especially sweet to have won the victory over Detroit because the Red Wings beat the Penguins in Pittsburgh last year.
"It just feels great. We're the city of champions again," said James Weaver, 41, lawyer from Washington, Pa., who went to Pittsburgh to watch the game with friends in a bar.
The crowd appeared to be under control, though it took a large police presence including officers on horseback and on motorcycles to do so.
After midnight, riot police and an armored SWAT team truck began to disperse a crowd along a row of taverns, restaurants and bars in the city's South Side neighborhood and said they would arrest anyone who didn't move along.
Pittsburgh police told WTAE Channel 4 Action News on Saturday that officers arrested 33 people overnight Friday, 31 of whom were arrested on the South Side on charges of failure to disperse. Police arrested one person in the city's Oakland neighborhood for allegedly setting a couch afire. Police arrested a person in the city's Shadyside neighborhood on unspecified charges.
Two officers were injured, one of whom hurt his knee while making an arrest and the other whose foot was stepped on by a horse.
There was no immediate estimate on size of the crowd on the South Side but it was considerably less than the Super Bowl night crowd, which filled most of Carson Street. There were a couple of thousand fans out along Forbes Avenue in Oakland who were orderly and did not block the street, police said.
Police made more than 80 arrests during spontaneous street celebrations following the Steelers' Super Bowl victory in February.
Lucky Fans Encounter Cup, Coach
Coach Dan Bylsma showed off the shiny cup Saturday at the Marriott hotel across from the Igloo in Pittsburgh's Uptown neighborhood. He's still taking in the big victory.
"It certainly has been an amazing ride to touch the cup, to have the cup and celebrate a little, to have it with the guys, to bring it back to the Burgh. It's awesome," he said.
Some fans experienced a moment they will surely never forget when they got so close to the Stanley Cup that they could take pictures with it and hold it.
"It is heavy but I can understand how, in the emotion of victory, it is pretty light," said bob Gallagher, a Pens fan.
"I almost passed out. I'm shaking so bad. I was like, 'Can I touch it?'" said Megan White, a Pens fan.
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Hail To The Cup! Coach Bylsma Tours Stanley Cup Around BurghBylsma called the experience completely unforgettable, saying one image stands out in his mind: "Sidney Crosby holding the cup. That's it right there."
Fans agreed, saying that watching their team win the championship is surreal.
"Incredible. I had tears of joy, literally, I couldn't hold back," said Jim Weigand, a Pens fan. "I've been waiting for this moment my whole life."
"Just seeing them conquer that and come back from the 2-0 deficit, it was something you can't even explain, seeing them raise the cup," said Deanne Zatko, a Pens fan.
Bylsma admitted he hasn't gotten much sleep, saying he doesn't want the excitement to end anytime soon.
"its not going to sink in until you are by yourself and for a little while. It's a lot of hard work, a lot of sacrifice. It's a great feeling," Bylsma said.
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