They told you in school about freedom
But when you try to be free, they never let you
They said, “It’s easy, nothing to it”
And now the army’s out to get you
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Game Time: 12:00PM Central
TV/Radio: CBC, NBC/ The Loop 97.9FM
It’s So Cold In The D: Winging it in Motown, Abel to Yzerman
After a pretty much textbook victory on Wednesday, the Blackhawks are simply going to look to do it all over again this afternoon. It makes writing these previews pretty difficult when all you have to say is… 60 more minutes of that again, please.
Both teams used the first period of Game 1 to get re-acquainted with each other and headed to the first intermission with an even score. While the score remained even in the second, the feel of the game was vastly different. The Hawks were clearly outplaying Scum. The three goals in the third period just seemed like they were a given.
Want proof that beards make everyone look better? Check out this before picture of a nice clean cut handsome Greg. Then take a look at this awesomely disheveled man above. Clearly the man above is a far superior human being. Want even more proof that beards are awesome? Yeah, Science bitch!
There certainly has been a lot of change in Peter Jackson’s life and career. Born on Halloween of 1961 in New Zealand (Does New Zealand even have Halloween?), Jackson developed an early obsession with films, most notably King Kong, that led to his dropping out of school at age 16 to work full time to save as much money as possible for film equipment.
It could be a little while til we get to see the Hawks play again. Just before I wrote this, the Wings forced a Game 7 in Anaheim that isn’t going to be played til 9PM Central on Sunday. Then the Bulls will have the UC on Monday so it’s not likely we see the Men of Four Feathers play again til Tuesday or Wednesday.
So why not curl up with a good long book? Our boy Leo has a few good options for you. Born in the 1820’s to a Russian noble family, Tolstoy found himself a pretty lousy student and became a drinker, gambler and a man quite fond of brothels (He described this as “rioting with loose women”.. which is kinda awesome). Rather than going through life as fat drunk and stupid, he joined the army and began to write. His travels and experiences around the world led him to become a Anarcho-Pacifist, which is pretty cool, going on to inspire others like Gandhi, MLK Jr, and many more.
Tolstoy’s most famous work is War & Peace, which weighs in at a hefty 3.5 lbs paperback (According to Cliff), ought to be more than enough to tide us all over. If that doesn’t work for you – I think they just made a movie out of Anna Karenina… if that’s more your thing.
When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around
I never cared (didn’t care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
Oh girl, when you were mine
I used to let you wear all my clothes
You were so fine (so fine)
Maybe that’s the reason
That it hurt me so
When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time
You done me wrong
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Faceoff: 8:30pm Central
TV/Radio: CSN, CBC, NBCSN/WGN 720
Show Me One Night: Hockey Wilderness
Unlike last year, the Blackhawks now find themselves in an elimination game where they are the ones capable of sending a team off to their summer homes earlier than they’d hope. It’ll also be the first chance they’ve had at advancing past the opening round of the post season since the year they’ve brought home a bunch of hardware and a party that lasted all summer long.
The 3-0 shutout in last Tuesday’s game wasn’t exactly a dynamic effort but it still showed that the Hawks are capable of taking home a victory without really putting it all out on the table just yet. The Wild have started each of the games on a very strong note but the Hawks have been able to sit out the storm and even if they get behind, find a way to get back into it, even if that did take til just about the very end of regulation in Game 3.
And now we start with a tradition that might be a bit lost on some of you newer converts to our certain method of madness. Actually, it may be lost on just about everyone unless you write for this site… and even Fels shakes his head a bit at the level of devotion McClure and I put into this silly little feature.
Regardless, our beard of the day belongs to the drummer of perhaps one of my favorite bands around today – Chris Wilson of The Pharmacists.. as in Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
