Goalie rotation: Blackhawks
Getting Wild: CSN
23 may get 86ed: ESPN Chicago
Capitalizing on chances: PD
Norris nominees: IEH
Burn it down figuratively this time: PHT
Author: sgadmin
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Predators Eulogy (Unabridged)
As is tradition, we were chosen to eulogize a departed team from the NHL post season. This year the distinction fell to the Nashville Predators, and Puck Daddy is currently running a version of it live on their site. Below is the director’s cut, with the assist from Andrew Cieslak. Enjoy.
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High On The Hog: Up A Pair On The Texas Stars
The Rockford IceHogs got their quest for the 2015 Calder Cup off to a bang-beat, bell-ringing start down in Texas over the weekend. The Hogs took the first two games of their AHL Western Conference Quarterfinal from the Stars in games on Friday and Saturday.
As a result, I’ll be heading to the BMO Harris Bank Center Wednesday night to watch the IceHogs try and wrap up the best-of-five series. Now…who’s coming with me?
Well…maybe not as many as management would like. I’m sure the Rockford brass isn’t completely happy with the league schedule makers.
Texas, who averaged just over 5,000 fans this season in their building in Cedar Park, drew 4,375 Friday and 4,978 Saturday. The IceHogs, who set an attendance record this season by packing an average of 4,834 into the BMO and have “home ice” in the series, get to host a weeknight game. The challenge for the Rockford area is clear; can they fill the house without dollar hot dogs?
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Beard Of The Day – April 27th – Shannon Hoon
In honor of a third straight year with a series against Minnesota. Because three is a magic number.
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Beard Of The Day – April 26th – The Cockeyed Cooper
When the Hawks pull it out and set it on the table during a series clincher – you get to celebrate a bit. The Wild/Blues game just got started and there’s clearly plenty of reason to watch as it dictates who the Hawks play next. It’s Sunday afternoon so you hopefully don’t have anything to do other than sit back, have a beer and watch some hockey. Why not make it a 11% bourbon aged barley wine? It’ll at least make sure you get to sleep real early tonight…
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Oh There You Are: Preds 3 – Hawks 4 (Hawks win series 4-2)
The talking point of the Hawks “turning it on” had become just about as tedious as “Good Rex Bad Rex, “Good Jay, Bad Jay,” “Why no one goes to Comiskey Park, ” and “The Wrigley Bleachers.” It had gotten silly, and I fell into it, because the Hawks aren’t selectively playing well or not based solely on their whims. They’re inconsistent because that’s the team that they are.
And then of course they went ahead and turned it on.
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Those Who Move – Game 6 – Predators vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Rebuttal
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Game Time: 7:00PM
TV/Radio: NBC, SportsNet (Anglo), TVA2 (Franco), WGN-AM 720
Country Music Awards: On The ForecheckTonight’s game 6 at home is slightly uncharted territory for the Hawks. Only once previous under Joel Quenneville had the Hawks not ended a series in a non-game 7 situation when they had the opportunity to, and that was at home for Game 5 against the Canucks in 2010. So now they get a second opportunity to end the Predators’ season, and it’s one they had better emphatically capitalize on.
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Beard Of The Day – April 25th – Ryan Harding
When longtime drummer Brian St. Clair left Local H to battle prostate cancer, it obviously left a sizeable hole to fill in a two-man band with guitarist/vocalist Scott Lucas wanting to continue his endeavors. Enter the bearded Ryan Harding, who has been playing with the band for the last two years.
Harding had previously played Brüder and Ghost Towns of the West, and is the only member in the group’s history without explicit roots in the Chicago area, coming from Minnesota. But his prowess behind the kit certainly lives up to the lofty standards set by both Joe Daniels and Brian St. Clair previously during the band’s now 25 year history, especially on the band’s new record Hey, Killer. And neither of them could boast as full and rugged of a beard as Harding.
