Faxes from Uncle Dale

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  • Never Talking To You Again: Blackhawks 2 – Wild 1 OT (Hawks Win Series 4-2)

    Never Talking To You Again: Blackhawks 2 – Wild 1 OT (Hawks Win Series 4-2)

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    Extra Skater

    Earlier today, I was debating whether or not I should watch this game from home or if I should head to the bar. After a long day at work, I thought it was best if I go to my couch. I didn’t want to drink tonight, I had decided. And when Kris Versteeg put in a goal off a great move off the boards that bounced passed Bryz, I thought I might just be able to get away with a game where the temptation wouldn’t be that much. After all, a game where the Hawks score a goal before the opponents even record a shot is a damn good thing. “They’ll put this away early. I’ll get the recap up and have a good night’s sleep”, I hoped.

    That plan went to shit about 2 and half minutes into the second period.

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  • Hawks at Wild Game 6 3rd Period Thread

    It’s staring me down
    Wearing a crown of apathy
    I’m standing around
    Dressed like a clown
    Don’t know my name
    You know where to find me

  • Hawks at Wild Game 6 2nd Period Thread

    I mixed the water
    I drank the water
    I broke the breadline
    Don’t wanna know

  • Hawks at Wild Game 6 1st Period Thread

    I broke the breadline
    Nobody knows
    I walked the frontline
    Still got far to go

  • Within Your Reach: Hawks at Wild Game 6 Preview/Pregame Thread/Underwater Pilates

    Hawk Wrestler vs. EW_Ygritte_promo_shoot_a

    GAMETIME: 8:10pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CNBC, 87.7 FM

    BEYOND THE WALL: Hockey Wilderness

    The Hawks find themselves in a position they’ve been most comfortable, holding the axe to end the season for an opponent. It’s a stat we keep coming back to, probably because it is pretty damn comforting: The Hawks are 11-2 in the Quenneville Era when they have a chance to end a series, with both losses coming to Vancouver (one a Game 7 on the road). To quote one of the great orators of our time, Ice Cube, “The Hawks don’t miss when it comes to this.”

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  • Beard Of The Day – May 13th – David Sandström

    davidsandstrom1As the series shifts back to Minnesota a known Scanadavian enclave for the Hawks’ last trip to The X one way or another, it’s fitting that today’s beard be David Sandström, drummer for the influential Swedish hardcore punk group Refused.

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  • Morning Links 5/13/14

    As a minority working in hockey I couldn’t agree with Sam and Mooney more.

    No shinpads tonight: Blackhawks

    Don’t bring the Wild ones home: ESPN Chicago

    Yet 52 will probably dress in 2 games: CSN 

    Ha: PHT

    Trotz and Ovie?: PD

    Why is this a thing now: TSN

  • Patrick And P.K.

    Patrick And P.K.

    If you haven’t read Harrison Mooney’s piece on Puck Daddy today about P.K Subban and hockey’s continuing problems with race and undertones, you really should.

    Mooney mentions it himself, alluding to how Subban got into trouble for a celebration after an OT goal in Ottawa, yet Patrick Kane can yell “Showtime!” after a highlight reel goal and we all think it’s pretty cute.

    Subban is watched so closely, and his every move scrutinized, whereas Kane is watched with a sense of awe and wonder and appreciation.

    I love both players. They’re two of the most entertaining players in the league, if not the top two. Subban’s move on his breakaway in Game 3 against Boston literally brought me off the couch to my feet. Most felt the same about Kane’s in Game 1 against Minnesota.

    But after reading this I had to wonder: What if Kane was black and Subban white?

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  • Beard Of The Day – May 12th – Aesop Rock

    aesop_rockBorn as Ian Bavitz, he is now known better under his stage name Aesop Rock, complete with scraggly beard. He was born outside NYC and would frequently visit there as a youth and he quickly became obsessed with the growing hip-hop culture as he was exposed to groups like Run DMC, Public Enemy and KMD. Through his older brother, he was also exposed to punk and hardcore groups like Dead Kennedys and Fugazi.

    While attending college, Aesop would being to release albums self-financed albums that he would largely sell through his own website. It wouldn’t be until 1999’s Appleseed EP that he would begin to draw the attention of others in the underground hip-hop scene. This would lead to his first record deal with Mush and his first real studio album, Float. From there, Aesop would jump to Def Jux where he would stay as a solo artist until the label was put on hiatus. He continued to be a featured artist on others records and is an active producer until 2012’s release Skelethon on his new label Rhymesayers based out of Minneapolis (founded by members of Atmosphere, among others).

    Aesop’s lyrics are known for being abstract, dense and quite hard to follow. In fact, his lyrics can be so complex that a recent study showed that he literally uses a wider vocabulary than any other popular artist – and it’s not even close. Like many other artists, it may take a while to decipher the meanings behind his songs but that process is half the fun.

  • Morning Links 5/12/14

    Jonathan Bryan Toews: Chicago Tribune

    I just spent 5 minutes trying to come up with a caption: Hockee Night

    Either way the city of Montreal will be in flames: Montreal Gazette

    I don’t like narrative…I love this narrative:ESPN New York

    Not so fast….Sportsnet.Ca