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  • Angry At Numbers – Hawks Passing Stats

    Angry At Numbers – Hawks Passing Stats

    So Ryan Stimson, a contributor to InLouWeTrust.com, along with our friend Jen LC has been tracking passing stats for the Hawks this year. This stuff is pretty interesting. We ran this in the Indian last night, but I wanted to share it here as well. Follow him on Twitter @RK_Stimson. It’s pretty dizzying. So buckle up. 

    Much of the analytics community focuses on shot-based metrics as a proxy for puck possession in order to get an idea of which teams and players drive play. However, the two most popular metrics for this analysis, Corsi (all shooting attempts) and Fenwick (all unblocked shooting attempts), merely tell us what happened, but give no depth into how these players drive play for their teams. I endeavored to find out how teams create offense from passes.

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  • Fireside Chat

    Fireside Chat

    Where to begin….How about here –

    Remember when you all wanted to hold a festival in the desert and light Kris Versteeg on fire?

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  • Morning Links 12/4/14

    Morning Links 12/4/14

    Domination: LGH

    Trucking: ESPN

    An audience of one: PD

    A house of learned Doctors: Vine

    Legend: SN

    Farewell Captain: CBC

    These go to 11: NHL

    and never come back: PD

     

  • Zoot Suit Riot: Blackhawks 4 – Blues 1

    Zoot Suit Riot: Blackhawks 4 – Blues 1

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    War On Ice

    The first period of this game was pretty great, right? It was just about everything you’d want from a rivalry* game. It was two teams going back and forth, trading chances, and somehow the Hawks ended up a goal. The second was actually a boring period where all the animosity and anger left.. until the Blues scored. Then in the third, the Hawks acted like a cat with a mouse. They toyed with it enough to border on torture and then finally put it away. The Blues, as good as they might be (they aren’t really), still seem a step behind from an elite team.

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  • Game Thread – Blues vs Hawks

  • Ready To Fall – Blues vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Rise Against Concert

    bluestrumpet_jersey vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, TVA, WGN-AM 720
    Fatso + St. Paul Sandwiches + Toasted Ravs, Man: St. Louis Game Time

    With the annual Circus Trip now in the rearview mirror, the Hawks will get a brief two games back on West Madison before heading out east for another four game trip. And there will be no respite in coming off of two victories against Pacific contenders in the forms of the Ducks and Kings, as the Hawks face a Blues squad in their usual December slot just ahead of the Hawks in the Central Division standings.

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  • Morning Links 12/3/14

    Morning Links 12/3/14

    4: TSN

    Tonight: Blackhawks

    Welcome back Darling: CSN (autoplay)

    Sharp is skating: ESPN Chicago

    Scummy: PHT

  • Tuesday Notes And Stuffs: Falling Out Of The Truck And Tripping Over The Dog

    A couple things to clean up on this practice day before another big game tomorrow.

    -So Corey Crawford isn’t going to play tomorrow due to something called an “off-ice” injury. Which could be anything. What’s curious is if it’s off-ice was it during team activity? And if not was it doing something he should be disciplined for, a la Josh Harding? Of course, we’ll never find this out because the Hawks aren’t talking. If they won’t tell you what an injury is when it happens during the game they’re certainly not going to tell you if it happens away from it.

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  • Morning Links 12/02/14

    Morning Links 12/02/14

    Don’t freak out…yet: LGH

    Home Sweet Home? CSN

    The injury curse of CBJ:TSN

    Not surprisingly:ESPN 

    Stop using the same water bottle: SI

  • High On The Hog: Taking Some Lumps

    High On The Hog: Taking Some Lumps

    The Rockford IceHogs took a bit of a pounding this past week. Several Blackhawks prospects got banged up in a physical affair with the Iowa Wild on November 26. Rockford came out on top in that contest, then dropped a home-and-home with the Chicago Wolves over the weekend.

    Despite the losses to their Midwest Division rival, Rockford did take three of a possible six points to stay on top of the AHL standings. They did, however, pay a price for those points.

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