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  • Following The River: Blackhawks 3 – Predators 1

    Following The River: Blackhawks 3 – Predators 1

    Box Score
    Event Summary
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    If you look simply at the first period stats, minus the goals obviously, you might assume the Hawks were in danger once again of getting their asses handed to them. The team that averages only 27 shots against per game allowed 17 total in the first period. Those stats are so out of whack given the 3 trips the Hawks took to the penalty box in the opening twenty. Three trips to the box are always going to be bad but that’s especially bad when the team is also near the bottom of the league in PK%.

    Sure enough, the Predators were able to score on their opening power play when Seabrook failed to clear the puck and the Hawks ran around their own zone like teenagers who snuck into the Playboy Mansion. Raanta made a few big saves but couldn’t find a slapshot from Shea Weber. Though to be fair… most goalies aren’t going to be able to stop that guy if he gets a few chances to really wind up.

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  • Hawks at Preds 3rd Period Thread

    * come down with fire
    Lift my spirit higher
    Someones screaming my name
    Come and make me holy again

  • Hawks at Predators 2nd Period Thread

    Im the day, Im the day
    I can show you the way
    And look Im right beside you
    Im the night, Im the night
    Im the dark and the light
    With eyes that see inside you

  • Hawks at Predators 1st Period Thread

    Im a wheel, Im a wheel
    I can roll, I can feel
    And you can’t stop me turning
    Cause Im the sun, Im the sun
    I can move, I can run
    But you’ll never stop me burning

  • Left It Out Back On The Highway, On "65": Hawks at Predators Preview/Pregame Thread/3am Sled Run

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Leary

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    BLOGS OF THE BRIDGESTONE: On The Forecheck

    Back to the scene of one of the crimes. The last time the Hawks sauntered down I-65 they got smacked around but good thanks to Nikolai Khabibulin’s groin crumbling under the weight of his paycheck/liver and Corey Crawford pulling the full Dante “I’m not even supposed to be here today.” Hopefully, things will go a little better tonight.

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  • Left It Out Back On The Highway, On “65”: Hawks at Predators Preview/Pregame Thread/3am Sled Run

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Leary

    FACEOFF: 7pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    BLOGS OF THE BRIDGESTONE: On The Forecheck

    Back to the scene of one of the crimes. The last time the Hawks sauntered down I-65 they got smacked around but good thanks to Nikolai Khabibulin’s groin crumbling under the weight of his paycheck/liver and Corey Crawford pulling the full Dante “I’m not even supposed to be here today.” Hopefully, things will go a little better tonight.

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  • Morning Links 12/17/13

    Morning Links 12/17/13

    Tonight: Blackhawks

    Seeger feels at home: ESPN CHI

    Marquee improvement: CSN

    In case you didn’t understand the term “shitshow”: PHT

    Speaking of which: AIH

  • Angry At Numbers 12/16

    Angry At Numbers 12/16

    I know Mondays are usually reserved for Sugar Pile, but I feel like doing this today. Maybe I’m just feeling nerdy. Maybe I don’t like to be confined by rules (evidence: Kills and my latest Twitter fight over a DLR game), maybe I like to keep you all guessing. Anyway, let’s get to it.

    24.3, 2.0

    That’s Jeremy Morin’s Corsi/60 minutes, and penalties drawn per 60 minutes, and both lead the team. Obviously there are caveats here and it all seems silly now that he’s been sent down. But it’s worth discussing how this roster is being shaped. Morin’s rate is propped up by not playing all that much (especially the penalties drawn number), but it’s obvious that when Morin is out there he’s highly active. He is buoyed by playing mostly with Brandon Saad, who has been a possession-monster from the time he stepped on the ice last year. However, neither’s Corsi % change significantly when they’re apart, and hold right around 60%

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  • Morning Links 12.16.13

    Morning Links 12.16.13

    Unexpectedly Expected:Cheer The Anthem

    Cooling the red hot Kings: Chicago Tribune

    The suspension litmus test:The Globe and Mail

    I figured “Do you know who I am?” is up next: Tsn

  • We Are the Sons of No One – Blackhawks 3, Kings 1

    We Are the Sons of No One – Blackhawks 3, Kings 1

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    Extra Skater

    One night after a fairly lethargic outing against one of the league’s weaker outfits, the Hawks came home against the hottest team in the league and wrapped up the outcome within 15 minutes.

    The Kings came in not allowing a first period goal in 18 games as well as not allowing more than two goals in that span. That streak is now ovah. Hossa, Versteeg and Sharp all potted goals and that was all the Hawks needed.

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