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  • Watch The Corners – Game 3 – Hawks at Bruins Preview, Pregame Thread, Spring Formal

    AltLogo at bruins country bear jamboroo

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Feed The Tree: Cup of Chowder, Days of Y’Orr

    Dating back three years to the 2010 Final against Philadelphia, the Hawks have lost the first game away from the United Center in six straight series. Overall in that time frame, the Hawks have gone 7-10 on the road, and 3-4 this post season. And in order to win this series, the Hawks will now have to win at least one game on the road, with the first of potentially three games in Boston tonight.

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 17th – Hank Scorpio

    Hank_ScorpioThe Simpsons are absolutely stacked with amazing characters that come in for one quick episode then are never heard from ever again. Frank Grimes, Lyle Lanly, Rex Banner… I could go on. None of them quite compare with the (evil)genius that was Hank Scorpio. And certainly none had such a perfect beer. Perhaps the friendliest of any supervillians, Scorpio is always around for you if you need some sugar (Sorry it’s not in packages), a recommendation on where to buy hammocks and he’ll even stop by and say hello in the middle of his marathon. If you treat him well, he may even buy you the Denver Broncos.

    Voiced by Albert Brooks (who does a ton of amazing work on The Simpsons… and just in general). Scorpio used Homer’s team of workers to help take over the east coast. The Hawks could use some of that power tonight as they fly out to Boston to try and get the series lead back.

     

  • Morning Links 6/17/13

    Tonight: Blackhawks

    Game 3s have been an issue: PHT

    This one’s a pick ’em: Sportsnet (auto-play)

    The goalies are good: ESPN

    Hail to the Viktor?: ESPN Chicago

    B’s D survived: ESPN Boston

    Muir’s musings on game 3: SI

    Since most of us won’t be in the Garden: PD

     

  • Beard Of The Day – June 16 – Paul Newman

    Paul Newman

    Today marks a bit of uncharted territory for this feature, as the season has never gone long enough to actually reach Father’s Day (Thanks again Gary and Jeremy and Rocky and Donald and…). So it’s now a great honor to present Paul Newman, though very rarely spotted in the wild with facial hair as our Father’s Day beard.

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  • My Heart Says No But My Head Says Stay: Bruins 2 – Hawks 1 OT (Series ties 1-1)

    My Heart Says No But My Head Says Stay: Bruins 2 – Hawks 1 OT (Series ties 1-1)

    Well, this isn’t any fun at all. And I think both sides would agree.

    There’s so much on either side to indicate either just a shrugging this off as one game and the Hawks were always going to need to take on in the Hub, and also time to engender genuine worry. I guess what that means is that this series is exactly where most everyone thought it would. On a knife edge, between two so perfectly matched teams that barely an inch or a bounce will separate them. It isn’t going to be over any time soon, is it?

    But there are warning signs. And now the Hawks face a true hornets’ nest waiting for them on Causeway St.

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  • Bruins At Blackhawks – Game 2 – Third Period Thread

    Well I see a ’50’s apartment house
    Bleak in the morning sun
    But I still love the ’50’s
    And I still love the old world

  • Bruins At Blackhawks – Game 2 – Second Period Thread

    Oh, I had a New York girlfriend
    And she couldn’t understand how I could
    Still love my parents and still love the old world
    So I told her “I want to keep my place in the old world”

  • Bruins At Blackhawks – Game 2 – First Period Thread

    Well the old world may be dead
    Our parents can’t understand
    But I still love my parents
    And I still love the old world.

  • Learn How: Bruins At Blackhawks – Game 2 – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Alleycat Race

    bruins country bear jamboroo vs AltLogo

    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: The Channel Formerly Known As Versus, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Some People Try To Pick Up Girls And Get Called Assholes: Cup of Chowder, Days of Y’Orr

    Well now, has everyone stocked up on caffeine and other crucial supplies? Ready for another 5 hour hockey game? No? Well me either. If there’s one thing to take away from Wednesday’s game, it’s that there aren’t going to be any easy victories for either team in this series. The Hawks started the game as the team looking like they had a message to send. I don’t think we’ve seen them be quite so physical right from the drop of the puck in a while. Everyone knows the Bruins are the bigger team with the nastier reputation, so the Hawks clearly wanted to send a message that they would not be intimidated. Interesting strategy…

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  • Beard Of The Day – June 15 – Saul Berenson

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    When shit gets all serious and the details surrounding a conflict are so convoluted it takes a diagnosed manic-depressive to sort it all out on a giant corkboard, there are few men with the experience, gravitas, and perspective to address the situation properly. One such man is C.I.A. agent Saul Berenson and his tremendous and rabbinical beard.

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