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  • Tank Statement: Hawks at Sharks Preview/Booze-Up Before Dealing With Family

    Hawk Wrestler vs. shark

    RECORDS: Hawks 13-5-2   Sharks 10-8-1

    PUCK DROP: 9PM 

    TV: WGN Local, NBCSN Elsewhere

    SHARKS TWITTER (Because it’s better): @ItWasThreeZero, @Stace_OfBase

    Projected Lineups

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    TEAM CORSI: Hawks – 51.0% (11th)  Sharks – 54.0% (2nd)

    POWER PLAY: Hawks – 18.1% (14th)  Sharks – 16.4% (17th)

    PENALTY KILL: Hawks – bit of a setback!  Sharks – 87.8% (3rd)

    It’s the traditional Blackout Wednesday fare, where if you’ve played your cards right you should be in the bag by the time the puck drops. Hopefully the players won’t be. But the Hawks and Sharks have met in the Tank on this day before Thanksgiving for years now, except for that one year they were in Colorado which threw all the timing off. The Hawks will be coming in after getting shutout, and the Sharks will be coming in after pitching one themselves against the Devils. Not that shutouts of New Jersey really count.

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  • High On The Hog: Four-Point Week

    The Rockford IceHogs, AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, rebounded from a tough stretch of games with a pair of wins this past week. Goals have been hard to come by for the Hogs so far this season, so it was nice to see the Hogs post some crooked numbers on the BMO Harris Bank Center scoreboard.

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  • Live From The Five Hole – Boatless Booze Cruise

    Live From The Five Hole – Boatless Booze Cruise

    While this installment had minimal technical difficulties, that’s more than can be said for the Hawks last night. And now that that’s behind everyone, Sam, Slak, and I look ahead to the annual (and possibly last) Black Wednesday tilt in San Jose against the Sharks with old friend Derek, formerly of Fear the Fin. Links after the jump.

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  • Looks Different Now: Hawks 0 – Oilers 5

    Looks Different Now: Hawks 0 – Oilers 5

    Box Score

    Natural Stat Trick

    Hockey Stats

    Well it wasn’t the Sam Gagner game. But it was probably the worst game the Hawks have suffered through in EdMo since then. That said, the Hawks put up 18 shots in the 2nd period and 28 in through 40, so to say they were completely dominated is just wide of the mark. However, the other team applied the formula the Hawks had been through most of the season. Convert on the power play, have your big stars punch through when they get an opportunity, have your goalie stand tall during a deluge. The Oilers did all that, thanks to McDavid, Klefbom, Draisaitl, and Cam and Magic Talbot. The Hawks didn’t do any of it. This is what you get.

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  • Frigid Forms Sell – Hawks at Oilers Preview, Proof Of Concept

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    Game Time: 8:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, WGN-AM 720
    Rear View Mirror: OilersNation

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    The times, they are a-changing in Edmonton. They’ve got a fancy new building wherein the lights are actually at full power and the benches are on the proper side of the ice, even if that ice is not as fast or as high a quality as that at Northlands/SkyReach/Rexall (sky point). They’re even trying the novel concept of having the puck more than the other team, which so far has yielded positive, if modest results.

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  • Hey Rocky, Watch Me Pull Two Points Outta My Hat: Hawks 4 – Whatever They Are 3 (OT)

    Hey Rocky, Watch Me Pull Two Points Outta My Hat: Hawks 4 – Whatever They Are 3 (OT)

    Box Score

    Hockey Stats

    Natural Stat Trick

    I won’t lie to you, dear reader. None of us thought the Vancouver Canucks were worth wasting one shred of a Saturday night over. So let’s try something different and follow the game through our favorite Canucks fan’s eyes, @HockeyDipShit.

    https://twitter.com/HockeyDipshit/status/800046181120282624

    https://twitter.com/HockeyDipshit/status/800046438088486913

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  • Seaward With The C-Words – Hawks at Canucks Preview, Scrap Metal Collection Stop

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    Game Time: 9:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: CSN, SportsNet, SportsNet 1, WGN-AM 720
    A Literal Statue Of A Coach Bitching At A Ref: Nucks Misconduct, Canucks Army

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    As the Hawks continue westward to the edge of the continent, tonight they will make their usual first Saturday night stop on the Circus Trip in Vancouver for a late tilt against whatever the hell it is the Canucks are anymore.

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  • Now Have Some Delicious Tripe: Hawks 3 – Flames 2

    Now Have Some Delicious Tripe: Hawks 3 – Flames 2

    Box Score

    Hockey Stats

    Natural Stat Trick

    It certainly wasn’t vintage stuff, other than the Flames’ amazing throwback jerseys that they need to wear every game. Not just home games. EVERY. GAME. Once again the Hawks gave up 30 shots. Once again they didn’t muster that many. Once again they were pretty much reduced to one line and what they could come up with on the power play. But this being the Flames, this being the Flames playing their third game in four nights, and this being the Flames without their best player, it was enough. Because Corey Crawford makes sure it’s enough. That’s been the MO, and it’s worked thus far. As long as it keeps working, it’ll provide enough time for the Hawks to figure the rest out.

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  • Bovine University – Hawks at Flames Preview, Pot Luck Office Lunch

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    Game Time: 8:00PM CST
    TV/Radio: CSN, CBC, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720
    Harvey The Hound’s Rotting Severed Head: Flames Nation

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    After failing to pull even a point out of a game for the first time in nearly a month, the Ramblin’ Boys of Pleasure continue the Western Canadian portion of the final Circus Trip tonight in Calgary, taking on an undermanned Flames group.

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  • Flames Spotlight: Someone Teach Cal And Gary How To Dougie

    Flames Spotlight: Someone Teach Cal And Gary How To Dougie

    How quickly things change, especially in a Canadian market where every game is seemingly a referendum on the entire morale of a city or province. It was barely 18 months ago when Flames fans and front office were failing to hide their glee at heisting Dougie Hamilton from Boston GM Don Sweeney, who was still definitely only sporting a learner’s permit and should not have been operating the vehicle alone. Holy run-on sentences, Batman!

    Fast forward to now and suddenly there are rumblings that Hamilton could be on the trade block. How did we get here? Well, some of it has to do with misuse, some of it perception, some of it cap problems, and some of it the lingering cloud that is the incoming Las Vegas franchise.

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