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  • No Longer A Finishing Move?

    No Longer A Finishing Move?

    I always try and keep in mind how it might sound to fans of other teams when you start complaining about the Hawks’ problems. Like, for instance, this current mini-drama where the Hawks have a four-time 30-goal scorer currently on their third line and what it might mean. Most teams would probably love to have that problem.

    But the Hawks’ expectations and their goals, (or their, y’know, ONE GOAL that they keep waving in my face like a frat boy’s wang) are higher than most, so these kinds of things bother us.

    Patrick Sharp moved to accommodate the return of Kris Versteeg. What was odd about it was just how quickly that came about. It was about the 2nd period of Versteeg’s first game back against Vancouver. This after missing a month and clearly rusty. But Q was in such a hurry to reunited The Conjuring (Versteeg-Richards-Kane) that he barely waited 20 minutes. And it’s not like Sharp was pulling that line down.

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  • Morning 2/17/15

    Morning 2/17/15

    As to be expected:CT

    Way to go morons: Chicagoist

    So lets keep talking:CBS

    A smaller lot: LGH

    That’s one way to get out of media engagements:TSN

  • High On The Hog: Bring Out The Brooms

     

     

    The Rockford IceHogs broke a three-game losing streak with three wins in three weekend games. Some returning players played a big hand in a big win in Milwaukee Friday along with home triumphs Saturday and Sunday over two of the stronger teams in the AHL’s Western Conference.

    The defense was outstanding for the weekend sweep. Rockford allowed just a single goal in each of the three games. The effort was enough to pull to within a point of Milwaukee for the Midwest Division lead.

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  • Morning Links 2/16/15

    Morning Links 2/16/15

    Godspeed: Trib

    2-1: Blackhawks

    As the Crow flies: ESPN Chicago

    Knowing how to win: CSN

    This just looks bad: CBC

    Preds going for it: PHT

  • You May Find Yourself Living in a Shotgun Shack: Blackhawks 2, Penguins 1 (Blackhawks win Trivia Crack 3-2)

    You May Find Yourself Living in a Shotgun Shack: Blackhawks 2, Penguins 1 (Blackhawks win Trivia Crack 3-2)

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    Natural Stat Trick

    Halfway through the longest homestand of the season, the Hawks are currently 2-0-2 and have collected 6 of the possible 8 points. Not bad, I suppose and it all might mean end up being kind of meaningless anyways if St. Louis and Nashville keep winning at the same clip.

    The Penguins jumped out to a nice start in the 1st period. The Hawks seemed to be a step slow through the majority of the opening stanza.

    As the game wore on, the Hawks matched the Penguins and began to return the favor. A Niklas Hjalmarsson point shot. A Nick Spaling rebound goal. A lot of saves by Fleury and Crawford in between.

    Let’s move along here.

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  • Penguins At Blackhawks – Game Day Thread

  • Bad Self Portaits: Penguins At Blackhawks – Preview/Pre-Game Thread/Teeth Cleaning

    The_Penguin @ AltLogo_medium

    Game Time: Way too fucking early
    TV/Radio: NBC/WGN720
    Too Many Goddamn Bridges: PensBlog

    Well Toews and Crosby have already faced each other… so who the hell cares about this game anymore? The Hawks dismantled the Pens last year in very similar weather conditions in yet another outdoor game and then won in a shootout earlier this season. Therefore, Toews is clearly the better hockey player and nothing else matters, right? Right.

    Ok, so maybe not. It’s still going to be a treat to watch two of the best centers in the league face each other. No doubt the broadcast crew is going to push some sort of rivalry between the two but when they only get to play each other two times a year at best, there’s really not that much there.

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  • The New Blood: Blackhawks 3 – Devils 1

    The New Blood: Blackhawks 3 – Devils 1

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    War On Ice
    Natural Stat Trick

    If this had been a different part of the year, we may have written this game up as “The Hawks goofed around for a while and seemed disinterested with the Devils before turning things on in the last 20 and putting them away”. With the seesaw that has been the Hawks recent adventures, we could write that the Hawks were being smothered in the first two periods but were able to just barely shake free in the third thanks to Marian Hossa who seems pretty damn content to just do it all his own damn self these past few games. The truth is likely somewhere in between those two narratives. The first two periods were dull dusty hockey. The third was a welcome sight.

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  • Devils at Hawks Gamethread

  • This Time With Feeling: Devils at Hawks Preview/Pregame Thread/Ribbon Cutting

    jon_lovitz-devil-snl-46_2 vs. Hawk Wrestler

    FACEOFF: 7:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio 720

    MR. MEPHISTOPHELES, PLEASE: In Lou We Trust

    Once again, the Hawks try and get on track on this homestand, although considering their coach conceded the division yesterday in the press and their six points behind St. Louis, one wonders if this is no longer a final stab at making a chase of it and merely a time where you don’t have to pack anything. Gee, no wondered the Hawks have kind of mailed in most of the past two games. They’ve basically concluded they’re not playing for much, other than home ice against St. Louis which is hardly something you’d want a medal for. Either way, tonight is yet another banker, or at least it should be against the faded and broken couch New Jersey Devils.

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