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  • Good Ontario Boys: Hawks at Leafs Preview/Pregame Thread/Guacamole Party

    Hawk Wrestler vs. Canadian_maple_leaf_2-1

    FACEOFF: 6pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN for those in the 606, NHL-N for those not, HNIC for those in the hinterlands, WGN Radio

    SUFFERING SCOUSER LIKE MYSELF: Pension Plan Puppets

    The Hawks take on the second half of the Ontario double tonight, sliding into the ACC for Hockey Night In Canada and a tussle with the constant narrative that is the Toronto Maple Leafs.

    One would assume that this is where Corey Crawford returns to the lineup. He was the backup on Thursday so he’s clearly just about ready. He could be saved for tomorrow night at home against the Jets, but you feel like tonight’s the night.

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  • October Surprise, Or Lack Thereof

    October Surprise, Or Lack Thereof

    The first month of the season is in the books–well, it’s the first three weeks but with the Hawks having played all the games in October they’re going to it just makes it cleaner to do this now. We haven’t learned all that much about the Hawks this month that we didn’t already know. They’re a very good team, they have a couple roster holes that they still haven’t really cleared up, and the power play gets a lot of chances but doesn’t finish as often as anyone would like, like a drunk male model.

    So, what have we seen this month?

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  • Morning Links 10/31/14

    Morning Links 10/31/14

    Last night: Blackhawks

    H.o.F.: ESPN Chicago

    Free Morin: CSN

    Uh okay: PHT

    Pirri scored again: MH

    End of the run: TSN

  • 1000 Hurts – Hawks 4, Sens 4 (Hawks Win Ants In The Pants)

    1000 Hurts – Hawks 4, Sens 4 (Hawks Win Ants In The Pants)

    Box Score
    Event Summary
    War on Ice

    While certainly the most sloppy game the Hawks have played so far this year, it was far and away the most eventful, with four blown leads before things needed to be settled individually. That’s how fickle and weird regular season hockey can be. Contrasting directly against Tuesday night’s near-impeccable performance against the challenging Ducks and walking away with nothing, the Hawks came right back around tonight and sloppily got out of Ottawa with two points. But that, so the saying goes, is why they play 82 of these goddamn things.

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  • Hawks at Senators Gamethread

  • Big Ontario Dynamite: Hawks at Senators Preview/Pregame Thread/Fondue Party

    Hawk Wrestler vs. 

    FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central

    TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio

    BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT: Silver Seven Sens, Bonks Mullet

    The Hawks begin the Ontario two-step tonight in the capital, or actually outside the capital because the Canadian Tire Center is nowhere near Ottawa. It’s like in a field or something. called Kanata. And also, Canadian Tire doesn’t actually sell tires. I mean, it does sell tires but it’s much more like a Target than a Pep Boys. I know, they’re weird up there. Anyway, now that that’s out of the way…

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  • Morning Links 10/30/14

    Morning Links 10/30/14

    Just keep swimming: LGH

    Get Well Mr. Hockey: SI

    Don’t tell SunTimes readers: ESPN

    But does it ? TSN 

    Probably Not: GnM

    Perfect:PD

  • Taking The Morality Out Of Line Construction

    Taking The Morality Out Of Line Construction

    I got two turntables and a microphone. Wait, no, that’s not right. I got three scoring lines and a checking line. That’s more like it.

    Yes, I’m being a bit silly, but there is an important point to make by doing this. If you are going to be a good deejay, you need your turntables and your microphone to be in good working order. Each is as important as the other to accomplish your goal. Hockey is no different when it comes to the lines put on the ice. For much of hockey’s history, teams have really had two scoring lines, a checking line, and a line of, well, scrubs, to be honest. Not every team every season, but a lot of teams.

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  • Someone’s Gonna Pay: Ducks 1 – Hawks 0

    Someone’s Gonna Pay: Ducks 1 – Hawks 0

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    It seems like a recurring dream, where the Hawks fling rubber like monkey feces at an opposing goalie for 60 straight minutes, and yet can’t seem to make any twine ripple. Yet this one feels like the first time a goalie really had to channel Houdini to get out of some of the jams the Hawks put him in, as John Gibson was excellent. Throw in a couple posts rang as well, and you get yet another frustrating night. Still, there’s hardly much to complain about, as the Hawks were just a shade better than the Ducks everywhere but in goal (and they weren’t much worse there either).

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  • Someone's Gonna Pay: Ducks 1 – Hawks 0

    Someone's Gonna Pay: Ducks 1 – Hawks 0

    Box Score

    Event Summary

    War On Ice

    It seems like a recurring dream, where the Hawks fling rubber like monkey feces at an opposing goalie for 60 straight minutes, and yet can’t seem to make any twine ripple. Yet this one feels like the first time a goalie really had to channel Houdini to get out of some of the jams the Hawks put him in, as John Gibson was excellent. Throw in a couple posts rang as well, and you get yet another frustrating night. Still, there’s hardly much to complain about, as the Hawks were just a shade better than the Ducks everywhere but in goal (and they weren’t much worse there either).

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