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We Like To Be Here When We Can: Coyotes at Hawks Preview/Pregame Thread/Kids Gymnastics Class

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spacecoyote vs. AltLogo_medium

FACEOFF: 7:30pm Cenral

TV/RADIO: CSN round here, NBCSN not round here, WGN 720

SOUL MATE DETECTOR: Five For Howling

It’s been 20 days since we put the word “Hawks” after the “at” in the title, and now we’re going to do it eight straight times over a span of 15 days. No one can seem to remember a stretch of homes games like this happening in these parts, so it’s a new experience for all. And it’s a real chance for the Hawks to still be counted in the race for the Central Division, or at least home ice in the first round. Eight points is a ton to make up, but then again you rarely get eight straight home games and 11 of 13, and 12 of 16 to do so.

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Land Speed Record: Blackhawks 4 – Blues 2

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War On Ice
Natural Stat Trick

It wasn’t the prettiest of road trips but somehow the Hawks head back to Chicago with 8 points and a 4-3-0 record for their last extended road trip of the season. This victory couldn’t have come at a better time for the Hawks. They’re pulling away from the Jets and closing the gap on the Blues/Preds. Now the Hawks will get 8 in a row at the UC against a few softball opponents and a few that should provide a good gauge on just where the Hawks are in the league.

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We Get There When We Get There: Hawks at Blues Preview/Pregame Thread/Sunday Morning Coming Down

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FACEOFF: 11:30 in the AM

TV/RADIO: NBC, WGN Radio 720

DESPERADOS, MUGS, THUGS, PUGS, NITWITS, HALFWITS…: St. Louis Gametime

The last step of the trip is almost certainly the hardest, so why not make it at an awkward morning start just for kicks? The Hawks will step into the hornets’ nest this morning. If hornets smelled way worse than they do and were on a fuckton of meth. Such is a Sunday morning coming down in Missouri.

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Yeah, Jets: Hawks at Jets Preview/Pregame Thread/Apartment Painting

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FACEOFF: 7pm

TV/RADIO: CSN for the 606, NHLN-US for non, WGN Radio 720

COLDER THAN A WELL DIGGER’S ASS: Arctic Ice Hockey

COMMITTED INDIAN ROADWATCH TONIGHT AT BOTTOM LOUNGE

(1375 W. Lake St)

Seems strange but this is the first visit the Hawks have into Manitoba this season. I believe Arizona is the only other Western Conference city the Hawks have yet to travel to, and they’re out of the division. And this shapes up as a pretty big one for a variety of reasons: how the Hawks’ trip and specifically the last game have gone, the Jets current spiral, and the utter goofiness that’s taking place up there.

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Let’s Get To The Bottom

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No, that’s not a plea to suddenly tank for Eichel or McDavid (I’m totally putting together a Seabrook & Sharp trade for that in June. HA!). But it’s probably time to try and dig a little deeper to see what is plaguing the Hawks of late.

Before we go any farther, it’s important to note this isn’t anything we haven’t seen before. You only have to go back one year. On Jan. 1, 2014 the Hawks were 28-7-7. They went 6-3-7 to the corresponding date of today one year ago, and actually didn’t get too much better from there. They went 12-11-1 the rest of the way. That wasn’t the first time the Hawks roared through December and then kind of just floated through the rest of the season. They’re just not going to put an 82-game sprint together, even though that’s what they’re coach seems hellbent on wanting.

But we’re here, and we’ve got nothing better to do.

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Let's Get To The Bottom

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No, that’s not a plea to suddenly tank for Eichel or McDavid (I’m totally putting together a Seabrook & Sharp trade for that in June. HA!). But it’s probably time to try and dig a little deeper to see what is plaguing the Hawks of late.

Before we go any farther, it’s important to note this isn’t anything we haven’t seen before. You only have to go back one year. On Jan. 1, 2014 the Hawks were 28-7-7. They went 6-3-7 to the corresponding date of today one year ago, and actually didn’t get too much better from there. They went 12-11-1 the rest of the way. That wasn’t the first time the Hawks roared through December and then kind of just floated through the rest of the season. They’re just not going to put an 82-game sprint together, even though that’s what they’re coach seems hellbent on wanting.

But we’re here, and we’ve got nothing better to do.

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2nd Leg: Hawks at Wild Preview/Pregame Thread/Re-shelving

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Hawk Wrestler vs. Zakk-Wylde-by-Ivan-Chopik

FACEOFF: 7pm Central

TV/RADIO: CSN for the locals, NBCSN for the non-locals, WGN Radio 720

GOIN’ CRAZY OUT BY DA LAKE DERE: Hockey Wilderness

This road trip broke up nicely into two distinct legs, and I’m sure the Hawks categorize them as pre- and post-Vegas. Hopefully that two-day stop in Sin City left the Hawks feeling refreshed instead of lethargic. Not that they had too much to complain about, because even though they ended up 1-2 the effort over the three games was mostly, mostly ok. It wasn’t perfect, and probably not even close, but a bounce here or there and they could have walked with a maximum six points instead of only two.

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High On The Hog: State Of The IceHogs

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The Rockford IceHogs split a home-and-home with the Chicago Wolves over the weekend. Rather than give you the blow-by-blow this week, I thought I would weigh in with some thoughts on the Hogs as they enter February still atop the Midwest Division of the American Hockey League.

Normally I will spend a couple of hours Sunday breaking down the past week’s action. However, between the Super Bowl, shoveling my driveway and proctoring an 11-year old through a book report, I am taking a slightly different course.

With some player movement taking place over the last few days, let’s take a look at the current bunch. I’m just going to riff; perhaps an intelligent observation or two will sneak out of my head.