Get a pen ready, Rocky:LGH
Ok it worked but please dress Cumiskey or Rundblad:CT
The Crow:Daily Herald
You expected anything less?ESPN

Get a pen ready, Rocky:LGH
Ok it worked but please dress Cumiskey or Rundblad:CT
The Crow:Daily Herald
You expected anything less?ESPN
Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Piss And Vinegar: Raw Charge
Tonight on the west side the Stanley Cup Final makes the turn to the back stretch with the Hawks needing a win at home to keep the Lightning from heading back to Tampa with an opportunity to clinch. While not literally a “must win”, it’s as close as it gets for the Hawks, who are looking to even up the series and put themselves in a far more advantageous position moving forward.

Game 4:Chicago Daily Herald
Confidence:NBC 5
Patience:CBS Local
Gotta be more:Blackhawk Up
Pierogi Power:Let’s Go Hawks
I think Tampa wins this bet:ABC 7
Who? TSN
Wonderful:ESPN

Observations:Sportsnet.CA
Crazy:New York Times
Exactly:HockeeNight
I’m not worried:ESPN
You’re screwed:Daily Herald
Better than 91..I guess:USA Today
Damn Right!!PuckDaddy
Game Time: 6:15PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
As The Eternal Cowboy: Raw Charge
With Wednesday night’s late two-goal rally to claim Game 1 in Tampa, the Hawks have already on paper accomplished what they needed to prior to the series turning north. But now is not the time of year to cede absolutely anything to the opponent, as the Lightning found out in emphatic fashion 3 nights ago.

Have a narrative, why don’t you? With the Hawks top six not producing much, and after the residents here proclaimed it would be the Hawks’ forward depth that would prove to be the difference, here comes the third line providing both goals that put the Hawks up in this series. And no, of course not, there’s no way that Teuvo Teravainen coming up big makes me feel especially good after all the shit we got for extolling his virtues. Why would you ever think that? He’s not special in any way.
As we previewed this series, and most others did, I feel like it was generally agreed that John Cooper was a pretty good coach. And while he probably wouldn’t come up with some novelty for this, he would do what was necessary. Well, tonight he kind of fucked up.
Game Time: 7:00PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
Reinventing Axl Rose: Raw Charge
A year later, the Blackhawks finally find themselves in the position they should have been in with 20 minutes to play against the Kings on June 1st. And with them, a return to the only hockey that matters. Hockey whose outcome will determine names engraved in silver, and on the Hawks’ side of the ledger, a chance at solidifying even much more than that. Standing in their way is now the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team more than comfortable at not only playing the exact game the Hawks want to and possibly even faster, but also gleefully seizing the opportunity to play the upstarts and define their own story rather than be a footnote in someone else’s.

Have to thank the girlfriend for providing the Less Than Jake reference, because I’m not a fan but we need to vary it from Against Me! and Tom Petty. Like once or twice.
So we’ve got to wrap up this preview, and cover the special teams for Tampa and how it all plays out. Let’s get to it.

DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO TYPE THAT AGAIN!!!
Best .Gif ever:HockeeNight
Proving every cliche wrong since 2009:Second City Hockey
Can I get a translation? Let’s Go Hawks
High Praise:The New York Times
My favorite live album:Blackhawk Up
2 or 19:NBC Chicago
Because it doesn’t work: Sports Illustrated
Return to his greatest triumph:LA Times
No Last Dance and No Wonderful Waltz: SportsNet.CA