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Tag: Nathan Horton

  • Watch The Corners – Game 3 – Hawks at Bruins Preview, Pregame Thread, Spring Formal

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    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBCSN, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    Feed The Tree: Cup of Chowder, Days of Y’Orr

    Dating back three years to the 2010 Final against Philadelphia, the Hawks have lost the first game away from the United Center in six straight series. Overall in that time frame, the Hawks have gone 7-10 on the road, and 3-4 this post season. And in order to win this series, the Hawks will now have to win at least one game on the road, with the first of potentially three games in Boston tonight.

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  • Morning Links 6/14/13

    Morning Links 6/14/13

    Absolutely nothing about his performance was unsung: PuckDaddy

    Off days are good days: Comcast Autoplay

    Bruins hopeful that Nathan Horton isn’t done: Chicago Tribune

    I love shin pads: Cheer the Anthem

    The legend grows: Globe and Mail

    The love-hate relationship with him: Backhand Shelf

    Setting the bar high: Mr. Verdi

     

  • The World Is In Your Way – Game 1 – Bruins vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Freshman Orientation

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    Game Time: 7:00PM Central
    TV/Radio: NBC, CBC (Anglo), RDS (Franco), WGN-AM 720
    The Impression That I Get: Cup of Chowder, Days of Y’Orr

    Now the real fun begins. After an abbreviated 48 game season of intra-conference play and three playoff rounds with their fair share of scares for each team, the Hawks and Bruins will meet in the post season for the sixth time ever, and for the first time ever in the Stanley Cup Final. With the Bruins two years removed from their last title and the Hawks three, it’s a juggernaut matchup that the league has dreamed of, but probably doesn’t deserve after what it’s put everyone through. And though superficial analysis would have one believe that these two teams are diametrically opposed stylistically, they’re actually far more similar than one would expect.

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  • Not In Rivers, But In Drops – Previewing The Bruins Special Teams

    Not In Rivers, But In Drops – Previewing The Bruins Special Teams

    In 2011, the Bruins won their Stanley Cup with a lockdown penalty kill, and a power play that bordered on comically bad. Stop me if this sounds uncomfortably familiar. Finding no reason to fix what isn’t (totally) broken, the Bruins are on much the same trajectory as they were two years ago, though the Blackhawks certainly should not take that as a cue to tempt fate by marching to the box as they have to this point in the post season. Furthermore, the Hawks finding a way to somehow take advantage of the Bruins’ penalty kill will go a long way toward mitigating the physical liberties Boston will no doubt plan on taking.

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  • You’re Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    You’re Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    After dispatching the defending champion Kings on Saturday, the Hawks’ attention now turns east, where they will now take on the other most recent champion in the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.

    There were many concerns about the Kings’ size and forechecking ability against the Hawk defensive corps, but those now seem quite trivial when looking at the team that perfected what the Kings did the year before, and are replicating it this post season with even more offensive flair. The Bruins forwards are large, angry, fast, and unlike the Kings, can finish and have been doing so with ease and frequency.

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  • You're Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    You're Living All Over Me – Previewing The Bruins Forwards

    After dispatching the defending champion Kings on Saturday, the Hawks’ attention now turns east, where they will now take on the other most recent champion in the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.

    There were many concerns about the Kings’ size and forechecking ability against the Hawk defensive corps, but those now seem quite trivial when looking at the team that perfected what the Kings did the year before, and are replicating it this post season with even more offensive flair. The Bruins forwards are large, angry, fast, and unlike the Kings, can finish and have been doing so with ease and frequency.

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