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So Long, Crow—and Other Stuff of Lesser Import

By John Pullega October 8, 2020

The message to Corey and to everyone else today is that we’ve decided we have some young goaltenders here in Chicago we believe in. –Stan Bowman The indignities never cease. We all sort of knew it was coming, but it doesn’t make it hurt any less. The Hawks won’t be re-signing Corey Crawford. There are […]

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This Is A Fender Rhodes Moment – Hawks vs Golden Knights Game 5 Preview

By Matt McClure August 18, 2020

vs Game Time: 9:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, NBCSN, TVA-S, SportsNet, WGN-AM 720 Indecent Proposal:  SinBin, Knights On Ice While at face value, Game 4’s preview could qualify as a textbook motherfuck with the fates aligning to subject the general public to another game in this series, it has also been reiterated numerous times that it […]

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Play-In Game #3 – Go Off On Somebody So That Hell CAN Break Loose On Your Ass – Hawks 4, Oilers 3

By John Pullega August 6, 2020

It was sloppy. It was confusing. It was a total fucking rush. Warts and all, the Blackhawks are now a win away from advancing to the next round of the playoffs. I’m way too drunk to taste this chicken, so let’s rush through whatever it was we just saw. – As the Toews line goes, […]

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Game #68 – GOD DAMN It Are You F*CKIN With Me? – Hawks 1, Wings 2

By John Pullega March 6, 2020

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Absolutely fucking terrible. Until the last 10 minutes of this game, the Hawks were out-possessed and outclassed by the worst NHL team of the 21st century in the middle of a run that they’re calling a playoff push. A completely botched circumcision of an effort. – The big story of […]

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Game #65 – Hawks 2, Panthers 2 (Hawks Win South Carolina Democratic Primary) – The Mistakes Are Obvious

By Matt McClure February 29, 2020 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Of course after they’re already out of it and have sold off what they can, the Hawks have now kept pace with three top flight offenses since the deadline, and bested two of them in Florida, which hasn’t happened consecutively since god knows when. And it certainly wasn’t ideal, but […]

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Game #64 – Hawks 5, Lightning 2: Give Me A Run For My Money, Sipping Kubbly, Feeling Lovely

By Adam Hess February 27, 2020 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick I have to admit that my expectations for this one were not high. Given the Hawks recent string of play, the fact that the Lightning are a far superior squad, and that they badly needed to get a win at home, I felt that this one could get ugly. In […]

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Game #63 – It’s Meat That Dries in Summer Heat and Reeks Now of Its Rot – Hawks 5, Blues 6

By John Pullega February 25, 2020 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick If the remaining 19 games go like this, we can be satisfied. It had all the intensity and anxiety of the conversation you have waiting for the results of a pregnancy test with the ugly but interesting one-night stand whose child you don’t want to birth. It put on full […]

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Game #53 – Sometimes It Snows in April. Sometimes I Feel So Bad – Hawks 2, Wild 2 (Wild Win Anime-Drawing Contest)

By John Pullega February 4, 2020 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Since Prince’s untimely death, there hasn’t been a redeeming quality to speak of regarding Minnesota. And for the first 50 minutes tonight, all was as it has ever been since then. But a flutter puck and bad-angle goal later, the Hawks were on the brink of being one point back […]

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Game #46: Ducks 2, Hawks 4 – And I’ll Be Satisfied Not To Read In Between The Lines

By Rose Rankin January 11, 2020 0

They’re not bad because they’re inconsistent, they’re inconsistent because…well, tonight I won’t bother to finish that sentence. The Hawks beat a crappy team, as they should, so let’s take what we can get, right? To the bullets… Box Score Natural Stat Trick –Early on, it felt like things were going to go off the rails […]

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Game #41 – Hawks vs. Flames Preview: Drop The Ball

By Sam Fels December 31, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Hawks 17-17-6   Flames 20-16-5 PUCK DROP: 8pm TV: NBCSN Chicago FRIENDS OF CAL AND GARY: Flamesnation.ca Cal and Gary would probably be way down the list of NHL cities you’d choose to spend NYE in, but the Hawks don’t get much choice as that’s what the schedule says. It’s one of two sojourns […]