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  • Sprung A Leak – Hurricanes vs Hawks Games 37 & 38 Preview

    Sprung A Leak – Hurricanes vs Hawks Games 37 & 38 Preview

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    Game Times: 6:30PM (3/30), 7:00 (4/1)
    TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, NBCSN, WGN-AM 720
    Applewood Smoked Pork Shoulder: Canes Country

    As March comes to a close, the West Side Hockey club now finds itself, if only via tiebreakers, on the outside of the playoff picture now as the results of their games has finally started to match their process. And that task does not get any easier with the Canes coming to town, who now have the best points-percentage in the league thanks to a March where they’ve only lost once in regulation, and to the Red Wings of all fucking teams.

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  • Going Teuvo – A Look At Teravainen’s Passing Stats

    Going Teuvo – A Look At Teravainen’s Passing Stats

    Our friend Ryan Stimson is back with some of his neato passing stats stuff. He works for InLouWeTrust.com, or whatever they’re going to change their name to now. Follow him on Twitter @RK_stimp. 

    Hello Chicago fans! Congratulations on yet another Stanley Cup. As you may recall from my last trip over to the Indian, I have been leading a project on tracking passing statistics. I tracked about sixty of the Blackhawks games last season and have some help finishing up the rest of the schedule – Regular Season only. I wanted to dig into some of the data and share it with you all. Today’s focus with be Teuvo Teravainen.

    A few words on Teuvo’s context before we begin. Since this represents the final forty-three games of the regular season, it’s important to note how he was deployed and the quality of his competition and teammates. Generally, zone starts and competition will wash out over the course of a season, but since we’re dealing with slightly over half-a-season, be sure to keep this mind. All data is from 5v5 situations.

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