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Tag: Paul Westerberg

  • The Ledge – Wild vs Hawks Preview, Pregame Thread, Attitude Adjustment

    wildthings vs oldschool

    Game Time: 7:00PM
    TV/Radio: CSN, NBCSN, TSN2, WGN-AM 720
    Somebody To Shove: Hockey Wilderness

    After an excruciating and seemingly interminable three days off filled with speculation and meatballery, the Blackhawks at long last get back to actually playing games that matter in the standings, rather than those more concerned with second guessing and dick measuring. They’ll do so against the visiting Wild, who have for the most part owned the Hawks this year, and are looking to get closer to clinching their second straight playoff berth.

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  • Kids Don’t Follow – Hawks 5, Wild 1

    Kids Don’t Follow – Hawks 5, Wild 1

    On the tail end of a home and home, the Hawks finally corrected a few things and got some bounces that were seemingly long overdue. With the quick turnaround coming back to the west side to face the Senators tomorrow night, it’s bullet time right from Jump St.

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  • Kids Don't Follow – Hawks 5, Wild 1

    Kids Don't Follow – Hawks 5, Wild 1

    On the tail end of a home and home, the Hawks finally corrected a few things and got some bounces that were seemingly long overdue. With the quick turnaround coming back to the west side to face the Senators tomorrow night, it’s bullet time right from Jump St.

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  • Dose of Thunder – Wild 3, Hawks 2 (OT) – Hawks Lead Series 2-1

    With the series now shifting setting to the Twin Cities, the Wild were essentially facing a must-win situation, and decided to change things up a bit from their neutral zone bomb shelter strategy that yielded no results on West Madison.

    Even with the Hawks drawing the first marker on a beautiful feed from Patrick Kane to Johnny Oduya right after a Hawks kill, the Wild pressed on. Coach Mike Yeo made no secret about wanting to ratchet up the physicality and make life unpleasant for Hawk defenders, and did just that, sending wave of cannonballing forwards into the Hawk zone.

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