I’m sure this will be overblown:Chicago Tribune
I’d bet the over:WGN
Next up The Human Shield? Blackhawk Up
This will be a common question:SCH
This made my head explode more from confusion than outright anger:SunTimes
This will be CarBomb’s Legacy and I for one am damn proud:Globe&Mail
Finally good news:NHL
Hard-Working Devil:PuckDaddy
Even with Sid, I don’t see the ROI:TSN
I’m assuming people will have an issue with this:Sportsnet
So I guess closing with a flourish isn’t on the cards, huh?
The Hawks got the two points, and that’s probably all that matters with the Hawks in something of a rut this month (though I don’t know if all teams would consider a 5-5 record this month a rut, but such are the standards round these parts). But against a Pens team stripped of Letang, Malkin, Hornqvist and Maatta, you’d like something a little better than pinned back for at least the last 30 of the game, coughing up a two-goal lead that really should have been the platform to close this one out easily. That’s how it’s going right now.
So I guess closing with a flourish isn’t on the cards, huh?
The Hawks got the two points, and that’s probably all that matters with the Hawks in something of a rut this month (though I don’t know if all teams would consider a 5-5 record this month a rut, but such are the standards round these parts). But against a Pens team stripped of Letang, Malkin, Hornqvist and Maatta, you’d like something a little better than pinned back for at least the last 30 of the game, coughing up a two-goal lead that really should have been the platform to close this one out easily. That’s how it’s going right now.
vs. 
FACEOFF: 7pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBCSN, WGN Radio 720
IRON CITY BEER SUCKS: The Pensblog, Pensburgh
After getting to recalibrate the sights against the Coyotes, the Hawks will descend on Pittsburgh, PA to wrap up the pre-break schedule. Normally, this would feel like a pretty big game with about as much star power as any one NHL game can manufacture. But given that it’s on the second of a back-to-back, and the game before a break that everyone seems desperate to get to, this feels more like something to just get out of the way.
vs. 
FACEOFF: 6:30pm Central
TV/RADIO: NBCSN, WGN Radio
YINZER YAHOOS: Pensburgh, The Pensblog
Two darlings of the midseason that have started to cough and wheeze (well, “started” isn’t correct but you get it) meet up tonight near the confluence of the Monongahela River and the Allegheny that form the Ohio River (I’ve watched far too much baseball in my life). While the reasons for the loss of titan status for both, they’ll recognize the struggles of each other.
Box Score
Event Summary
Extra Skater
I could not have been more excited about the Blackhawks playing at Wrigley Field back in 2009. The Hawks were still on their way up and there was finally energy back in the stands. I gladly paid hundreds of dollars for two tickets for my brother and myself to sit in centerfield, lose all feeling in my toes and fingers to watch the Hawks get off to a fast start before getting demolished at the hands of Scum. This year, while I was tempted to go to the game and even had tickets offered the day before, I couldn’t muster up the same excitment. Whether it was my ongoing headcold or just my disinterest in Soldier Field compared to the iconic Wrigley, I just wasn’t as excited. That doesn’t mean the game didn’t turn to be a pretty exciting and beautiful spectacle though. It just means I was happy to have been watching it from a bar where I only had to walk 5 feet to get a new beer and not worry about whether I would lose a toe.
March 1, 2014…..Penguins vs. Blackhawks at Soldier Field: (PuckDaddy)
No Longer one of a kind: (Comcast Chicago)
So what!! Now I know where to have my Bachelor Party: (Chicago Tribune)
Pedal to the Metal: (Daily Herald)
30 Thoughts: (CBC)
Coaches Poll Results: (TSN)
So that’s over: (TSN)
Iggy: A Morality Play: (Cheer The Anthem)
Defense creating offense: (CSN)
Except when they miss assignments: (Backhand Shelf)
Adding Iggy wasn’t the most pressing concern: (Daily Herald)
Sorry Phoenix: (PuckDaddy)
Could the Hawks not finish 1st in the West? (Daily Herald)
88 has become The Total Package: (Suntimes)
Time to take advantage: (Comcast)
The game fit the billing: (Blackhawks.Com)
Thoughts and Strategies: (Fox 32 WFLD)
Players feel safer: (Winnipeg Free Press)
So James Neal is the Chad Bradford of the NHL: (Globe and Mail)
5 Questions: (CBC)
D-Bag worlds collide: (PuckDaddy)
Marty scored….Again: (New York Times)
