Box Score (Barf)
Even Summary (Puke)
War on Ice (Spew)
One thing needs to get cleared up right from the get go. Any talk of this being retribution for the Vegas trip or the players being too drunk and/or hungover from it is completely stupid and lazy, and anyone who writes that is stupid and lazy. On any given night a solid handful of players on every team are dehydrated or sleep deprived from nights spent out drinking or chasing things, and to not believe that is to be fooling one’s self.
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FACEOFF: 7pm Central
TV/RADIO: CSN for the locals, NBCSN for the non-locals, WGN Radio 720
GOIN’ CRAZY OUT BY DA LAKE DERE: Hockey Wilderness
This road trip broke up nicely into two distinct legs, and I’m sure the Hawks categorize them as pre- and post-Vegas. Hopefully that two-day stop in Sin City left the Hawks feeling refreshed instead of lethargic. Not that they had too much to complain about, because even though they ended up 1-2 the effort over the three games was mostly, mostly ok. It wasn’t perfect, and probably not even close, but a bounce here or there and they could have walked with a maximum six points instead of only two.
I’m relieved I waited until this afternoon to wrap this one up. The anger last night, slightly booze-fueled, was more than it should have been. That’s what happens when you toss away the first game on the trip yourself, because when you just lose one with nothing majorly wrong and you’re suddenly 1-2 on a tough trip things get amplified.
Most of my anger last night was directed at Joakim Nordstrom which is simply wrong and useless. But it felt good at the time I guess. It’s a symptom of perhaps a larger problem, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
There was a lot of angst directed at the Hawks’ sloppiness and that’s not to be dismissed, but going back over the game this morning there’s a pretty good reason why the Hawks had a tough time finding each other and it wasn’t just because it was the second game in two nights, or looking forward to Vegas.
I’m relieved I waited until this afternoon to wrap this one up. The anger last night, slightly booze-fueled, was more than it should have been. That’s what happens when you toss away the first game on the trip yourself, because when you just lose one with nothing majorly wrong and you’re suddenly 1-2 on a tough trip things get amplified.
Most of my anger last night was directed at Joakim Nordstrom which is simply wrong and useless. But it felt good at the time I guess. It’s a symptom of perhaps a larger problem, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
There was a lot of angst directed at the Hawks’ sloppiness and that’s not to be dismissed, but going back over the game this morning there’s a pretty good reason why the Hawks had a tough time finding each other and it wasn’t just because it was the second game in two nights, or looking forward to Vegas.
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FACEOFF: 9;30pm Central
TV/RADIO: CSN for the locals, NBCSN for the non, Sportsnet for the Hosers, WGN Radio
THE DEAD PRESIDENTS: The Royal Half, Jewels From The Crown
The post All-Star Break… well you can’t really call it a rush until March or so, so I guess portion? Section? Let’s all agree February kinda sucks and move on. Anyway, there’s no stoppages at least from tonight all the way until the Hawks pack up the bags at some point in the spring. And of course it kicks off with a stop in L.A. to begin the California swing of this six-game roadie. Because why start off easy?
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Game Time: 5:00PM Central
TV/Radio: WGN, WGN-AM 720
Larry Hagman’s Liver: Defending Big D
With even a slight dip in production since the calendar turned to 2015, the Hawks now find themselves situated in third place in the mongoose fight that is Conference III. Fortunately, thanks to nearly a week off, the Hawks now have a game in hand on the second place Blues. That games played ledger will get evened tonight against the visiting Dallas Stars.
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FACEOFF: 7:30pm Central
TV/RADIO: CSN, WGN Radio
SO COLD, SO COLD: Arctic Ice Hockey
Nothing like a rare four-day break to illustrate how empty our lives are without Hawks hockey. So I’m pretty primed for this one, if only to have purpose again. I doubt I’m alone. And the Hawks return from this mini-sabbatical to what is something of a big game, at least in trying to set things right from earlier in the year and maintain the heat on the now understaffed Preds. A lot going on in one night, no?
