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HOCKEY BEATS HUBRIS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1
Blackhawks fans can slow their roll now. After 60 minutes of dominant hockey on Wednesday night, most Hawks fans were wondering why the Hawks were even bothering to waste their time with the Detroit Red Wings. Perhaps the next three games would be a nice time for everyone to pad their stats before getting down to business with the Kings.
Well, nobody told the Red Wings this was the plan.
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Opening Salvo: Hawks 4, Red Wings 1
[NOTE: the following was written during the 1st intermission. If the Hawks won this game by 10 and Carcillo scored a hat trick you can just skip over it]
BLACKHAWKS/RED WINGS:By The Numbers
So once again, we rounded up the Hockeenight Mathletes in order to give us a statistical breakdown of the Western Conference Semifinal matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings.
Unfortunately for the Mathletes, they had already done a statistical breakdown of a series between the Hawks and San Jose Sharks, because they believed there was no possibility that a team coached by Bruce Boudreau could blow a 3-2 series lead to a team with a low seed. Hey, we tried to tell them.
So after pulling them away from their 300th viewing of "The Guild" webisodes, this is what they came up with:
Chipping In: Hawks 5, Wild 1 (Hawks Win Series 4-1)
So, the Wild came out absolutely desperate tonight, right? I mean they were on the brink of elimination. They certainly gave a tremendous effort and...oh the hell with it:
GET THE FAT LADY READY: Blackhawks 3, Wild 0 Blackhawks lead series 3-1
Sunday, the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime by throwing the kitchen sink at the Hawks. Tonight, the Wild went back into the kitchen again, but there was a gaping hole in the counter where the sink used to be.
The Hawks did what worked for them all year, clogging up the middle of the defensive zone, getting solid goaltending, and taking advantage of their depth of talent and penalty killing, defeating the Wild 3-0 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Quarterfinal series.
Let's get to this:
Maybe the Playoffs Aren't That Fun After All (Hunger Strike)
Once it became apparent that this iteration of the Chicago Blackhawks was pretty damn good, the regular season turned into a waiting game. One can only watch the Hawks outclass the Oilers, Avalanche, and Predators of the league so many times before it becomes more of a chore than appointment viewing.
Watching Minnesota score the first goal in game one, combined with obsessive Twitter watching, I wondered if maybe the dog days of a successful regular season weren't so bad. That’s not to say that the NHL playoffs aren't an unbelievable spectacle. But it didn't take long to feel that our relationship with them is more akin to Stockholm Syndrome than anything symbiotic. The NHL playoffs are a vehicle for our impotent rage, white-knuckle fear, arrogant vitriol, and crippling shame.
<< MORE >>Puckcast Recap: Hawks 2, Wild 3, (OT)
On tonight's Puckcast, we sort of recap Sunday's playoff game, with our guest, The Chief (not to be confused with that other Chief) from Barstool Sports' Chicago division. Besides today's game, we also discuss:
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- Fork and CT's status as Kingmakers amongst the hockey blogosphere
- The new word CT taught his 2 year old
- CT's plan to get all other Hawks bloggers blackballed by the organization
- The Chief calls us old and is right
- Fork opens hockey cards
- Paul MacLean's mustache
Puckcast Recap: Hawks 2, Wild 3, (OT)
On tonight's Puckcast, we sort of recap Sunday's playoff game, with our guest, The Chief (not to be confused with that other Chief) from Barstool Sports' Chicago division. Besides today's game, we also discuss:
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- Fork and CT's status as Kingmakers amongst the hockey blogosphere
- The new word CT taught his 2 year old
- CT's plan to get all other Hawks bloggers blackballed by the organization
- The Chief calls us old and is right
- Fork opens hockey cards
- Paul MacLean's mustache
Double Double: Hawks 5, Wild 2
Well, that was better. Much better.
After a thrilling game 1 win on Tuesday, the Hawks made it a little easier on us Friday. They came out and blitzed the Wild early, getting 17 shots in the first period, taking a 1-0 lead and never relinquishing it.
HERE WE GO: Blackhawks 2, Wild 1 (OT) Blackhawks lead series, 1-0
Tonight the Second Season began for the Chicago Blackhawks. The season that matters. After the 24-game points streak, the three separate winning streaks of 7 games or better, none of it means shit if the Hawks can't go at least 16-12 the rest of the way.<< MORE >>
