November 2010
15 posts
7 tags
Game 26: Chicago Blackhawks 2, Los Angeles Kings 1
Box Score Highlights A two week, 6-game roadtrip and the Blackhawks came away with 8 of a possible 12 points. Going into the circus trip, I thought this should be a makable and desired goal of the team. Even though there were a few bumps in the road (Calgary, San Jose *barf*), I feel decidedly better about the Blackhawks upon their arrival home than I did when they left. Welcome home boys! Not...
7 tags
Game 25: Chicago Blackhawks 4, Anaheim Ducks 1
Box Score Highlights I realize I never did a recap for game 24 vs. the Sharks. Sorry about that - I blame my fat ass and tryptophan. What could I say about that game anyway - I had a red mark on my forehead from all of the times I slapped it in reacting to waaaaay too many DOH moments by the Hawks. And while I’m glad Nemo did well, I just don’t want him to do it *against* us. Sadly, he...
4 tags
The Scoreboard Videos of My Life
Like everything in this day and age, sporting events are becoming an all visceral experience. God forbid if you had ADD at a game 15 years ago - you watched the game and hoped there would be some interesting folks around you to keep your interest. Now you have jumbotrons, instant stats, replays, cheerleaders/ice girls, piped in music and effects. At times it’s enough to make you twitchy....
6 tags
Game 23: Chicago Blackhawks 7, Vancouver Canucks 1
Box Score Highlights See, I TOLD you! While I was enjoying drinks and reminiscing with some former co-workers, the Hawks were giving our B.C. friends a right spanking. I have no doubt if I was at home watching, it most likely would have been a repeat of the Calgary game. Therefore, I will be taking PayPal donations so I can go out drinking during every game ;) Sorry about the delay, but since I...
7 tags
Game 22: Calgary Flames 7, Chicago Blackhawks 2
Box ScoreHighlights - only watch to induce vomiting Congrats guys! You’ve earned the first WTF gif of the year. Well deserved too - how do you go from the perfection and ass-kicking of the Oilers just *two* nights ago to the utter shitstorm I had the unfortunate pleasure of witnessing last night? Did the Toledo Walleye suit up in the Blackhawks’ sweaters? Notice I didn’t mention...
8 tags
Game 21: Chicago Blackhawks 5, Edmonton Oilers 0
Box Score Highlights WELL. Let’s just sit back and savor this one - it’s been a long time coming. That my friends, was Vintage 2009-2010 Blackhawks. And it was GLORIOUS. God willing, this will become the norm. Because this game was close to perfect, and I’m still battling bronchitis/a cold/the plague, we’ll save the analysis for another game. Instead, I’m proud to...
5 tags
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Crunching Numbers...
I’m a numbers person by trade. One of the first things I like to do if I’m analyzing a game is take a look at the box score and/or event summary. Sure, the numbers won’t tell you everything, but more often than not they’ll give you an indication of which way the wind blew. I am however, not a stat geek to the point where I pour over every minute detail and can make pretty...
7 tags
Games 19 & 20 Recaps - Double Your Pleasure,...
Nashville Predators 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3 (SO) Box Score Highlights Chicago Blackhawks 3, Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks 2 (OT) Box Score Highlights I guess I really can’t complain - picking up 3 of 4 points on a back-to-back with the circus road trip looming in the background is better than I could have hoped for the way things are going as of late. Still, we easily could have had all 4 points...
6 tags
From the Archives: The 1989-1990 Chicago...
I promised from time to time I’d put up some of my assorted hockey memorabilia up on the blog for youse to peruse. Sorry, it’s taken so long, but I can’t help if the Blackhawks seemingly play every other day (curse you scheduling gods!). In any case, here is a treat from the golden years of my hockey fandom. This is a rather large (bigger than a binder) full color photo album...
7 tags
Game Eighteen: Phoenix Coyotes 2, Chicago...
Box Score Highlights As a fan, there’s really only so much you can say. There’s very little you can do. There are 82 games in the NHL regular season. The Blackhawks have 64 games remaining to right the ship and get back to playing the way they should be playing. It’s early, it’s November. Still, I had the same mantra in October. I don’t want to be saying this in...
6 tags
Game Seventeen: Edmonton Oilers 2, Chicago...
Box Score “Highlights” Look, I’m tired and don’t feel very well, so you’re not going to get a recap from me. At least not tonight - I’ll try and do a recap in pictures tomorrow. I was in attendance at this debacle and all I got was a free fucking car flag, annoyed and pissy. ARF. In the meantime, Sam from Second City Hockey sums up how I feel pretty well and...
9 tags
Game Sixteen: Chicago Blackhawks 5, Atlanta...
Well, this game has to be the most over-hyped of the young season. If you haven’t heard a bazillion times already, we’ll be facing these guys tonight: Poor Sopel - he looks more terrible than usual. Aside from the family reunion, I’m intrigued by this game for two reasons: 1) The Blackhawks have called up 19-year old Jeremy Morin, and he will be making his NHL debut tonight...
8 tags
Game 15: New Jersey Devils 5, Chicago Blackhawks 3
Box Score Highlights W.T.F. I had a bad feeling about this game. On paper, there was no way the defending Stanley Cup Champions was going to lose to the worst team in the league. But a voice in the back of my head kept telling me this had the potential to be a shitshow. I hate it when that voice is right. I’m not even going to sit here and analyze this game. It was painful to watch - the...
6 tags
Game Fourteen: New York Rangers 3, Chicago...
Box Score Highlights This was an unsatisfying game. The effort seemed to be there. The Hawks dominated at times. But the Rangers took advantage of the opportunities they had and the Hawks pissed theirs away. This is gonna be short - I’m watching the election returns… - The stat of the game: the Rangers blocked 33 shots. *33* shots! Add that to the 35 SOG, and that’s 68 times the...
9 tags
A Wild Weekend
I’m attempting to write this post while in the car on the way home from Rochester, MN. We’ll see how this goes – hopefully I won’t get motion sickness and barf on the laptop. Edit: I only wrote half of this post from the car. I might still barf though having just view the NY Rangers game. My gf and I left Chicago on Friday morning for our trip to Minnesota. We had a brief pit-stop in Madison for...
