January 2011
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Your 2010-11 Chicago Blackhawks: In Photos
I haven’t done a photo dump on here in awhile. Since we’re at the ASG break, I’ll do one now with all of the guys who’ve played a game for the Hawks this season. Enjoy. Forwards: Patrick Sharp: 26G 20A 46P (1.23.11 vs. Flyers)Jonathan Toews: 17G 20A 37P +7 (10.30.10 at Wild)Patrick Kane: 13G 24A 37P (10.1.10 vs Penguins - Preseason)Tomas Kopecky: 10G 21A 31P (10.9.10 - Red...
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All Star Weekend - 58th Annual NHL All Star Game
Well here we are: the centerpiece of All-Star weekend. IT’S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME! Again, I predict Team Lidstrom 13, Team Staal 11 with Toews as the ASG MVP. If anything I expect this to be a lot of fun! Pre-Game - Are we really having a little kids hockey play on the ice? Cute idea, but cheesy as hell. I’m such a cynical bitch. - Well Rod Brind’Amour & Rod Francis coming...
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All Star Weekend - Super Skills Competition
It’s probably been about ten years since I last watched the ASG Skills Competition. I think the key to enjoying it is not to take it too seriously. The only issue I have with it is that while they’ll tout players as “the fastest player,” “the hardest shot”, etc, really they’re only the best of the All Stars. I think they should open up the competition to...
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All Star Weekend - Fantasy Draft
I missed watching this live as we recorded the NHL Network’s 2 hour pre-draft show (really?) instead of the actual thing. WHOOPS. So we recorded the replay, watched a movie (“Exit Through the Gift Shop” - it was good), and watched it later sans commercials. I’ll go on record to say I didn’t really care for the whole fantasy draft scenario. I found it cheesy in a very...
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Puck You Cancer!
It’s weird when two unrelated things happen at the same time in your life that seem to be such a matter of perfect timing, it’s uncanny. As some of you may know, my dad has been ill since early December. He has always been the healthier one of my parents (diabetes and a few other issues notwithstanding), so for him to be in the hospital suddenly was jarring to say the least. They found...
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The Amazing Kreskin I Am Not
I would like to put a midseason review of the Hawks up here, but seeing as I have little motivation for anything of much substance, no go on that idea. Perhaps that might be something to tackle during All Star Weekend. Therefore, I’ll write something quick and easy - namely mocking myself. So, everyone and their grandmother made preseason NHL predictions, as folks do in most sports. Seeing...
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A Little Bling With My Hockey
So, the Blackhawks have these “official” road watches where they throw an ice girl or two at an local bar, have a couple giveaways, etc, etc, etc. I had been to one during the Stanley Cup Finals - by accident actually. It was either Game Three or Four and a bunch of us fans planned a meetup at an usual watering hole, only to find out it was an “official” road watch bar....
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Live Blogging the Winter Classic
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve live blogged a game, and I’ve never done one for two teams I have *zero* vested interest in. So why not start with the Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at the fourth annual Winter Classic? Personally, I’m rooting for the meteor in this game. I don’t really have anything major against either team, but I’m sick of the...
