bleacherreport.com - 12/21/2008
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Is there any stopping the red-hot Chicago Blackhawks?
Chicago's remarkable season continued on Saturday night as the Hawks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 at G.M. Place. The win marked the Blackhawks' seventh straight win, a feat last accomplished by the franchise 28 seasons ago, and they have
Hawk Shots: Chicago Blackhawks out of the Sundin Sweepstakes
bleacherreport.com 12/15/2008 — Authors Note: It has been quite a while since I published an article, I apologize. Hopefully now that finals are over I can once again start writing on a regular basis.
Tallon Eliminates Blackhawks from Sundin Sweepstakes
Dale ...
Who Wants to Skate on Wrigley Field?
mlb.fanhouse.com 12/15/2008 — by Tom Fornelli On New Year's Day there is going to be a pretty special event taking place at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL's Winter Classic on a rink placed in the infield. I'll ...
Steelers continue to survive in tough games - Peter King
- SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 12/15/2008 — Good Guys of the Week The Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks set off on a six-game, 12-day road trip on Nov. 18 -- to, in order, Phoenix, Dallas, Toronto, San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles. (Who thinks of these itineraries? Magellan?) In between a ...
NHL in MMQB
onfrozenblog.com 12/16/2008 — NFL guru and Monday Morning Quarterback Peter King had some kind words today for the Chicago Blackhawks' recent mid-roadtrip detour. King devotes a chunk of his Sports Illustrated football column to the Blackhawks' support for GM Dale Tallon after his father passed away. As Chicago's Director of ...
Chicago Blackhawks Explode for Nine Goals over Edmonton
buynhljerseys.com 12/17/2008 — The Chicago Blackhawks kept their December winning streak in tact as they scored nine goals over the Edmonton Oilers. They will need to keep scoring goals to beat three Stanley Cup contenders in their next three games.
Brouwer: 'We can win every night' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Blackhawks
suntimes.com 12/18/2008 — BLACKHAWKS | A five-game winning streak has the NHL's youngest team brimming with confidence CALGARY, Alberta -- Coach Joel Quenneville's ''team-building activity'' on the Blackhawks' first day in Calgary turned out to be an afternoon of curling at a ...
'More like a childhood game' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Blackhawks
suntimes.com 12/20/2008 — The Winter Classic is fast approaching, and opposing coaches Joel Quenneville of the Blackhawks and Mike Babcock of the Detroit Red Wings have been getting bugged about it. With other games scheduled before the Jan. 1 showdown at Wrigley Field, ...
Are The Backhawks Cup Worthy? —
KK Hockey
via Sam McCaig of the Hockey News ,
Can the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup?
Wow…just the fact I can pose this question without crashing the entire Internet shows how far the Hawks have come in a very short time.
Well, let’s see: a quality coach in Joel ...
Khabibulin Has Been Great —
KK Hockey
from Tim Sassone of Between The Circles at the Chicago Daily-Herald,
Where would the Blackhawks be if another team had claimed Nikolai Khabibulin on waivers back in training camp?
They probably wouldn’t be 17-6-7 today and the talk of the NHL.
Khabibulin has been nothing short ...
Check Out “Wrigley Cam” —
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest
If you remember, there was talk last winter of Yankee Stadium hosting the NHL New Year’s outdoor hockey game. To make a long story short, Wrigley Field in Chicago was selected to host the Jan 1st, 2009 game between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago BlackHawks. The workers are already busy ...
Zamboni Down! —
The Slanch Report
As Chicago gears up for the upcoming Blackhawks/Red Wings outdoor game at Wrigley Field, all the necessary preparations are being made. For instance, what’s a hockey game without a zamboni? Of course, this being Chicago and Wrigley Field, nothing comes easy. I’d be concerned about ...
2009 Winter Classic could be great for NHL ratings —
The Hockey Herald
via USA Today:
The NHL’s first outdoor game in the U.S., played last New Year’s Day, drew the biggest TV audience — about 3.7 million viewers — for an NHL regular season game in decades. If the upcoming NBC Detroit Red Wings-Chicago Blackhawks game on Jan. 1 — a day when plenty ...
All Patrick Kane —
KK Hockey
Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks took part in an NHL tele-conference today.
Q . Just wondering if you had been to any outside rinks to acclimatize yourself for January 1st at Wrigley.
PATRICK KANE : No, I haven’t seen any rinks around here, but you know, that day, ...
Chicago Development Continues —
KK Hockey
from Len Ziehm of the Chicago Sun-Times,
Coach Joel Quenneville’s ‘’team-building activity’’ on the Blackhawks’ first day in Calgary turned out to be an afternoon of curling at a nearby rink.
If ever the Hawks were entitled to a day of fun away from ...
They demand respect! —
Snapshots
Chicago Blackhawks forward Troy Brouwer describes his team as "unbelievable," and the Chicago Daily Herald's Tim Sassone sounds a now-familiar refrain regarding the Blackhawks' collective status: December 18, Chicago Daily Herald: Do the Blackhawks qualify as one of the NHL's...
Nine, Lance, and Gooden —
Tremendous Upside Potential
3 Thangs 1) Rickhouse commands people to follow the Blackhawks , then they absolutely light up the Oilers only a few hours later. Final was 9-2, but the Hawks had 7 goals through two periods. Good first game of the year to watch, buddy? I expect a half-assed recap with little to no signs of ...
The ice truck cometh —
Snapshots
MLive.com posted the AP story about the 53-foot-long rink-cooling trailer arriving at Wrigley Field ahead of the Winter Classic II, and NHL.com's Stuart Shea talked to the most famous person attending the event, one Chicago Blackhawks alumnus named Bobby Hull:...
The Winter Classic II numbers game —
Snapshots
NHL.com has posted a list of significant figures regarding the Detroit Red Wings-Chicago Blackhawks match-up at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic II, and here are some of the more interesting numbers: December 16, NHL.com: 13 -- Combined number of...
Who Wants to Skate on Wrigley Field? —
Foul Balls
On New Year's Day there is going to be a pretty special event taking place at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL's Winter Classic on a rink placed in the infield. I'll be there myself freezing my fingers off, which no doubt will ...
A Tribute To Canadian Rink Rats By Peter King —
Straight From the Arse
This is a great story from Peter King about the Chicago Blackhawks in his weekly column for cnnsi. It’s definitely worth a read.
The Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks set off on a six-game, 12-day road trip on Nov. 18 — to, in order, Phoenix, Dallas, Toronto, San Jose, ...
Blackhawks 3, Blue Jackets 1 —
NYT > Hockey
CHICAGO (AP) -- Cristobal Huet made 31 saves, and Martin Havlat scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to their fourth straight victory, 3-1 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday night. >
