So there's been some obvious trends in this 2010 Stanley Cup Finals- the home team seems to do really well, and every game has been close. In game 5 Sunday night between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers, the first trend held true, but the second truly did not. The #2 seeded Blackhawks (who had the third most points in the NHL this season) were heavy favorites over … [Read more...] about Blackhawks, Flyers finally play like their seedings in game 5
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Blackhawks Big 2 (Kane, Toews) Control Game 2
It was the Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane show during the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 game 2 victory at San Jose. The Hawks' two most iconic players zipped around the ice in Silicon Valley like an Intel core i7 processor. And pretty soon, they could make the San Jose Sharks as outdated and useless as a 286 CPU. (Apologies for the tech nerd metaphors, hey, when in San Jose). Two is … [Read more...] about Blackhawks Big 2 (Kane, Toews) Control Game 2
Busting Hockey’s #1 Myth: Unpronouncable Names
By Peter Christian Every hockey fan has heard it at least once. Most have heard it a handful of times. The "it" I'm referring to is the lamest excuse to not watch the NHL on the planet. It's the "I can't pronounce the player's names" excuse. I've heard it everywhere. From family members who watched me grow up playing the sport to national sports figures and writers who … [Read more...] about Busting Hockey’s #1 Myth: Unpronouncable Names
Blackhawks-Sharks Live Twitter Blog
By Paul M. Banks For the last month or so Twitter has been all the rage. Ever since members of Congress started microblogging during Obama's speech, people have been joining the site left and right. It's the perfect place for me to host my first attempt at live blogging a game. So if the sentences are short and in "text-speak" remember they are copied and pasted from … [Read more...] about Blackhawks-Sharks Live Twitter Blog