All Entries Tagged With: "Red Wings"
Fans Prepare for Great Western Conference Match-Ups
Chicago – This has been a highly contested and entertaining NHL season. No one should be shocked if there are a couple of upsets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Blackhawks playoff journey will have a different twist this year as they will open on the road in Phoenix, Thursday evening. As some might realize [...]
A Bittersweet Win and Now the Blackhawks Look Ahead to Phoenix
Chicago – The Blackhawks ended the regular season in bittersweet fashion with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The win wasn’t in regulation so the Hawks stayed in sixth place. They will open the playoffs in Phoenix versus the Coyotes, the Pacific Division champs. Any win against the Red Wings is a [...]
Too Casual Blackhawks Lose Again to the Wild in a Shootout
Chicago – The Blackhawks lost 2-1 in a shootout in Minnesota on Thursday. The loss prevents the Hawks from beginning post-season play on home ice. Corey Crawford was the main reason the Hawks didn’t lose the game in regulation as the Hawks were soundly outplayed during the third period. Last year, Minnesota won their final [...]
Red Wings Lose Grip On Fourth Place With 4-1 Loss To Predators
To quote the late, great wrestling announcer Gorilla Monsoon, “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades,”. That summed up the Detroit Red Wings’ night as they dropped their second straight game to the Nashville Predators 4-1 at the Joe Louis Arena on Friday night. With the loss, the Red Wings (46-27-5, 97 points) relinquished [...]
Desperate Blackhawks Continue On a Roll
No matter what sport, either professional or amateur, a defining factor for measuring performance is consistency. By recording a 2-1 victory in Detroit on Sunday afternoon the Blackhawks have now won three consecutive games. Their most recent decisions have come in tight, low scoring contests similar to those played in the post season. The Blackhawks [...]
With a Top Effort Blackhawks Win in Ottawa
If head coach Joel Quenneville could bottle the performance of his club from Friday night he would. The Blackhawks went into Ottawa with significant injuries, and came away with a well deserved 2-1 victory. The Hawks were determined to succeed and did so in their second consecutive one goal game. This win was more noteworthy [...]
Another Effective Effort = A Win Over Detroit
The Blackhawks won their fourth straight game with a 2-1 victory over the Red Wings. Detroit was riding a six game winning streak and both teams were playing without star players. Jonathan Toews was out of action due to an upper body injury and the Wings were playing without their best player, Pavel Datsyuk. Despite [...]
Hawks Outlast Blues For Third Straight
On Sunday, the Blackhawks didn’t look like a playoff-bound team during the opening 40 minutes while facing the St. Louis Blues. As a matter of fact, the Blues were playing an almost-perfect road game. They were responsible in all three zones and the Hawks struggled to mount an attack. For much of the afternoon, the [...]
Part-Time Effort Earns Blackhawks One Point Versus Detroit
Two different Blackhawk teams surfaced on Saturday in Detroit. For the opening 35 minutes the Red Wings overwhelmed the Hawks and took a two goal lead. Then with about five minutes to go in the middle frame the boys from the Windy City woke up and got going. The contrast was striking. As bad as [...]
Blackhawks Stumble Past Halfway Mark as Mistakes Should Be Fixed
After falling to Detroit Sunday, the Blackhawks have now lost five of the last six games. Sunday night’s contest could have gone either way. Losing to the Red Wings 3-2 in overtime isn’t anything to be embarrassed about, but it was another disappointing outcome. The Hawks should have been the fresher team, but they still [...]
Blackhawks Closeout 2011 with a Big Win Over Detroit
The Blackhawks closed out 2011 in fine fashion with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The raucous, capacity crowd of 22,166 was treated to a highly entertaining game. Both teams played well enough to win but the Hawks best players were better than Detroit’s top performers. The Blackhawks deserved the victory as they [...]
Hawks Defeat Columbus to Keep Rolling in December
The Columbus Blue Jackets do not get paid in beer and pizza because they are a professional hockey team. Although there are times when it looks like the Jackets can’t really compete. Last night Columbus had a strong start as the Blackhawks still had visions of sugar plum fairies in their heads. In the end, [...]
Western Conference predictions for the 2011-12 NHL season
Predictions – everybody loves them and if you’re correct about half the time, you’re doing pretty well. Two years ago I had the Los Angeles Kings finishing sixth in the Western Conference. Nailed it. Last season, I slotted the Kings at fourth during my NHL season preview article. That’s certainly where they should have finished, [...]
How could you? How could you? The Red Wings and Amway.
They sold out. Not we sold out. They sold out. Writers have always harped on how sports fans tend to refer to teams in the first person plural tense, complaining that the fans aren’t really part of the team. Today, the Red Wings proved those miserable old bastards right. This year, there will be no [...]
Maybe The Most Important Decision For Stan Bowman
As Blackhawk fans anxiously await a blockbuster trade to be orchestrated by Stan Bowman, his most important task this summer may not get front page headlines. We discussed the strong possibility of Ice Hog head coach Bill Peters leaving to become an assistant coach with the Red Wings. The whispers have been made official today [...]
Red Wings/Sharks Game 7 – The most epic game
BREAKING NEWS as of 8:07 pm: Johan Franzen is out of the lineup tonight. Kris Draper will be in his spot instead. Source is the Red Wings’ pregame show on FS Detroit.. BREAKING NEWS as of 8:49 pm: According to TSN, Ryane Clowe will be playing for San Jose. — In all my years of [...]
Red Wings/Sharks Game 6 – Lineup changes! News! Notes!
Halfway there, the Detroit Red Wings are living on more than just a prayer. The Red Wings have won to force Game 5, and have won again to force Game 6. In the meantime, the hopes and dreams of Hockeytown have gone from long-shot ideas of a great comeback to needing a much easier two-game [...]
Red Wings/Sharks Game 5 – It’s happening, it’s actually happening
What a game. What a game. The Detroit Red Wings are still alive, after another miraculous third-period, where this time the Wings were the side rallying for three straight goals. Three straight goals, on the road, no less. From guys that, up until this point, have not had the best of games recently. This was [...]
Red Wings/Sharks Game 5 – Pregame unknowns, anxiety, and questions
Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen are game-time decisions for coach Mike Babcock tonight, as lingering injury concerns could knock two of the Wings’ top players out of Game 5. That is the biggest news of the day from the Red Wings’ side of things, as we now wait and see what will happen tonight. There [...]
A Small Note About Tonight
I’ll have a full, long story tomorrow about tonight’s epic Game 4, but in the meantime, here’s one small note. Tonight’s game ended on a Joe-shaking goal by Darren Helm, eliciting a call-back to an earlier anecdote. Check this out from tonight’s game preview column: As we’ve seen in this series, wins can come by [...]
