All Entries Tagged With: "Red Wings"
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 [...]
Get out of the way! A Game 3 postmortem.
Once again, the Detroit Red Wings are down 3-0 to San Jose. Once again, the Red Wings played better in this game than the last one. And once again, the Red Wings lost by one goal, due to a bizarre tip that should never have happened. For those of us who watch Coach’s Corner, there [...]
Game 3 of Red Wings/Sharks – Lines, previews, and predictions
Every season centers around some major turning points. Rivalry games, late-season victories, injuries, all can become the line between the ultimate success and failure of a year. Unquestionably, tonight’s Game 3 between the Red Wings and San Jose Sharks is one of those games. One year ago to the day, the Red Wings were in [...]
Excuse Me While I Back In…
The most positive thing to be taken away from yesterday is Blackhawk Cup winning players won’t have to live with the infamy of missing the playoffs following being crowned Champions. Although the Hawks backed into the playoffs, the Dallas Stars spit the bit worse than they did. The Stars lost to the Wild, a team decimated [...]
Last Dance Or A New Beginning?
The Blackhawks put themselves in a position to win early on and succeeded in capturing two huge points in Detroit. Were the Hawks that good or the Red Wings that bad? It was a little of both but forget the shot on goal totals (29 Det.-28 Chi.), this one was all Blackhawks. It could be much [...]
Hang On Tight…
It’s time to stop the hand wringing and being upset. Any Blackhawk fan that is still confused allow me to end any misconception. This group is exactly what they appear to be and only because of a very good rookie goal keeper and the winning will of some, they may crawl into the playoffs. This [...]
Not Enough Effort Or Not Enough Talent?
There seems to be a constant debate amongst Blackhawk fans this season. Some say the Hawks have the talent to compete with every team in the league. Those thinking in that way believe the reason their favorite team struggles is because the players don’t put forth enough effort. The other camp of Hawk loyalists believe [...]
A Pleasure To Watch
On Monday night the Hawks defeated the Red Wings in overtime in the most entertaining game of the season. When the NHL came out of the lockout Gary Bettman’s design was for the game to have rules in place so there could be additional scoring and more excitement. The NHL is a better show than [...]
HockeyIndependent Trade Deadline Show – Click to replay
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