All Entries Tagged With: "Rockford Ice Hogs"
Mr. Bowman, Your Delorean Sir!
The Blackhawks are coming off an impressive 8-1 win against the Dallas Stars. This game followed a squeaker of a win vs. Columbus, which ended a two game losing steak. To those who watched this pure domination by the Hawks in Texas it must have put your minds at ease. I mean, those fears of [...]
Are You Jimmy Hayes? Who Wants to Know?
The Blackhawks beat the BJs at Nationwide Arena or should I say the Penn ATP Arena 2-1 in a SO Thursday night. I swore I was watching Federer vs. Nadal battling it out on some clay out there. The game tonight was not enjoyable for this fellow blogger and one of the worst I’ve seen [...]
Hawks Prevail, Broken Wings and All!
It was bound to happen. The Blackhawks battled back on Wednesday night against the Avalanche with a late Carcillo tally to keep the streak alive. You know, the streak that has seen minor absences in the form of a Crawford (UBI – upper body injury… it’ll stick trust me), Bolland on a timeout and Carcillo [...]
Who Am I?
photo by paurian I have reached a franchise record for longest winning streak this year… I have relied heavily on my special teams… I boast a leading scorer that is a wizard with the puck who is 6-feet tall on his tippy-toes and 180 pounds soaking wet… I am of course… the Rockford IceHogs. [...]
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
*Courtesy of The Barenaked Ladies. You’re welcome for the Canadian content. But what does it all mean? Why did I select this amazing song? Well, the Blackhawks are in the midst of their 6 game road trip, coming off a shootout win against the Calgary Hitmen… I mean Flames. This is a game that [...]
I like Your Style, Sir.
With the first two games in the books to this 48 game schedule I wanted to offer my opinions of what I like and don’t like from the Hawks so far, early on. Just to prepare you for my in-season blogs, I can tell you now that I won’t be simply recapping each game and [...]
Rockford Icehogs Weekend Recap: Canadian Bacon Edition
Now without a doubt this AHL themed blog will be overshadowed by the “NHL is back” stories you’re all dying to read. I’m beginning to think the hockey blog writing Gods are against me considering that I began writing for Hockey Independent at the cusp of a lockout and struggled/could not be bothered, like many [...]
Boston Bruins Offseason Notebook: B’s Increase Depth With Addition Of Veteran Defenseman Garnet Exelby
On Wednesday afternoon the Boston Bruins increased their organizational depth, adding former Atlanta Thrashers’ defenseman Garnet Exelby. The two sides agreed to a new one-year, two-way contract worth a total of $600,000 at the NHL level and $130,000 for American Hockey League service. The Craik, Saskatchewan native was originally drafted by the Thrashers in the [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
Bad Habits…Are Hawks A Victim Of Their Own Success?
On Monday night, the Blackhawks once again spotted the Coyotes a big lead, but this time they managed to capture one point. Last year the third period was a struggle, this season poor starts have been an issue. Of late is has been a habit for the Hawks to surrender the first goal of the [...]
Will To Win Lifts Hawks Over Kings
On Saturday night, the Blackhawks gutted out a win over the Los Angeles Kings to finish the Circus road tripwith a 3-3 record. Capturing only six points on the long road swing is not as good as in recent years, but it could have been a lot worse. Brent Seabrook being injured for made things [...]
New Ice Hog Head Coach??… Plus Al’s Shots
According to a source close to the situation, the prohibitive favorite to become the next Rockford Ice Hog head coach is Ted Dent. Dent has been in the Blackhawks’ organization for the past five years, acting as an assistant coach on Bill Peters’ staff since 2008. Dent also served as an assistant to Mike Haviland [...]
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 [...]
No Nonsense Opinions on Ice Hog Prospects + More
On Monday night I took part in an interview conducted by Chris Block of the The Third Man.com. Mike Peck, the play by play man for the Rockford Ice Hogs was also part of the webcast. Mike provided some valuable insights on many of the young Ice Hogs. It was refreshing to listen to Mike [...]
