When the Chicago Blackhawks acquired defenseman Chris Campoli at the NHL trade deadline many Blackhawks fans were left scratching their heads and wondering where their penalty killing defenseman is? Well in the seven games the Campoli has played with the Blackhawks he has won over many of the Blackhawks faithful. Campoli seems to fit the ...
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Lightning strikes leaving Maple Leafs playoff hopes damaged. Tampa may have had a 1-0 lead heading into the second period but that did not last long into the second as Toronto’s captain Dion Phaneuf snuck a wrist shot past Dwayne Roloson for a tie game. It was ...
With the playoffs looming, I could not help but notice three books in my “to read” stack calling out for attention. Over the past few months, I ended up with the following books on the Chicago Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup season: The Year of the Blackhawks: Celebrating Chicago’s 2009-10 Stanley Cup Championship Season by Andrew Podnieks ...
After taking two losses in Florida, the Chicago Blackhawks have been in Washington for four days, and it’s been a busy few days. Thursday, the Blackhawks became the first team to bring the Stanley Cup to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. They spent a few hours at the WRAMC, meeting with soldiers all over ...
The Washington Capitals claim the Eastern Conference’s number two spot tonight with a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes after the Boston Bruins fell to the New York Islanders 4-2, and the Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Ottawa Senators 2-1. Coming into tonight’s game, the Caps annihilated the Edmonton Oilers 5-0, extending the current ...
How people in the city of Pittsburgh constantly bash Marc-Andre Fleury on popular Pittsburgh sports talk shows, like Mark Madden’s popular show on 105.9 WXDX, is beyond my comprehension. To some critics, most of whom know very little about hockey, Fleury will never be good enough. Fleury hasn’t been the most consistent between the pipes ...
As the Blackhawks ride an eight game winning steak, and have earned at least a point in 12 of the last 13 the y have started to pull away from the blob at the bottom of the West standings. Jonathan Toews is asserting himself as a Hart Trophy candidate and Corey Crawford is starting to ...
It’s easy, when looking at the stat sheets and thinking about who might be eligible for the current season’s Calder Memorial Trophy, to get lost in the dazzling stats of promising young forwards and D-men. Goalies tend to get less attention for the Calder, but Corey Crawford deserves serious attention this season.
Over the last month the Chicago Blackhawks have look like the defending Stanley Cup champions rather than a fringe playoff team. A major reason for their resurgence has been the effectiveness of Jonathan Toews and the ‘Hawks top line but there have been other small pieces have also contributed to the ‘Hawks recent success. One ...
It was a quiet trade deadline day around the NHL as we saw only 16 trades consummated but one team that needed to make a trade was the Chicago Blackhawks and they did by add defenseman Chris Campoli formerly of the Ottawa Senators. Many ‘Hawks fans we a little upset with the addition of Campoli ...
