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R.A. Monaco

Journalist, Sports Attorney and Former MLBPA Certified Agent R.A. Monaco wears thoughts and frustrations about the Blackhawks on his blog sleeves.

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Blackhawks: Celebrate "Hockey Day In America"

CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks celebrated "Hockey Day in America" with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues winning their third game since breaking a nine-game losing streak against the New York Rangers last week. With 24 seconds left in the first period the Blues' Jamie Langenbrunner kicked the puck past Corey Crawford and after...
DePaul University Hockey: Focused on American Collegiate Hockey Nationals

DePaul University Hockey: Focused on American Collegiate Hockey Nationals

February 14th, 2012 CHICAGO IL. - The DePaul University hockey club–possibly the best kept secret in Chicago–is currently ranked number three in the nation. Coach Jerry Fronek, who took over the team five years ago has the Blue Demons eyes focused on the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II Nationals set to begin pool play March 16th in...
DePaul Has Back-to-Back 10 Goals Wins Over Eastern Illinois’ Panthers

DePaul Has Back-to-Back 10 Goals Wins Over Eastern Illinois’ Panthers

February 14th, 2012 CHICAGO, IL. – Civility was hard to come by as DePaul University—for the second time in as many days—shot ten pucks to the back of the net against Eastern Illinois University goalie, Andrew Teska. Frustrations were running particularly high for the Panthers who managed to collect forty-two penalty minutes—eighteen of which...

Blackhawks: Stats Suggest Solutions

Now with half the season in the rear view mirror, key stats make clear that a more physical Blackhawk defense could be the solution to their stalled championship run. Off season acquisitions were intended to raise the grit of sandpaper around the Hawks blue-line.  But hoping a value goaltender like Ray Emery can make it work...

Chicago Blackhawks - They've Lost That Winning Feeling

The Chicago Blackhawks  frustration level continues to percolate as they've lost that winning feeling.  Now that realization has sets in--that they don't deserve to win the way they've been playing recently--it will be a measure of team character for the Blackhawks to find a way to shake off five straight losses and bounce back to...

Now the Rope’s on Fire

With January behind the Hawks, it’s time for Stan Bowman to start thinking about how they’re going to climb the playoff rope from their current sixth position in the Western Conference—wait any longer and the rope below will be on fire.  The Hawks are 29-16-7 on the season and 6 points behind the first-place Red Wings who lead...
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