Playing Phoenix cures what ails ya

by Matthew Dirt on Dec 7, 2008 3:01 PM CST in Game Threads Comment 8 comments

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Well actually I don't know if I should be nervous or relieved the Hawks are taking on the Coyotes tonight. On the one hand - the Yotes are a team the Hawks have beat pretty easily so far this year. On the other - they're a team that's got great young talent and you can't really sleep against them or they could make you pay. It'll be interesting to see how the Hawks come out of the gate after a frustrating loss last night in Detroit. Thankfully the Hawks took the third period of that game off to get a head start on resting up for tonight. Last time the Hawks played Phoenix they were 8-8-0... now they're 12-12-2... so it's good to see not much changed. They're a .500 team this season and hopefully will have a losing record after tonight.

Phoenix has played well recently but in a situation that should sound familiar to all Hawks fans - their supposed #1 goalie has been out-played by a backup. I haven't heard anything about which goalies are starting this game though - so it could be Bryzgalov or it could be Tellqvist. It also could be Huet.. or it could be Crawford. I'd like to see Crawford get a shot and it'd make sense to rest Huet after playing a long game yesterday.

The Yotes just lost to the Blues last night and will have played 3 games in 4 nights tonight..

And honestly that's about as much as I care about looking into more stats - Phoenix is not a great team yet and the Hawks should be able to beat them easily. This is a good time to encourage you all to go visit another one of the new SB Nation blogs - Five for Howling. It's good to have a Coyotes blog out there since they could be an exciting team to watch in the coming years.

Don't forget to make your picks for the Pick SPG contest. There is still plenty of time to sign up and play. Hell - I didn't get any points last night so it's like the contest hasn't started yet. Only three more need to sign up til we're past the Sabres and Penguins..

If you're going to the game don't forget to pick up a copy of The Committed Indian...

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4 goals in rapid succession

not a bad way to shake off the detroit game

"Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair-weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer; beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side." -O'Bama

by Hawk is God on Dec 7, 2008 6:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That was just plain fun watching

by Scott Sox on Dec 7, 2008 6:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

When was the last time we had an offense that was this potent?

by cubs22 on Dec 7, 2008 7:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So what the hell happened

at the end of the game? I was at the game and that fight took place at the far end of the rink from me (who knew steegers could throw down like that), but there weren’t any announcements about penalties as they took 10 minutes to drop the puck on the last second of play.

I heard about 5 minutes of the post game show on the radio going home, and apparently Versteeg got an instigator and 27 minutes of penalties. Granted, I had a shitty angle, but that looked like a pretty typical fight to break out of an end of game scrum. If Versteeg gets a suspension, that will be some kind of bullshit.

Anyways, great effort tonight. I’m still pissed about blowing the lead Saturday. But the team responded about as well as you possibly could tonight. Let’s keep it going.

by chrome on Dec 7, 2008 9:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

fighting, instigating and 2 game misconducts

by Hawk is God on Dec 8, 2008 1:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Did he really instigate though?

I just didn’t see what triggered it – it seemed like there was a scrum with the usual pushing/shoving/facewashes and a fight broke out of it. Was it more a case of who Versteeg chose to demonstrate his Rookie Strength again, and Gretzky’s subsequent whining afterwards?

by chrome on Dec 8, 2008 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs