You gotta cast the first stone..
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 6, 2009 12:14 PM CST
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GAME TIME: 8:00 CST
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Remember the last game against this team?
Remember when that freaking thug Kyle Turris came flying at Khabby with like razorblades on the end of his stick, and brass knuckles and a gun?
Remember when our poor innocent rookie hero VERSTEEG! stepped in and tried to reason with him but Turris wouldn't have any of it and forced him to fight?
Remember when some Yotes fans were really pissed about all that?
Yeah... me too. Anyways, here's what Uno de los Grandes (he's probably had to learn spanish living in Arizona).. said about the scrap:
''I don't think an 18-year-old kid should get grabbed from a pile and take a beating -- not in a 7-1 hockey game,'' Gretzky said. ''I don't agree with that. I've never seen that. But we've got another game with them [Jan. 6 in Phoenix]. I hope our guys will respond to what happened.''
Well, lucky for VERSTEEG!, the one player the he should most worry about responding is out for the game. Danny Carcillo is missing tonight's game because a high stick knocked out several teeth in the last game and he's due for oral surgery... I don't really think Carcillo would come after him - either way though, VERSTEEG! should keep his head on a swivel.
In the last game there were four fighting majors as the Hawks stomped on the Coyotes to win 7-1 plus 76 combined PIM. They've also won 4-1 (Savvy's last game) and in the shootout this year. So this should be a winable game..
Overall the Yotes are pretty mediocre this year.. They're 19-16-5... right in the middle of the conference (still in a playoff spot though).. 5-3-2 in their last 10 games.. 23rd in goals per game but 12th in goals against... You really can't get more bland.
Special teams is the major weak point though.. They're 23rd in the league killing off penalties and 28th in converting chances..
Khabby is lights out against his former team.. but I've heard Huet is starting tonight.. that's OK too though since he's never lost to this team in 5 matchups. A win tonight would be the first time the Hawks sweep the Yotes since they were still the Jets...
Expect a rough game - it should be a fun one.
Also - if you're around during the game.. feel free to leave comments and chat with each other as the game goes on.. I should be around for part of the game too.. join in
Lets Go Hawks
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I was at that 7-1 game
The end of the game was strange cause you had the fight with 1.8 seconds left and then after the fight Gretzky called a timeout before the faceoff…..really strange.
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by mjk83 on Jan 6, 2009 2:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I will be there tonight
and am looking forward to a feisty, if not brawling, game. It seems these two teams don’t like each other very much and the Hawks have had the upper hand the last couple of seasons. The Hawks need to score early and often to take the ’Yotes out of their game. Then watch for the fisticuffs! Go Hawks!
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by BigJohnAZ on Jan 6, 2009 3:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
if you take any pictures – send them our way and we’ll post them up here. Have fun tonight
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 6, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
4-0 Hawks after 1
Couldn’t be happier. Janet Jones said her lock of the day was the over on this 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 Jan 6, 2009 8:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit was that a punch.
Nice work, Walker.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This was one of the only times my brother has ever sent me a text message because of hockey. He’s a boxer so he loves a good punch. Walker seriously rocked him…
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 7, 2009 12:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Finally
Burish gets his 1st
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
3 point night
not bad….
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Happy to see
the former Gambler and Badger get a couple points tonight. I know the Hawks like his agitating skills, but I think the Hawks have a couple youngsters that can agitate just as well and score a little bit more than Burish.
"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth
by TkGoUWGB on Jan 6, 2009 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
YEAH!
All of you who doubted my boy in the poll we had a while ago.. SUCK IT! Walker still doesn’t have a goal
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 7, 2009 12:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
wish I saw it
sounded devistating on the radio.
You could almost hear Gretsky in the background…..
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
pretty light cross check from Jovanovski
and Walker dropped him in one punch. Blood EVERYWHERE. Jovanovski’s left eyebrow was fucked.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like it
Nice to know that we’re not taking any shit.
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Personally I'm happy Huet started this game
after the disaster of the WC, Huet needed a W. Pretty good chance at the shutout, too.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
and then.....
all hell breaks loose
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Huet was laughing about it with Khabby over by the bench
he dropped his gloves right away, looked like he was gonna go after Fedoruk himself, but then all five players on the ice came to the rescue, and Huet was a little bit rocked by the hit.
crazy crazy crazy
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it looked like he sold it like that Swedish junior goalie wishes he could have.. it was still a cheap shot though… I’m glad the Hawks don’t play the Yotes again this year… it could just get embarrassing
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 6, 2009 11:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
love the intro
take the fall, act hurt, get indignant
"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 Jan 7, 2009 3:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well we had phoenix's number this year
outscored them 20-4 in the series.
Great game. Good night everybody.
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Great game overall
Hawks playing well without Kane, Huet getting the SO, a complete fucking blowout, and some good fights.
also some good comments here. I like active gamethreads when I’m watching games alone (or with people who don’t know shit about hockey)
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
then again,
I’m no hockey expert, but at least I know what’s going on.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear you
Once you get the bug, it never goes away….
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 6, 2009 10:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the active thread too.. i’d love to see this and more every game.. make it so guys
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 6, 2009 11:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
great game
getting things done without Kane is a nice touch to their overall progress. Nice punch Walker :) Huet looked solid, take a SO any day
by eternale1 on Jan 6, 2009 10:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What was that clip of a "weird fight moment" or something
that comcast showed right after the game? It was in a different game tonight, and I was only half paying attention.
I was watching the game on the NHL package on directv and the signal cut out just a few minutes after the game, so I couldn’t keep watching.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 10:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
looked like the guys ear got bit
"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 Jan 6, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure
wtf. Did Mike Tyson sneak his way into the NHL without me knowing it?
Actually, that’d be pretty sweet. Teach him to skate and you’d have the best enforcer. Ever.
by mjthor on Jan 6, 2009 11:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone else see the clip of Jarkko Ruutu biting someone’s thumb? Was that clip they showed?
by Matthew Dirt on Jan 6, 2009 11:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLBUToVM4w&eurl
"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 Jan 7, 2009 3:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that's what I saw
I didn’t know what was going on, so I asked here. SportsCenter is actually talking about it now.
by mjthor on Jan 7, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that was bizzare
Not sure if it was intentional. Everything happened pretty fast.
God Made Us Brothers, But Prozac Made Us Friends
by surveyor on Jan 7, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
watched bits and pieces of it because i was bartending and had to focus on the customers :-( but from what i saw it was a great game…now im watching the replay on CSN
by Hawks08 on Jan 7, 2009 3:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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