Run Run Rudolph, Santa's Gotta Make It To Whirlaway

by SamFels on Dec 17, 2009 2:10 PM CST Comment 63 comments

Another holiday, another big road game for the Hawks, which means it must be time for the Three Amigos to host a road watch. So, we invite you on Dec. 23rd to join Killion, McClure, and myself at Whirlaway (Fullerton at Kedzie) for the Dec. 23rd tilt against Scum. It's at 6:30, so just head straight from the office and avoid even more time with your family. Just look for a tall doofus with the shit-eating grin, the Irish-looking motherfucker in the Toews jersey, and the bald, Scott Ian-looking moron with the look of desperation in his eyes.

Few thoughts from last night:

-Brian Campbell had his best game of the season last night, and it wasn't just the goal. He was flying into the Blues' zone, and was pretty damn fair in his own end. Andy Murray was quoted after the game as saying the difference between this year's Hawks and last year's in 51 Phantom is playing well. That's definitely part of it, as the Hawks have a d-man capable of quick transition for at least 40 minutes a game (combined with Keith). Though his numbers don't look all that impressive (due to inexplicably having his PP time cut), Hjalmarsson has brought the best out of Soupy. The best play of the night didn't result in a goal, but Campbell's rush up the left boards and blind pass to Hossa, who then faked Conklin out of his gord but contrived to not score, was a treat to watch. Two sublimely talented players displaying it to the hilt.

-The encouraging thing about Troy Brouwer's goal was the way he drifted into a scoring area by stopping to lose his check. That displays instincts that we know Troy has always had, something that would be awesome to pass to Buff.

-That said, since Buff has been skating with Madden, he's been a presence, and a very physical one at that. Whether he scores or not, as long as this continues, I won't complain.

- The Blues are a mess. They didn't put forth any sort of energy until down three, and I can only imagine a fear of embarrassment was the main factor. The only two players I noticed all night were David Perron and Erik Johnson.

I think that's it for now.

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Since it is a holiday...

Will you be providing the Festivus pole? And is there a set time for the Airing of Grievances?

by PepeSilvia on Dec 17, 2009 2:31 PM CST reply actions

Feats Of Strength

between 2nd and 3rd periods.

by the wolf on Dec 17, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions

It's official

you guys only have these things when i can’t come.

by hawkey_fan on Dec 17, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions

They do that on purpose.

wait what?

by pepe126 on Dec 17, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

I could bring cookies

I’m always looking for an excuse to make some this time of year (whoops, except for a blogger thing I’m going to tonight, I was too lazy). but if Maria is putting out any food I don’t want to feel like I’m competing…

anyway, won’t be on the bus to Iowa till Christmas Eve, so I’d like to hang out first…

a little chippy: hockey, mostly
"if you don't watch the violence, you'll never get desensitized to it!"

by KofC on Dec 17, 2009 5:22 PM CST reply actions

I doubt Maria would feel any competition – she hosts pot lucks for most bears games..

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Dec 17, 2009 5:25 PM CST up reply actions

I will be there

with bells on. Metaphorical bells, I mean. I don’t own any actual bells.

I’m really glad you guys are having this! Last time was really fun, and my usual partner in crime is going to be in California doing something lame that is not watching hockey with me.

by pointmesouth on Dec 17, 2009 5:28 PM CST reply actions

dang

I’ll be going home to the Bay Area that day — OH GOD WILL I LAND IN TIME TO CATCH THE GAME?? panic

by gmh on Dec 17, 2009 5:35 PM CST reply actions

Me too

I’ll be in Marin, well, Sonoma that day. How about you? I’m having the WAIT, MY PLANE LANDS WHEN? panic for sunday’s game.

by shinkicker on Dec 17, 2009 5:37 PM CST up reply actions

East bay, gotta visit grandma before she croaks. Can’t wait til’ all of my clothes smell like marijuana again. They might not let me back into the airport…

by gmh on Dec 17, 2009 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

Shitty shitshit

I just realized I’ll be on a plane during this game. Ugh.

by meeshak on Dec 17, 2009 10:41 PM CST up reply actions

Again, I will be there. Had a blast last time.

Pretentious bitch not in tow, this time.

by fourstringninja on Dec 17, 2009 5:37 PM CST reply actions

would rather be there

than visiting my grandmother, but I believe the forecast is somewhere in the 50s, so I’ll warm myself with that thought.

by shinkicker on Dec 17, 2009 5:39 PM CST reply actions

is it wrong

that i’d feel strange putting faces with the blog names? alomst like sacrilege? or tell my gf sorry hun, i have to go meet anonymous internet friends? how does one answer these questions?

by illinikc33 on Dec 17, 2009 10:29 PM CST reply actions

We wouldn't be the ones to ask

After all, if we had a clue about life, we probably wouldn’t be writing a hockey blog.

www.secondcityhockey.com

by SamFels on Dec 17, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions

You just go with it.

It’s kind of funny telling people, “yeah, this is my friend Bob, I met him on the internet”.

by Hi, I'm Bob LeDonne on Dec 17, 2009 10:55 PM CST up reply actions

You may have seen him on some commercials...

or on the news after he kicked the shit out of the most interesting man in the world.

twitter.com/BlackhawksDL

by Original Six on Dec 17, 2009 11:39 PM CST up reply actions

We at least already know how Hi, I’m Bob LeDonne would greet us.

According Twomey

by hawksfan21 on Dec 18, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

HAHA!!!! rec'd

by K_Dog on Dec 18, 2009 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

Simply tell the truth

Honey, I’m going to meet some friends of mine. They’re alcoholic losers who write a blog. They make lots references to heavy metal music, gay sex acts, and something called CORSI. They also spend lots of time thinking about nicknames for pro athletes and pondering over what kind of song should be played when someone puts a hard rubber disk into a net. They get riled up over people around them yelling “shoot!” and they don’t like scum (who does?). They appreciate a good work ethic (especially from 257 pound men on ice skates) but at least one of them is unemployed. Overall, they’re really nice people. And, by the way, you can’t come with me to meet them.

by Preacher000 on Dec 17, 2009 11:13 PM CST up reply actions

My apologies on the term "loser."

by Preacher000 on Dec 17, 2009 11:13 PM CST up reply actions

not true...

all of us are technically employed now… we’ll see how long that lasts though

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Dec 18, 2009 1:23 AM CST up reply actions

How can one be "technically" employed?

Must be “working” for the city of Chicago.

by AirTrafficAJ on Dec 18, 2009 2:55 AM CST up reply actions

Sam made up a job… but it counts

Second City Hockey

by Matthew Dirt on Dec 18, 2009 9:21 AM CST up reply actions

firewatcher?

I hate Illinois Nazis.

by Scott13 on Dec 18, 2009 1:06 PM CST up reply actions

Stunt Coordinator?

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Dec 18, 2009 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

Cosmonaut

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.

by AirTrafficAJ on Dec 19, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

maintaining the power play clock at the UC?

SHOOOOOOOT!!!! Anon

by burpchelischili on Dec 19, 2009 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

last time i went my gf insisted on telling everyone that i “was going to watch the game with my internet friends.” She also refers to me using this site as “twittering.” I feel so cool

by ChargingMajor on Dec 18, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions

SEASONS GREETINGS IN YOUR HOME

Yummy fruity pebbles in your bowl.

Ho ho ho, I’m hu-hu-hungry.

Santa? My pebbles!

by Hi, I'm Bob LeDonne on Dec 17, 2009 10:54 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

just b/c i ate fruity pebbles no less than an hour ago

by illinikc33 on Dec 17, 2009 11:07 PM CST up reply actions

I rec'd it

cause I just went to a party where they served fruity pebbles as rice krispy treats.

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Dec 18, 2009 5:35 PM CST up reply actions

Merry Christmas Santa (handing the bowl of Fruity Pebbles to Santa)

I haven’t seen that commercial in yeeeears…and suddenly reading that dialogue snaps my memory into action. Christ Almighty, I have an incredibly inefficient brain – Fruity Pebbles commercials from my childhood? Check. What I ate for dinner two nights ago? Ummm…

And I don’t even smoke pot. What fun is having a shoddy short term memory if you don’t chief?

"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon

by HawkVision on Dec 18, 2009 8:51 AM CST up reply actions

even after looking it up on youtube

I still don’t remember that commercial…at all. And it says this was from ’87, the prime of my teenage years. I should remember this shit!

Here it is, for those of you as braindead as myself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadGwgiRgAM&feature=related

by K_Dog on Dec 18, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions

So I got the dialogue a bit wrong in my last post

but watching that, I immediately starting singing the damn song as if I heard it yesterday. I probably killed more brain cells than I thought as a youngster.

"What the hell, let's review it." - Dale Tallon
"They are!" - Pat Foley
"What a farce." - Dale Tallon

by HawkVision on Dec 18, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions

This is the first "Related Video"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i9M81AIOkA&feature=fvw

by meeshak on Dec 19, 2009 6:12 PM CST up reply actions

I swear I will make it once...

Just to see if the St. Louis trip is a terrible mistake… :-)

Too bad I need to get the house ready for the fucktard inlaws…. not the mom, or awesome one legged Canadian stepdad… Just stupid “I won’t drink any beer so I won’t bring any, but will drink some if you have it” Bro-in-law and his Whore wife….like Maury Who’s the daddy whore…literally…

But I digress.. Happy Holidays and we will make it out (by the way when wife comes her brother is cool, but sis-in-law can still be the whore)

by Wanker751 on Dec 18, 2009 12:10 AM CST reply actions

i thought paternity testing

was invented so one didn’t have to marry whores.
.
or perhaps he just lost in the paternity test roulette….

by krome on Dec 18, 2009 1:10 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Well....

They were already married… he didn’t want to pay for it…. it’s a wierd long story… I will tell you you if requested.

by Wanker751 on Dec 18, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions

sounds like fun

by 815Sox on Dec 18, 2009 7:42 AM CST up reply actions

Well, looks like I'll be meeting you folks in the New Year

I’ll be in StL for the Illinois/Mizzou game.

...Feeding Rene Bourque his own dick since 11/19/09

by Hjammer of the Gods on Dec 18, 2009 7:18 AM CST reply actions

That game

is always fun. Great atmosphere where they literally divide the stadium in half for ticket sales. Even when the game isn’t competitive it’s a fun time.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

by Scott13 on Dec 18, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions

It'll be even better a few years from now

When Mizzou is in the Big 10.

Chicagoan in the Lou.

by Mike Martin on Dec 18, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions

Actually

the game as a holidy event would probably diminish a little bit because it would just be another game as part of the conference schedule, but the animosity between the teams would probably ramp up. It would make a great conference rivalry.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

by Scott13 on Dec 18, 2009 2:41 PM CST up reply actions

Tampa's goonery is good for something!

Zetterberg out two weeks with a separated shoulder after taking a hit from Ohlund.

twitter.com/BlackhawksDL

by Original Six on Dec 18, 2009 11:02 AM CST reply actions

I probably wouldn't show up anyway, but thanks for always holding these things when I'm not around.

I’ll be watching the game on TV in Texas, bitches.

NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE

by mjthor on Dec 18, 2009 11:16 AM CST reply actions

Have a margarita for me

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Dec 18, 2009 5:36 PM CST up reply actions

Go to Waco

Get a steak at Diamond Back’s steakhouse……..easily the best steak (fillet) I’ve ever had.

"If you're scared, go buy a dog" - Stacey King

by hackerar on Dec 18, 2009 5:58 PM CST up reply actions

May have to meet the alcoholics

Well, I lied I’ve met one of you a few times and can sometimes keep up drink for drink (Irish Whisky on the rocks please) Anyway since I could not go the the Boston game tonight, it looks like a go for the 23rd against the scum.

by Olde guy on Dec 18, 2009 11:37 AM CST reply actions

Hammer out. Niemi in net.

twitter.com/BlackhawksDL

by Original Six on Dec 18, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions

Ouch

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/niemi-in-goal-for-blackhawks-against-bruins.html

This will be a barometer of how important Nintendo is. The answer could be a bit ugly. The guy must have a couple busted knee-caps from the other night. Big Swedish stones has he.

by cliffkoroll on Dec 18, 2009 12:14 PM CST up reply actions