Hawks 3, Blow-Jays 3 (Hawks win staring contest after 11 arduous rounds)

Huet was rolling along until he gave up the softie to Pahlsson…..after that, he looked uncomfortable and out of position for the rest of the game. I thought for sure we’d get brutalized in the shootout, but somehow he pulled it together.

Hossa did have 2 assists and the nice shootout goal, but in the last two periods he was noticeably sluggish, and was losing a lot of board battles late in the game. I’m sure it was just an off night.

The Brent Sopel we expected to see all year showed up last night, and it wasn’t pretty.

I think the angriest I was all night was on Russell’s goal which was scored due to brouwer and ladd not getting there on the backcheck, which is frustrating from our ‘checking line’, but I guess it happens once and a while.

On the plus side, Kaner and Dunc did some nice work in the offensive zone, Versteeg’s goal was unreal, and Hammer is rock solid as ever……..love that kid.

was a little disappointed. On another note. I do not like the third jersey, maybe its the indian head. The indian looks like he hasn’t eaten in weeks and he looks like he is 75 years old. Sorry thats just my thought. If they put the regular indian on the third jersey, now thats sick awsome! also should have made the tommhawks in green.

So, this dude in front of me was constantly standing up and trying to start a "let’s go hawks" chant.

With about 9:20 left to go in the third, I turn to my dad and say:
"Over-under on number of times Biff Tannen here starts chanting "let’s go hawks" at 2."

Dad: "Oh, I’m takin the over."

By the time the game clock winds down to 8 minutes (no more than 5 minutes realtime), the dude had already attempted said chant 3 separate times, including once during a break when they were cleaning the ice…………good call on the over Dad, good call. I should also not go without mentioning that this dude accidentally elbowed his girlfriend in the head on two separate occasions while pumping his arms up and down during this full bodied chant.

Love a little Hawk pride, but this dude had him some ‘Game 7’ intensity………somebody get this dude a Tommy Hawk costume.

dachshund dry-humping a throw pillow

Marvelous. It could also be used to describe the Bears offensive line.

Absolutely sick shorty, plus 83% in the FOs last night. (10 for 12, wtf?)

Of course, Q still felt the need to sometimes send Fraser out to take VERSTEEG!‘s FOs before he skated back to the bench so Buff could take his place. Can’t argue with a 500-game-winning coach, I guess.

I’m debating whether I laughed harder when the Versus announcer called Buff a crowd favorite or when Ladd lost the puck.

The thing that impressed me the most was that Seabs and Dunc were a -2 and we still won.

BUT lately Dunc has turned into a damn good weapon at the point offensively and in my opinion has always brought the puck up the ice well. Seabs is turning into Mr. Clutch (the Joe Crede for you Sox fans stuck in 2005).

Versteeg made Umberger and Voracek look like a joke. Amazing goal.

Did anyone else see Phantom hit a BJ? I was in awe.

I think we got outplayed after the first. That move by Nash with about one to two minutes left and then the shot on goal made my heart stop for a second.

2 points against a divisional foe, I will take it with pleasure anyway they get it.

He keeps his wallet in there

he looks lost.

that we’d get all of our tallies on special teams, while the BJs would outscore us at even strength (an area we usually dominate). The stats on shots (on net, blocked, missed, etc) were pretty dang even through the end of regulation, though, so a 3-3 scoreline didn’t seem out of place, even though the ‘Hawks seemed to control the game enough to win it. All of the Columbus goals came on sloppy plays — Huet not covering up the first one, Campbell’s clearance getting intercepted by Huselius and then Huet letting a softie, and then 2/3 of the checking line not actually, uh, checking.

I never want to see another shootout like that again. I wanted to hurl myself off the 300-level balcony after Ladd’s “missed – side of net.”

Sarah Kustok has a nicer rack than expected. How did you miss that one?

of the game, here if you’ll pardon the blog shilling (hey, someone here gets a mention). not any serious analysis there, but I do have some photos of the new jerseys (and a lot of the Jumbotron from section 309).

also, I rant about the annoying fan I dealt with: teenager behind me explaining hockey (and everything about America) to an Australian neophyte. in the 3rd period he claimed “everyone loves shootouts” and said he’d never seen one before, so I assumed that would doom the Hawks to one.

opinions? the idea seems to come up every so often, I see one of the espn guys wrote about it today. I personally like the idea, but anything that would bring separation in the standings is unlikely.

there’s a fixed amount of points available all season,

unlike the current system that total available points change depending on how many games go into OT

does anyone know or where you can get a blackhawks hard with the goal light?? I see it in the stands every now and then