Game 5: The Big Takeover - Flames @ Hawks
by Killion on Apr 25, 2009 6:14 PM CDT
in Game Threads
Email
PrintI'm back on the preview for this game since I wrote them for the first two games and things turned out well, McClure and Sam just messed it all up for the next two.
Without a doubt, this is the biggest game most of these Hawks have played in their lives. And getting them to play it back at the United Center should be one hell of a boost. So if you're going to the game, as always, be loud.
The bad news is obviously that things are all shifting over the Flames' favor. For the most part, they've gotten better in each game. While the Hawks haven't been able to step up their game the way they did in the second and third periods of game two. Momentum is definitely on the Flames' side.
Here's the thing though, momentum is pretty much bullshit.
Kent over at Matchsticks and Gasoline made this point that's worth making here. Way too much is made of this phenomenon. So when someone tells you the momentum is going to carry the Flames for these next few games, punch them.
If momentum meant anything, the Flames would have crushed the Hawks in Game 4 after the second period when Jokinen buried his second goal. But they didn't.
If momentum meant anything, the Hawks would have come out in the third and put their foot firmly on the Flames throats. But they didn't.
Look no further than the fact that every team that has scored first in this series has lost. (Don't let that fool you though, we want the Hawks to score first still)
Momentum exists, but it doesn't take much to change it. The only way the momentum can kill the Hawks is if they let it.
So the Hawks need to come out early in this game and show they're not going to give up. Sam mentions this in the Indian today (please buy it so they sell out and don't have to wait around in the rain forever) but the Flames are playing probably as close to their best given the injuries they're facing. Especially with Iggy stepping up his game, a very unwelcome sight for Hawks fans. The Hawks meanwhile have much further to go to hit their peak. They haven't played a full game yet, not even close.
So we'll need to see who steps up, who is injured and who wilts. Toews for probably the first time ever, was no where to be seen last game. I don't think he's hurt so lets chalk it up to an off night. Keith may be nursing something, but two days off hopefully helped him.
The Hawks have said they're not going to panic and they're sticking with Khabby for tonight's game. I think it's the good move since two days rest should be enough to get him back on track. Lets not forget that he owns the Flames.
Anyone hoping the Flames would be horribly depleated due to injuries are in for some bad news. Flames insider is saying Conroy, Langkow and Bourque are all back in. They'll be far from 100% though.
I'm way too nervous to write anymore and have been all day - I'm not even going to check if what I just wrote makes any sense. Lets get a win tonight boys.
Lets Go Hawks
196 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Do you get the feeling that this is going to be the “series to watch” in the first round? Cause I do.
Nope
I like hitting and didn’t see any mashing tonight. Blues Nucks has mashing all game long.
Dum spiramus tuebimur
The anticipation is killing me.....
Sharpy’s going for a goal and an assist in a 3-1 winner, mark it down Chicagokill!
Momentum
Is a very fleeting to thing.
And even then, it hardly carries over from one game to the next.
Defending Big D an SBN Dallas Stars Blog | TheStarsFans
In Q, in Captain Serious, in Jesus Havlat I trust. In Dunc and Biscuit I trust. I trust in Campbell to dig deep and find his heart and play his best game of the series. Buff will play large, I trust in him; I have to. Walker will play well enough, and Hjalmarsson will not play nervous. Barker will hit hard and pass crisply; Burish and Eager will bark and bite; faceoffs will go our way—I trust in all of it. Kane will revel in the hits he gets, Sharp will have a step on everyone. Bolland and Ladd will suffocate their opposing lines. Khabby will be a concrete wall.
Has nothing whatsoever to do with how the Flames play.
The Hawks are simply due to play the game they’re able to play. Let’s trust them to do it.
wooooooooo
Ahahahaha the Jesus havlat shirt was me, I immediately was swarmed by security and the were telling me if I keep doing it I will get kicked
I had to check if anyone saw it on here, finally got around to making an account
Internet on phones is pretty handy
Since thor has not posted the staple beer and live feed
I am very tempted to take the duty, however, with all due respect, I will refrain.
LETS GO HAWKS!!!
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
It would've been alright
If I fail to do my self-given duty, then by all means do it for me.
I apparently suck today.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Quiet!
I’m listening to the fucking song
by Roos-34 on Apr 25, 2009 8:07 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
FEED ME
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nd-sports
also,
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/habsvision
White Sox Baseball
Blackhawks Hockey
This time of year is great!
Nice to see you back here
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Apr 25, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
So far so good
Not giving too much up on the defensive and getting some decent pressure on Kiprisoff.
Great job by bolland to draw penalty by sarbitch
Lets Go Hawks!
Bolland drawing the penalty!
Nice to see the Hawks tak advantage of the extra-curricular activity of the Flamrs
huh?
Barker had a great game and has been more than solid over the last 2 months…especially considering he was paired with no-D Campbell for the most part. I like the way he’s developed over the last 2-3 months.
by Crease Monkey on Apr 26, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Great work
Work it down low and good things will happen
Lets Go Hawks!
Great powerplay goal there.
But when was the last time Campbell put one on net?
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
Ya i believe saying his play has been brutal the 2nd half of season and playoffs is generous
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Apr 25, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
yep
may as well refer to Campbell as “high & wide” because that’s where every shot he takes goes….of course you can say that for Kane half of the time too.
by Crease Monkey on Apr 26, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Sharp!
Crash the net, score the goals. Bout time we caught a break.
YES!!!
2 goals in :19 seconds.
Calgary needs a timeout.
Sems that way
They are flustered. bad defense on the power play, fluke goal and then two bad plays leading to the third and now another penalty.
I blame two people for the lack of beer/feed post
1. My girlfriend for wanting to make dinner with me
2. Matt for not posting this gamethread earlier in the day
Thanks for picking up the slack, though, guys.
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
Keenan: "If it werent for all those bounces off the glass this game would have been much different"
Im going to make sure the league review this because it is unacceptable
Lets Go Hawks!
Your gametime video feed and beer
Even though a couple feeds were already posted in my absence, here’s another one:
http://www.atdhe.net/5638/watch-calgary-flames-at-chicago-blackhawks
And even though it’s late, here’s a beer for the sake of tradition:
Three Floyds Dark Lord
This beer is incredibly rare and NOT a good beer for drinking during a hockey game, but I’m posting it today in honor of Dark Lord Day, which was today. It’s the ONE day out of the year that Three Floyds sells Dark Lord, their behemoth Russian Imperial Stout which clocks in at 13% ABV. My brother had the privilege of going today and brought home 8 delicious bottles of Dark Lord.
The only way you’ll be able to get a bottle is through trading or going to Dark Lord Day, but it’s regarded as one of, if not the best American craft brews, so I figured it was worth a gametime beer post.
Even though this is a late post, let’s finish this shit and get some more goals.
Go Hawks!
NOW STOP IT RIGHT HERE
hahahaha, such a better atmosphere here
Can’t swear over at bcb, what a joke
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Apr 25, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I tried asking for a live feed over there
I was told that if I keep asking, or post one, I could be banned
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
Yay,
VS. switched to the Sharks game so I can watch this on CSN!
I don't understnd VS
That Sharks Ducks series has not been very good. This one has been fantastic for all four games, but they seem allergic to it. Makes no sense.
Well
I like hearing Steve and Pat. Magical voices
Oh, I do too
I have been watching them on regular def center ice instead of the HD VS coverage from the start. I just don’t like seeing the main national network not show the best hockey.
walker out
a puck hit his hand in the first. wow
Pulling Kiprusoff?
Weird move. He hasn’t been playing badly.
I don't recall the guys name
But I don’t think he has won a game all year
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
wow
what a game. and it’s not even half over. now time for a hawks pk
Buried them this period
great forecheck
Lets Go Hawks!
5-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oneone1111
Just read this over on Matchsticks and Gasoline
“The Flames are playing like ass. But the reffing has been god-awful. Can we expect more undeserved PPs against?”
Lets go Hawks! Detroit Sucks!
Thats ridiculous
One hit after the whistle, one clear hook, and one I did not see. The Hawks are just better tonight and the penalties are the result of that.
Joe Thornton = Playoff Ghost
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Apr 25, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
San Jose = Cubs of NHL come playoffs?
Lets Go Hawks!
by CubsBall2202 on Apr 25, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Where was the instigator?
I know Calgary thinks they can intimidate the Hawks, but the Hawks didn’t get 104 points by being shirking violets. The don’t intimidate and they don’t back down. If the the refs don’t jump on this, it can get ugly pretty quick.
On Keenan's stache?
LET'S GO HAWKS!!!
by Hawks08 on Apr 25, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The only 'stache I see happends to be white and grey
and on Q’s face
hey gang, Blues fan here, just saying hello, and i hope y’all hold on tonight and win and kill the flames, i’m pulling for ya, anything that makes mike keenan miserable is good for me!!
Absolutely Speechless!!!
With the season on the line (Wouldn’t want to go back to Calgary down 3-2) the Hawks came up with the most dominant performance of the year. Unbelievable! I knew the Hawks would come out inspired but never did I think this team would play like that; that was domination in every aspect. The way they moved the puck on the PP and killed off that 5-on-3 PP was simply astonishing and Khabby came up big when called upon.
It may have been one of the most dominating playoff performances EVER by any Hawks squad that I can remember. I’ve seen some dominance of the years like Game 1 vs. Edmonton 8-2 in the 1992 Conference Finals or Game 7 vs. the Blues in the 1990 Norris Div. Final but nothing like this! To complete overtake your opposition for a full 60 minutes in this type of enviroment Game 5 at home to boot was phenominal.
Let’s finish them off Monday boys! Great effort!!!
LOL!!!
I guess we won’t be hearing from flameskiprusoff2004 any time soon! Hopefully for his sake that the boxes of Kleenex are on sale in Upstate New York for he’ll be in dire need of those tissues after tonight’s contest.
I was at the game
The anthem was so awesome. It was deafening. I could barely hear myself, and I know I was yelling as loud as I could.
I was going to try to get a “Kiiiiipper, Kiiiiipper” chant going in the 2nd period when he was in goal on my end of the ice, but I didn’t feel comfortable doing it after Calgary scored and then he got pulled after the Hawks scored. Oh well.
"He shows up every day to play, he plays hard every day, and he shows up to beat your butt." ~Ozzie Guillen on AJ Pierzynski, 3-17-09
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
was there too
Anthem was definitely louder tonight than it was for Game 2. Building was rocking tonight.
by runningquicklynowhere on Apr 26, 2009 1:22 AM CDT up reply actions
louder?
than game 1. cuz im still deaf
https://www.beardathon.com/blackhawks/cdf12345/profile.aspx
Growin a playoff beard for charity. Detroit sucks.
dunno
wasn’t at Game one, but Quenville actually said during the post game he had some trouble last night being heard on the bench and kept mentioning how loud the anthem was.
by runningquicklynowhere on Apr 26, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Second City Hockey
Related FanShots on Second City Hockey
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Latest Puck Daddy - NHL from Yahoo! Sports
- Thursday’s Three Stars: Max Pac hat trick; Chris Phillips’ memorable 1,000th game
- It’s over: Montreal’s Scott Gomez finally ends goalless streak (Video)
- Scott Hartnell’s goal celebration now includes fighting Dion Phaneuf (Video)
- Puck Previews: Leafs meet Flyers; Steve Yzerman not playing in Winter Classic Alumni Game?
- Three theories on why Hurricanes might pull Tuomo Ruutu off trading block
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
