A Couple Quick Things Before It All Goes Down
by SamFels on Feb 27, 2010 1:41 PM CST
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-Secondly, EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Bottom Lounge (1375 W. Lake St.) will be hosting our first Second City/Committed Indian Post-game Party on Wednesday. So if you're going to the game, come to the Bottom Lounge after as there will be plenty of discounted and free drinks and the like. The food there is also pretty kick-ass, so if you don't get in a dinner before the game, come have one after.
-Lastly: Second City Hockey's Podcast, "Live From The Five Hole" with special guest Josh Mora will be posted tomorrow night, so keep an eye out for it. It'll be a little rough, it's our first attempt and all. But we'll get it right eventually.
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Hey all,
I landed in Chicago today (for work, unfortunately, not play) and will be here until next Sunday. I thought I’d try asking again about the Canucks game on Friday; I’m hoping to go and thought that with some miraculous luck someone here might have an extra ticket I can buy without getting gouged. Lemme know if you do … my email is in my profile thing.
I didn’t want to make a fanpost for this … was afraid it might be uncouth.
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afraid of being uncouth?
such a considerate guest.
reveling in uncouthosity is so common these days.
I don’t have tickets – sorry. Where abouts (or aboots, eh?) are you staying/working for the week? Downtown – ’burbs -etc.?
by krome on Feb 27, 2010 6:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Staying downtown, zipping about on the El over the course of the week, keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll see Hossa score a shorty live. And, of course, I’ll be visiting Reckless Records at some point, and who knows, maybe even trying to do something culchural.
www.mjt.org
What’s the culchure like in Halifax? Must not be much if you’ve resorted to dating Scum fans.
All right, come on, dummy, you won the game. Come on. Pick up your trophy.
You bastard. Our rich culture flaunts itself at a single intersection downtown, 3 corners of which house three different pizza spots where on drunken nights you can buy slices that differ only in the degree of their coldness.
There are other things, too, but that’s the main one.
Apparently, there are also girls who don’t like the Senators, Habs or Leafs.
www.mjt.org
Halifax is
quaint. When I was living in New Haven, my wife and I took a trip up the New England coast, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (tide boring in Bay of Fundy!), Halifax and then up to Quebec to spend time with out college roommate.
Ah, think I’ll go help myself to a beer.
I thought a night out in Halifax
only involved going to a Sloan show.
Tremendously Tremendous
by Crease Monkey on Feb 27, 2010 10:33 PM CST up reply actions
What the hell?
What’s going on downtown tonight? There’s fireworks at Michigan on the river. It’s like you guys have gone ahead and decided to celebrate your silver medal ahead of the game tomorrow.
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a good gang fight is always a possibilty
by krome on Feb 27, 2010 6:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
That
is a great fight.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass
… and I’m all out of bubblegum. Great line from a great movie.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
I was about to ask
it’s like you read my mind!
And ooh, a meet-up that isn’t at Whirlaway? I might be able to drop by, though I have to remember I’ve got work the next day.
Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.
At the icehogs game right now
Bickell has been a workhorse and good in front of the net at times.
Dowell = Madden. Great vocal leader on ice. Does it all.
Skille, not so impressive in 1st period. Couldn’t catch a pass to save his life. Also doing a lot of whining. Looking good in 2nd though. Just missed a shorty.
Cullimore is an absolute monster.
Keith (yes Keith), good hustle.
Klinkhammer has been invisible.
Crawford hasn’t been tested much (seriously just got scored on as I typed to this. Ugh 0-1).
Phillips is fun to watch. Plays a lot like Keith. Good with the puck.
Two good long fights tonight.
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 27, 2010 8:39 PM CST via mobile reply actions
but tell us about the singing!
Someone said Hammer was singing Jingle Bells. Then another said Hammer and Niemi were singing Twelve Days of Christmas. Which was it really, and why do they think it’s December?
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by chiblackhawks on Feb 27, 2010 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
They were playing videos of the players who were there for the signing
on the jumbo-tron. It was an old video I’ve seen at the UC of Hammer and Niemi absolutely failing at singing Xmas songs in English. They also had a video of Coach Haviland dropping f-bomb after f-bomb and laughing his ass off (of course it was beeb beeb beeb). It was funny though. I love that guy. He really seems to enjoy himself – and why wouldn’t he? He’s got a dream job.
It was a great game. Hogs tied it up with 11 secs left and won in a shootout. Crawford is a great shootout goalie. We should bring him up!
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 28, 2010 12:13 AM CST up reply actions
I was there!
Thanks to M. for the ride!
It wound up being a great game. The most exciting game-tying goal I’ve seen in person, putting IceHogs on the board with less than 12 seconds left. (I found out later the Wolves tied the Admirals with 7 seconds left last night, but that game was 6-6. Not as exciting as getting a FIRST goal in the last few seconds…)
And yes, two of the more brutal fights I’ve seen this year (I think they had to scrape blood off the ice in the first one) and some near-fights. Well, it was a baby Blackhawks-Blues game…
I had no patience to stand in line, so all I have are blurry photos of the Hawks at the table…it was fun to see them (sort of) up close, and then seeing them ride around in cars on the ice…
a little chippy: a blog, mostly hockey
SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
I think I might have seen you
I try to read everyone’s blogs and I’ve seen your pic (that’s why I made the ice cream comment the other night. I’m an ice cream junkie). I thought I saw a gal who looked like you last night taking photos of the players from behind the ropes, but wasn’t sure. If it was you, nice almost meeting you! I took a few hundred photos last night, but it appears that most of my pics of the Hawks at the signing table came out blurry too. I think I got some good shots of them in the convertibles though. I also took some cool photos from up on the balcony behind the net. Are you going to make a fanpost?
How about that National Anthem?? I wish I could’ve recorded that. Not quite the UC experience!
What was your take on the individual players?
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 28, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Aha!
That was close…ha, nothing makes my day like someone recognizing me in public from my blog or Flickr. I didn’t quite get the ice cream remark the other day but I figured it wasn’t an insult or anything…
I was there by the ropes in the hallway. I would have still been in a puffy black coat and possibly my Hawks winter hat. I had a small pink camera. I’ll try to make a fanpost and a longer version on the blog.
I wasn’t sure which UC/Hawks traditions would be at an IceHogs game and which wouldn’t. I figured they were too polite to cheer over a group of kids singing…
I kept the lineup sheet on my lap so I could keep up with the players, but don’t feel qualified to comment on any except the Rivermen goalie, who seemed awfully good, unfortunately.
a little chippy: a blog, mostly hockey
SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
Yeah that goalie was pretty good
for being such a little guy
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 28, 2010 1:13 PM CST up reply actions
I waited in line for autographs for over an hour
and didn’t even get close to the guys. It came down to maybe getting my pucks signed and watching the game – the game won.
I know have some good pictures of the fights (and the little man scraping the blood off the ice) and the shootout. I haven’t put them on my computer yet – I can put a link to them or something when I have a chance.
I still have a migraine from all the horns/cow bells/drunk men behind us singing the words to the cock rock on the PA. I swear I heard those damn bells as I was falling asleep last night.
"FACEOFF!" "Makes the pass." "FIGHT!" - 8 bit hockey
Those horns were awful
the worst part though was that some ass blocked my photos of the game winning goal with his horn in my face.
I got some really good fight photos too. Here’s one of my favs. It definitely needs a caption, cause that guy looks like he’s about to crap himself. Maybe he did…
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 28, 2010 1:18 PM CST up reply actions
Will we get a bronze game post?
I want a place to celebrate if (when?) someone lights up Jokinen.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 9:17 PM CST reply actions
we can probably use this one
doesn’t seem like a lot of people are around tonight, but dammit, I want all our Olympians to come back with hardware.
Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.
by chiblackhawks on Feb 27, 2010 9:23 PM CST up reply actions
I'm here
although right now I’m watching four-man bobsled to see if USA gets the gold.
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Winnah!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Just turned on the game, has it been this slow the whole time?
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
Whoa. They just showed Bartesko, the guy who had the horrific head injury,
and apparently he credits his mouthguard with saving him from serious damage when his helmet came off and his head hit the ice. ARE YOU LISTENING, PATRICK KANE?
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 9:31 PM CST reply actions
Efffffff
I thought the Slovakian special teams were supposed to be good? All they had to do was tap Salo and he’d have been out of the game.
Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.
Hopefully Slovakia will get it in gear for the second.
Nobody (Finns or Slovaks) played with much fire in the first.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 9:37 PM CST reply actions
Looked like they were skating in slush...
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Well, they've said the ice was bad since last Sunday
I can only imagine what condition its in now after they’ve played a whole tournament on it.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
My bad... the Olympia ice resurfacers are mada in Canada
Sorry Canada.
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
I like the figure skating exhibition
The skaters are a lot more fun to watch when they’re doing goof-off routines rather than trying to impress a bunch of judges.
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
GABORIK!!!!
both PP goals so far. 10ish minutes left in 2nd.
Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.
I was beginning to get concerned at Slovakia's inability to get the cycle going on that PP
but I guess you score how you can. Come on, Slovaks, go for another.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:09 PM CST reply actions
There should be a Slovakian t-shirt:
“Halak is our hero.”
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:09 PM CST reply actions
Penalty… penalty… penalty… it’s becoming a refrain.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:15 PM CST reply actions
Panda!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
PANDA!!!!!
Oh, I’m so happy for him to get a goal in this game!
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:17 PM CST reply actions
I love how
he legit started jumping up and down after that goal.
Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.
Hey!
There’s the play I was waiting for! Somebody highsticks Jokinen and the refs let it slide. Yes! After Kaner last night, I wish Jokinen all kind of ill.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:22 PM CST reply actions
... or not.
Or they could give a double minor for it. Damn.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
he probably had a packet of fake blood in his glove...
embellisher
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Yeah! Shortie!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
They just said Slovakia has never medaled...
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
Penalties and more penalties. Sheesh.
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Does slovakia realize
they don’t have to play a period shorthanded?
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meh
finland scored on their 7239823820th pp.
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Come on Slovakia. Just hold on.
Or score more, that’s also a good option.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:50 PM CST reply actions
Gah
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Allow me to reiterate how much I hate Jokinen.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:54 PM CST up reply actions
HAAAAAAAAAAAAATE.
Hate with a passionate passion.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
wtf
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Is there an uglier person that Olli Jokinen?
I think his mother’s birth canal was a cheese grater.
by Andrew Cieslak on Feb 27, 2010 10:54 PM CST reply actions
There's 2
they’re twins…
well, it may be a tie
"My Father's name is Jack, and my mother's name is Daniels..."
i think
people that back up Huet should do the same for Kopecky. Okay, no I don’t.
If kopecky backs up, then Hossas nut get cold.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Noooooooooo
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
C'mon Slovakia
Gotta get this game back in your favor.
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
hang on
has anybody scored on even strength yet? at all?
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I... don't think so.
There hasn’t been enough even strength play to give anyone a decent scoring chance.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Feb 27, 2010 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
I think one of the Slovakian scores might have been...
But I think that’s it. All of Finland’s have been PP.
"Hossa took a dive."
Excuse me???
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Damn you Finland!
You ruined our Olympic dream!
The power play is still f**king clown shoes
Everybody...HIT SOMEBODY! ~ the Chicago Rush are back in April 2010
Feel bad for Hossa
But I’m half Finnish, so I can wear my Ruutu Finland jersey again with pride.
First you get de sugar, den you get de power, den you get de women
The Sad Panda Express
is fueled and ready to back to Chicago.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
Silver lining?
If bad news, celebrity deaths and fails travel in three’s, maybe Panda is now clear to win the cup with the Hawks this year?
Sam, your link was dead, but here my Toews submission.Last time Toews lets Kaner set him up on a blind date...
.
“Holy fucking Crying Game, Kaner – they’re men!”
Well, folks, I want to thank you for being here for the recording of my live comedy album. Funny material and laughter will be dubbed in later.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Feb 28, 2010 2:08 AM CST reply actions
Oh Tazer, you funny face maker you.
“That’s my puck!!! Don’t you ever touch my puck!!!”
"Everything I know about life, I learned from my father watching the Blackhawks. It can all be summed up in 2 words, 2 simple words that ring over and over in my memory. Detroit Sucks!!! Detroit Sucks!!!"
A few inspirational links for all the USA fans to get the day going...
“They may take our wives… but they will NEVER take… ”http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4091988/11042227" target="new">our independence day!"
RIP Herb Brooks… may your words inspire the boys today.
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
oh come on...
What the hell is up with the link fail?
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/4091988/11042227
"Another successful interaction with a man!" - Liz Lemon
by Sportsgal on Feb 28, 2010 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Holy ... what the ...
I have no words to describe that video. A must watch. Inspirational, creepy, slighly gay, featuring awkward, hilarious blood lust. It’s the Chicago way.
rec'd
…thought it was great. Thanks for sharing.
by cliffkoroll on Feb 28, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Ok, I'm ready to go to battle
That was a whole lot of awesomeness all in one place.
by Katherine215 on Feb 28, 2010 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
uh...today's game
I’ll be able to make it to the afterparty Wednesday—nice, still haven’t been to the new Bottom Lounge location. But I don’t see anything about where people are watching today… ESPN Zone would be too crowded. I know a downtown place but I’d rather stick to my general neighborhood area (Wicker Park/Logan Square). I’ve never been to Whirlaway in the daytime…I assume they’re open? Piece in WP was a good place to watch the game Friday but I don’t know if anyone I know would be there.
I won’t have a problem seeing the game, but since I still have no NBC I can’t record it off TV. Anyone who produces an extra DVR copy would be a hero to me, just saying…
a little chippy: a blog, mostly hockey
SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
As long as there isn't a Kansas or Wisconsin
basketball game going on, the best place to watch in WP is probably Lotties.
ah, it’s the “official Blackhawks bar” for the area. I’m not even sure I’ve ever been there, which is odd considering it looks like an authentic old neighborhood bar. Thanks, might prefer that to Piece. The problem is that I won’t be there with anyone I know. My other friends don’t care about sports and my sports friends are rather quiet today…
a little chippy: a blog, mostly hockey
SCH's Resident Goalie Fixation Specialist
Get there early if you want a table
it has a great reputation as a sports bar. If you go by yourself you can either sit at the bar or right across from the bar about mid way back there are three tables that just seat two people, and are great for when you’re by yourself.
Another decent option is Tavern at North and Damen. I have no idea what the crowd will be like, but you’re likely to be able to find a seat, and it has a huge number of seats at the bar facing the tvs. It generally gets an international crowd on Sunday afternoons. I remember watching a lot of World Cup games there a few years ago, and it’s the kind of place that shows rugby and Champions League games.
What time is the game?
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:31 AM CST reply actions
I assume you mean the NASCAR race
(in Las Vegas this weekend) which starts on Fox at 1:00 central. But I don’t know that many people will be watching that race considering all the people watching the hockey game that starts at 2.
So, three fucking hours of skiingbefore they finally get to hockey?
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Those don't count
I enjoy hearing the back story to some of them. At the least, they are better produced than the ones on AI.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:48 AM CST reply actions
Fail
sigh, now I must drink.
/Note unceasing sarcastic laughter in background.
by burpchelischili on Feb 28, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Obama better have our forces set at DEFCON 2 and have some choppers on standby outside the arena
because if we win this game, Canada may invade
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
canada invading?
doesn’t their army simply consist of Mounties on mooseback and the occasional beaver?
I know they got a sniper that made a 1.5 mile shot with a .50 cal on some terrorist asshole
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 28, 2010 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 28, 2010 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
Pretty sure I could stop a Canadian invasion by standing on my roof with a .22
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Feb 28, 2010 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
Odds
Bodog has Canada -1 with no money line
Sportsbook.com has Canada -1 with a money line of Canada -210, US +175
WSEX has Canada -0.5 but uneven juice and no money line
So very glad I don't know what that means
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Feb 28, 2010 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
It means Canada
are pretty decent favorites. In a game like this I’m guessing the line is moving a little bit in the favor of the US based on all the people who want to just bet with their heart. That’s why the Cubs and Notre Dame always get odds that don’t pay like they should, a lot of people bet them with their hearts moving the line. The fact that two of the sites have no money line (the amount of payout for an outright win) seems to suggest they fear a bunch of people betting the US to win outright and the booking houses don’t want have their book with a bunch of money on one side and not enough on the other.
could you explain all that to me?
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
by BigCSouthside on Feb 28, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Sure
The first line means that you either handicap Canada one goal (or one half goal) for a regular payout. That means if you bet $10 on Canada at Bodog or Sportsbook they would have to win by more than one goal to pay out. If they win by only one it’s a push and if they lose it’s a loss.
The money line is a little more confusing but it’s the amount of payout on a straight wager with no handicapping. This is how most baseball is bet. The first number (the negative number) is how much you would have to wager on the favorite to win $100 and the second number (the positive number) is how much you would win if you bet $100 on the underdog. So you would have to risk losing $210 to win $100 if you want to bet on Canada to win, or you would risk losing $100 to win $175 if you want to bet on the US to win.
Thanks
I never understood that stuff, since i never bet on sports
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by BigCSouthside on Feb 28, 2010 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
Cross Country Skiing may be the most boring sport ever televised
I got mad respect for those guys, they are in crazy good shape, but damn is it boring
SCH's Resident Anti-Pierre McGuire Jihadist
I just posted this on another thread
but here is the best Toews face yet. It will only be surpassed when he’s taking the Cup for a lap around the UC.
Competitive violence, that's why you're here!
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