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Posts tagged "Marian Hossa"

Passive "PK" is killing Hawks

Listen, nobody is expecting this year’s penalty kill to remain on par with last year’s. John Madden, Kris Versteeg and Brent Sopel were major factors on last year’s unit and are surely missed. With that said, something else is going on and a failure to fix it will result in the defending champions watching the... Read more »
By John Talarico,
January 6, 2011 at 11:27 am
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Blackhawks Blog: A look at team stats through 40 games

With the Hawks roughly at the halfway point of the season, let’s look at some numbers. First and most importantly, we find the Hawks in 11th place in the Western Conference. A closer look reveals a record good for 13th place in the West after adjusting for games played. In case you’ve forgotten, only the... Read more »
By John Talarico,
January 3, 2011 at 1:13 pm
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Toews out 2 weeks with shoulder injury

Joel Quenneville confirmed at the team’s Wednesday practice that captain Jonathan Toews would miss “a couple of weeks” with a shoulder injury suffered in the first period of the Hawks’ Tuesday night loss in St. Louis. The injury comes at an inopportune time; the Hawks have a busy January schedule with seven games between January... Read more »
By John Talarico,
December 29, 2010 at 4:07 pm
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Hossa, Boynton collide at practice; Hossa helped off the ice

Things are trending in the right direction for the Blackhawks as they just finished a 4-2 circus trip, but the good vibes may have taken a big hit at practice on Monday morning. According to several Twitter sources, including the Tribune’s Chris Kuc, Marian Hossa was helped off the ice after a collision with defenseman... Read more »
By John Talarico,
November 29, 2010 at 11:50 am
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Blackhawks Blog: Black Wednesday Memories

Twenty-somethings across America often have one goal on Thanksgiving eve, and that’s to turn “Black Wednesday” into something that resembles “Blackout Wednesday.”  It is the biggest bar night of the year and the one time where (almost) nobody has work the next morning. Why not have a drink (or twelve) when the only thing to... Read more »
By John Talarico,
November 23, 2010 at 6:52 pm
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Numbers and notes heading into Circus Trip

With the Hawks about to begin their annual “Circus” road trip, now feels like a good time to evaluate how things have gone through 20 games of the 2010-2011 NHL season.  From a team standpoint, here is a cold dose of reality: the Hawks’ current record puts them in 13th place in the West if... Read more »
By John Talarico,
November 16, 2010 at 10:18 pm
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Blackhawks Blog: Hawks lose 4th straight at home; disturbing trends continue

When the Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead against Phoenix on Wednesday night, all signs pointed toward a victory. The Hawks were controlling the tempo, moving the puck, and getting quality chances. Add the fact that Phoenix was 0-5-2 when giving up the first goal and it looked like a gift-wrapped, much needed Blackhawks win. Unfortunately... Read more »
By John Talarico,
November 10, 2010 at 10:40 pm
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Blackhawks' recent lineup decisions are head-scratchers

With Wednesday night’s dreadful loss to the woeful New Jersey Devils, the Blackhawks slipped to below .500 counting overtime losses. Yes, that’s right, BELOW .500.  No one can deny any longer that this team has issues. There are key injuries, the schedule is weird, and new faces are still trying to make their presence felt... Read more »
By John Talarico,
November 3, 2010 at 11:08 pm
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Hawks/Oilers Postgame Thoughts and Injury News

Friday’s game is one the Hawks would like to forget about. The Oilers are a talented young club, but giving up seven goals to them isn’t only bad, but scary.  The Blackhawks continued to play without any sense of chemistry in the 7-4 loss. That’s an overused word, but the team’s cohesiveness this year compared... Read more »
By John Talarico,
October 30, 2010 at 1:07 am
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Hossa, Hawks steal two points from Blues

I mentioned in my last blog that “some would suggest” Marian Hossa (and Patrick Sharp) have been single handedly winning games for the Blackhawks. On Monday night, there was no question. The Hawks as a collective unit were average from start to finish against St. Louis on Monday night and still came away with a... Read more »
By John Talarico,
October 18, 2010 at 10:38 pm
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