Wipe Your Feet: Blackhawks-Blue Jackets Preview
Go ahead and accuse me of looking past a team and jinxing the Blackhawks but I’m not buying it. The Columbus Blue Jackets, ever the doormat of the Central division, did little to improve their already...
View ArticleStyle Points Not Required: Blackhawks 3 – Blue Jackets 2
Not exactly the demeanor in which we’d like to see a win in Columbus but no one is going to turn down two points, short season or not. The Hawks came out with cement skates in the first ten minutes of...
View ArticleRoughness Unnecessary: Blackhawks @ Coyotes Warmup [UPDATE]
It’s been covered ad nauseum by beat writers and bloggers alike so I’m not going to spend a whole lot of time on the topic du jour, Raffi Torres. He’s a fourth line player and comparatively we don’t...
View ArticleThis Is Not the Trap Game You Are Looking For: Blackhawks @ Predators Warmup
It’s been over two weeks since the Hawks have seen home ice and this will be the last time they don their white sweaters until the final day of February. Having already gathered 8 of 10 points on this...
View ArticlePrerequisite: Blackhawks v. Oilers Pregame Warmup
And the beat goes on… Just 24 hours after shutting out Columbus and extending their points streak to 18 to open the lockout abbreviated campaign, the Blackhawks once again go to the ice at the United...
View ArticleMinimum Payment: Blackhawks 4 – Blue Jackets 3
I’ll be honest with you all in saying that I definitely missed the first goal of the game. While driving to the destination that I was watching last night’s game, we had a little user error and had to...
View ArticleOne Bad Frame: Oilers 6 – Blackhawks 5
We failed to recap the first regulation loss (my fault) that bucked the point streak to open the season but the difference in both that contest and this one against the Oilers was the same. One bad...
View ArticleCoffee is for Closers: Blackhawks 5 – Avalanche 2
This is the type of game you want to see the Blackhawks play against a team that can match them in the speed department. Getting in shooting lanes, not committing penalties, controlling possessions and...
View ArticlePSA: A Growing Cause
Hi there. Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve posted under my pseudonym here and I can’t really even give any good reasons other than the standard “I’ve been kinda busy.” That doesn’t mean I haven’t been...
View ArticleTake A Knee
OK, everyone. Listen up. I know you’re just waiting to get home so you can crack that first beer, put on your lucky sweater or whatever other things you do to make you feel comfortable and help you...
View ArticleBlackhawks 6 – Bruins 5 (OT): Break Point
The outcomes of this game after regulation could not have been more different from a Chicago perspective. In 60 minutes, the Blackhawks scored five goals against the Boston Bruins vaunted defence. Only...
View ArticleNEW: Chicago Blackhawks Community Ratings for 2013-2014 Season
Oh, hello there. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on this here website. In fact it was probably the pep talk before Game 4 against Detroit in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. Baseball...
View ArticleBlackhawks vs. Capitals: Raise Your Glasses We’re Raising a Banner
Puck Drop: 7:05 p.m. CST (with the banner, folks are saying 7:28 p.m.) Where You Can Find It: NBC Sports Network (174 on Comcast, DirecTV 220, 1640 AT&T U-Verse) Beat Writers & Bloggers for the...
View ArticleCommunity Ratings Results: Blackhawks vs. Capitals (10.1.13)
First of all, the whole staff here at CtA would like to thank everyone who participated in the Community Rankings. We really value your input and think this should be, at the very least, an interesting...
View ArticleBlackhawks 2 – Lightning 3: Play 60
Apologies for the late and likely abbreviated recap, but as much as I love hockey there were just way too many compelling things going on in the world of sports this evening for me to focus on the...
View ArticleBlackhawks Community Ratings: CHI @ StL (10.9.13)
I’m going to give an abbreviated breakdown of the community responses and their respective stats today. I’ll be grouping player by line or defensive pairing and then giving the aggregate rankings for...
View ArticleDéjà Vu and We’re Through with You: Blackhawks 3 – Flames 2
Not sure I want to get used to having to come back against the Flames but it certainly is better to be on this side of the equation having been on the other far more recently when it comes to Chicago...
View ArticleThe More You Tighten Your Grip: Wild 4 – Blackhawks 3
This was a hell of a hockey game. The Wild came out of the gates firing as Matt Cooke dented the twine not even five minutes into the contest on a goal from the slot. Torrey Mitchell’s pass was from...
View ArticleCheer the Podcast: Episode 1
Among the topics covered are Corey Crawford’s injury in the Florida game and what it means going forward, goaltending contracts in general, the James Neal-Shawn Thornton mess in Pittsburgh and Boston...
View ArticleUnexpectedly Expected: Blackhawks 3 – Kings 1
Now, admittedly I did not watch last night’s contest against the Leafs due to a prior engagement (it’s still on my DVR, I might watch it just to make sure it really happened) but the type of play...
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