Blackhawks And Canucks In A Whole New Series
Even when the Chicago Blackhawks trailed Vancouver 3-0 in their opening-round playoff series, captain Jonathan Toews was convinced the Canucks were a beatable team.
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Even when the Chicago Blackhawks trailed Vancouver 3-0 in their opening-round playoff series, captain Jonathan Toews was convinced the Canucks were a beatable team.
Roberto Luongo has never led the Vancouver Canucks past the second-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Over his career he's built the reputation of a player who has a great regular season, but crumbles in the playoffs.
Facing elimination once again, the Chicago Blackhawks scored two goals within 25 seconds of each other to run away with their second consecutive win.
After a 5-goal win in Game 4, the Chicago Blackhawks have given themselves a chance to make a historical comeback.
The list of walking wounded grows for the Blackhawks. Neither Bryan Bickell nor Tomas Kopecky will play Sunday night for the Hawks, although coach Joel Quenneville said both of them got "consideration." John Scott will suit up in one spot.
The Vancouver Canucks are dishing out the hits, knocking the Chicago Blackhawks into the boards, off the puck and maybe out of the playoffs.
The Chicago Blackhawks trailed 2-0 early in the second period, but two goals by rookie Ben Smith gave the Chicago a chance to win.
In the previous two postseason series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks, the Blackhawks suffered a game one loss. But in each series they also bounced back with a game two victory.
The Chicago Blackhawks are in a familiar spot, trailing after the first game of a playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks.
The Blackhawks dropped the first game of their opening series with the Canucks. While the two teams played a pretty even game the Blackhawks were clearly missing something fans have grown used to seeing.
The Vancouver Canucks scored two goals in the first 11 minutes of the game and that proved to be all they needed as they took game one from the Chicago Blackhawks.
Like a patient back from the brink, the Blackhawks have a new appreciation of life.
You don't have to go very far back to find the history between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks, recently it seems these teams always find themselves squaring off in the playoffs.
For the third straight season, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks will play each other in the playoffs. One of the keys to the Blackhawks eliminating the Canucks in the first two matchups was traffic in front of the net.
Wednesday will begin the third straight year that the Chicago Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks have met in the NHL's Western Conference playoffs.
There might not be a better way for the Chicago Blackhawks to really jump start their push for the playoffs than traveling to Vancouver to take on one of their most bitter rivals.
The Blackhawks suffered a 3-0 loss to the Canucks Saturday as Roberto Luongo was able to block all 32 shots against him. This was a Luongo the Blackhawks aren't used to seeing and this brings the Hawks to eight regulation losses at home this season.
Luogno and the Canucks don't play very well in the United Center and the Blackhawks are finally beginning to figure things out. Those two could make for a fun Friday night on Madison.
