Blackhawks Battle Canucks With Season On The Line
After a 5-goal win in Game 4, the Chicago Blackhawks have given themselves a chance to make a historical comeback.
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After a 5-goal win in Game 4, the Chicago Blackhawks have given themselves a chance to make a historical comeback.
Going into Tuesday night's game there didn't seem to be much hope in Chicago that the Blackhawks could come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the series. But after a 7-2 rout, things are starting to look brighter.
Towards the end of the Chicago Blackhawks' 7-2 rout of the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, both teams participated in a few physical and verbal skirmishes on the ice. And according to a report, it was similar in the stands.
Trailing 3-0 in the series and facing a quick first round elimination from the playoffs, the defending Stanley Cup champions routed the Vancouver Canucks and sent the series back to Vancouver.
A Vancouver columnist is taking the NHL to task after the Blackhawks' Brent Seabrook took a hit to the head Sunday night.
Not to get all biblical or anything, but Dave Bolland breathed life into the Blackhawks Tuesday night. In his first game back from a concussion, Bolland posted a goal and three assists in the Hawks 7-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
If it wasn't clear before, Dave Bolland's importance to the Chicago Blackhawks is now very obvious.
The Blackhawks received some good news and some bad news on Tuesday. The good news is that center Dave Bolland will return to the lineup. The bad news is that defenseman Brent Seabrook won't play in game four.
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook took a big hit from Vancouver Canuck Raffi Torres. Seabrook says he's OK, but after watching the replays, he said the initial hit was to his and the hit deserved a suspension.
It's likely just a coincidence, but the timing for the new Chicago Blackhawks Twitter avatar is a little interesting. The new avatar, which was apparently changed at some point on Sunday, is absent of the Stanley Cup.
Raffi Torres won't be suspended for his massive hit on Brent Seabrook from Sunday night's game three. Nearly without exception, every Blackhawks player and coach felt as though the hit was suspension-worthy.
The Blackhawks have fallen into the deepest of holes here in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Down 3-0 to the Canucks, Joel Quenneville knows how unenviable the situation is.
The Chicago Blackhawks lost game three of their first round series by a score of 3-2. Chicago now trails the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 in the series.
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 Chicago Blackhawks have recalled seven players from the Rockford IceHogs, of the American Hockey League, the team announced on Thursday.
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 Chicago Blackhawks lost to the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 2-0 in their opening game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs. But they're still in a good position, and can take home-ice advantage away with a win on Friday.
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.
The Stanley Cup playoffs are one of the most exciting postseason tournaments in all of sports. In the history of the playoffs, eight seeds have upset the top seeded teams roughly 30% of the time.
Forward Troy Brouwer will play for the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday as the team opens its first-round playoff series with the Vancouver Canucks. However, center Dave Bolland will not play.
There should always be hope at the top of a playoff run, but there should always be realism.
