The OFFICIAL 2009-10 Stanley Cup Playoffs thread - Page 13

Honolulu_Blue · 06-05-2010, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Met pierre mcguire, and lost my voice in the 1st period

Is it just being on TV or has Pierre packed on a few pounds of late?

Dr. Sak · 06-05-2010, 03:05 PM

Sak and Pierre before Game 4

Dr. Sak · 06-05-2010, 05:44 PM

I am usually one of Edzo's biggest fans and I know he is the Blackhawks' color commentator...but you can obviously tell who he is rooting for in this series. You can't do that in a national telecast.

EagleFan · 06-06-2010, 07:25 PM

Listening to that Chicago "tradition" makes me think of this...

EagleFan · 06-06-2010, 07:25 PM

dola: or should I say, want to say that...

Eaglesfan27 · 06-06-2010, 07:55 PM

This 1st period has been painful to watch.

SackAttack · 06-06-2010, 07:56 PM

Let's go Blackhawks!

sterlingice · 06-06-2010, 08:39 PM

I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath

SI

Dr. Sak · 06-06-2010, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

Let's go Blackhawks!

Matt Stairs home run still hasn't come down.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-06-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath

I might be surprised if it were even that close, although the NHL total audience has been up so far vs last year so it might stay within that range.

Dr. Sak · 06-06-2010, 09:41 PM

How do you miss a high stick like that...wow.

Dr. Sak · 06-06-2010, 09:47 PM

First period killed the Flyers...plain and simple. Chicago wanted this game more, now it is Philly's time to respond.

Honolulu_Blue · 06-06-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath

SI

I've stopped worrying about this kind of thing a few years. So long as the NHL can remain profitable and the league stays together, I am fine with that. It's never going to be as popular in the US as the other four "major" sports or many "minor" sports. It's a niche sport.

FrogMan · 06-06-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

How do you miss a high stick like that...wow.

that's just what I don't get with them being four refs on the ice. Sure, the guy dropping the puck had his back to the play, but there were three others who should have seen something...

FM

sterlingice · 06-06-2010, 09:54 PM

1 to go

SI

SackAttack · 06-06-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Matt Stairs home run still hasn't come down.

That's okay. I've hated the Flyers for the entirety of my NHL fandom, so I don't really need the 2008 and 2009 NLCS to fuel my hatred.

Even if the Dodgers had won the last two pennants, I'd still feel this way.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-07-2010, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath

This is only Atlanta (which anyone could figure would be bad) but I thought it was worth mentioning in passing.

Atlanta-Only
HH Rtg-- NBA vs NHL: 11.5 avg rtg, 18.3 share to 1.4 avg rtg, 2.2 share
P18-49 -- NBA vs NHL: 7.6 rtg to 1.1 rtg
M18-49 -- NBA vs NHL: 8.7 rtg to 1.7 rtg

Honolulu_Blue · 06-07-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath

SI

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I might be surprised if it were even that close, although the NHL total audience has been up so far vs last year so it might stay within that range.

It was actually only a little worse than a 2:1 difference. Considering that Lakers/Celtics is THE marquee matchup in the NBA, I don't reckon that's too shaby at all.

TV Ratings: Celtics, ABC rise on Sunday night - HitFix.com

ABC's coverage of the Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals rematch again dominated the ratings on Sunday night, doubling up the audience NBC got for its own coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. Overall, ABC's coverage of the Celtics' close Game 2 win averaged 12.3 million viewers, and a 5.0/13.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, NBC's coverage of the Blackhawks' high-scoring Game 5 win averaged 6 million viewers, and a 2.3/6 in 18-49.

sterlingice · 06-07-2010, 02:57 PM

I'll take that. Not bad at all for the NHL. Like I said, as much of apples to apples as you're going to get. Sure one was game 5 and one game 2 but both series are in doubt. You have 2 big media markets in both sports. And they were at identical times on competing networks. I don't think you can get a closer comparison.

SI

JonInMiddleGA · 06-08-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

It was actually only a little worse than a 2:1 difference. Considering that Lakers/Celtics is THE marquee matchup in the NBA, I don't reckon that's too shaby at all.

TV Ratings: Celtics, ABC rise on Sunday night - HitFix.com

ABC's coverage of the Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals rematch again dominated the ratings on Sunday night, doubling up the audience NBC got for its own coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. Overall, ABC's coverage of the Celtics' close Game 2 win averaged 12.3 million viewers, and a 5.0/13.7 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, NBC's coverage of the Blackhawks' high-scoring Game 5 win averaged 6 million viewers, and a 2.3/6 in 18-49.

Yeah, in comparison not bad at all.

On the other hand, what does it say about your situation when the Jimmy Kimmell NBA pre-pre-game at 7p gets a 2.6 and your game only gets a 2.3?

edit to add: More tellingly though, a 33% increase over last year illustrates how important major markets are to the NHL ratings on the networks.

Honolulu_Blue · 06-08-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

On the other hand, what does it say about your situation when the Jimmy Kimmell NBA pre-pre-game at 7p gets a 2.6 and your game only gets a 2.3?

Nothing really all that new or surprising.

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

edit to add: More tellingly though, a 33% increase over last year illustrates how important major markets are to the NHL ratings on the networks.

The same would hold true for most sports, no? Compare a Lakers/Celtics finals in the NBA with a finals between to smaller markets/lesser known teams. This is the marquee matchup in the NBA bar none.

Also, the fact that there is a 33% increase over last year also illustrates that the NHL should re-think its marketing philsophy a bit. The NHL has been trying to go the NBA route by marketing stars, and when I say stars, I mean Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. While both Chicago (Kane, Toews, Hossa, etc.) and Philly (Richards, Carter, Pronger, etc.) both have very good rosters and bankable talent, no one player on either team has really been marketed. Maybe you can say Kane to some extent, since he was a EA cover boy. Still, this should (but wont) give the NHL some pause when it's coming up with its marketing strategy.

Dr. Sak · 06-08-2010, 10:34 AM

I've had a good time pointing out to Pittsburgh fans how the ratings are higher this year than last saying that this just proves that you can get good ratings without high profile stars.

DataKing · 06-08-2010, 10:39 AM

Can we please move this thread onto the next page so I don't have to see Pierre's ugly mug every time I hit 'Home'

DataKing · 06-09-2010, 09:59 AM

Just noticed this showed up in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. I got a chuckle out of it.

Honolulu_Blue · 06-09-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DataKing

Just noticed this showed up in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. I got a chuckle out of it.

I heard about this. I really liked Angela Ruggiero's response to this:

"I'd like to see that editor out on skates. I'll take them one-on-one on the ice any day," Ruggiero said. "They obviously have never seen women's hockey and are living in the dark ages. ... Obviously it's offensive. It's disappointing more than anything."

DataKing · 06-09-2010, 10:15 AM

My favorite bit is "100% - chance we'll change our minds if Hawks sign him"

So true.

Honolulu_Blue · 06-09-2010, 01:41 PM

While I am no fan of the New Yorker (it tends to annoy me greatly more often than not) I read this article on Stanley Cup playoffs and this pretty much sums up excellently what I was getting at above:

The Sporting Scene: Watch the Puck : The New Yorker

"I’ve never much minded hockey’s cult status. TV revenues are of value only to those who profit from them. As long as the games are on somewhere, who cares whether nobody watches them. Yeah, yeah, I know: if no one watches them, they won’t be on long, but you—the three of you, anyway, who are reading a New Yorker hockey blog—get my point. Hockey is like jazz, or gin; not everyone has to get it."

I also agree with this:

"NBC spent twenty minutes or so before the opening face-off on inane filler, including, most egregiously, the now regular segment in which three of their commentators (Pierre McGuire, Mike Milbury, and Jeremy Roenick, who may be the three most blustery figures in the game, which is presumably why NBC has them on) don their skates and ostensibly reënact a key play from the previous game."

I saw about 2 minutes of this. I would have turned it off sooner, but I couldn't believe what I was watching and just kept thinking "No. They aren't going to do that, are they? Please don't try to reenact that.... Oh dear. No..."

DataKing · 06-09-2010, 01:50 PM

I pay zero attention to all the pre-game B.S. they show on television, and only have it on with the volume down low while doing other things so I know when they're going to actually drop the puck. Of course, I can say the same for the pre-game B.S. in most other sports as well. Just show me the damn game already.

But I'll forgive NBC and Versus for one simple reason; Emrick. It is an absolute joy to listen to him call a game. IMO, hearing him call a hockey game is akin to hearing Gus Johnson call a college hoops game. You'd be hard-pressed to find two guys who enjoy their jobs more than those two, and it shows in their voices and enthusiasm.

Now if some hockey-sympathetic bus driver would just find it in their heart to do the world a favor and run over Pierre...

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 02:04 PM

Pay for my game ticket to tonight's game and I will do it. We are already old pals. But hurry, the last flight leaves Pittsburgh at 555pm for Philly.

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 04:31 PM

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 04:32 PM

Triple Dola....why even play the game tonight?

Chicago Blackhawks: WGN is your home of the Chicago Blackhawks - WGN

Looks like WGN took the story down...here it is...

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For Blackhawks fans, it's not if, it's when. Destiny is in the air and the team is possibly a game away from causing its legion of fans to explode in celebration.

The city is anticipating a win and has planned a ticker tape parade Friday or Monday depending on when the Hawks clinch. Notice there's no wiggle room here, Hawk fans expect the team to bring home the Stanley Cup, something they haven't done since 1961.

If the Hawks win in Game 6 tonight, expect a Friday celebration. Should the Hawks lose tonight and win Friday, the city will have its celebration Monday.

Details about time and place haven't been disclosed, but if the White Sox winning the World Series is any indication, the Loop will be wall to wall people, so get there early. As in, if you want to see the actual Stanley Cup champions in person, dawn might be a good time to stake out a spot.

bhlloy · 06-09-2010, 08:28 PM

Boucher has got to be a better option than Leighton. Terrible goal to give up.

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 08:56 PM

Flyers are out of gas.

kingfc22 · 06-09-2010, 09:25 PM

At the least the Flyers are pushing hard finally after spending half a period of doing nothing.

kingfc22 · 06-09-2010, 09:36 PM

Toews looked like he was limping after that goal...

sterlingice · 06-09-2010, 09:45 PM

Chicago was just sitting back and you had to expect Philly would come hard. Now it's time to see who can do what with OT

SI

Coffee Warlord · 06-09-2010, 09:46 PM

I have a distinct feeling this is going back to Chicago.

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 09:51 PM

Win or lose...I love this team

tyketime · 06-09-2010, 09:53 PM

C'mon Rocky... get off the canvas one more time! Woo Hoo!

Galaxy · 06-09-2010, 10:06 PM

illinifan999 · 06-09-2010, 10:07 PM

HAWKS WIN!

yacovfb · 06-09-2010, 10:08 PM

Wow, what a weak goal and crazy weird ending. Kane was the only one who knew they won for a good few seconds there

Dr. Sak · 06-09-2010, 10:11 PM

Congrats Chicago fans

Coffee Warlord · 06-09-2010, 10:12 PM

Fireworks are rockin' in Chicago.

Galaxy · 06-09-2010, 10:13 PM

Strange.

Like the booing of Gary. LOL.

Galaxy · 06-09-2010, 10:15 PM

Did he just call Flyer' fans respectful?

kingfc22 · 06-09-2010, 10:15 PM

Philly fans never fail to live up to their stereotype. Stay classy Philadelphia.

SackAttack · 06-09-2010, 10:21 PM

That might be the most glorious way to end the series I could've imagined.

A goal that leaves the fans wondering what the fuck is going on for a solid five minutes while the Blackhawks celebrate.

I love it.

RainMaker · 06-09-2010, 10:22 PM

They can spend the offseason crying about people cheering the national anthem.

The great thing for the Blackhawks is that the core of this team is going to be around for many years. Pretty sure Toews, Kane, Keith, and Hossa are under contract for at least 4 more years.

Logan · 06-09-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kingfc22

Philly fans never fail to live up to their stereotype. Stay classy Philadelphia.

Not a fair comment. EVERYONE boos Bettman.

06-05-2010, 05:44 PM	#603
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	I am usually one of Edzo's biggest fans and I know he is the Blackhawks' color commentator...but you can obviously tell who he is rooting for in this series. You can't do that in a national telecast. Last edited by Dr. Sak : 06-05-2010 at 05:44 PM.

06-06-2010, 07:55 PM	#606
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	This 1st period has been painful to watch. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

06-06-2010, 08:39 PM	#608
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm scared to ask this but when you get a chance, JiMGA, let us know how the NBA and NHL numbers stack up tomorrow. It's as close to an apples to apples comparison as we're ever going to get and I fear it's going to be like a 5:1 bloodbath SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-06-2010, 09:54 PM	#615
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	1 to go SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-07-2010, 02:57 PM	#619
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'll take that. Not bad at all for the NHL. Like I said, as much of apples to apples as you're going to get. Sure one was game 5 and one game 2 but both series are in doubt. You have 2 big media markets in both sports. And they were at identical times on competing networks. I don't think you can get a closer comparison. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 06-07-2010 at 02:58 PM.

06-06-2010, 07:25 PM	#604
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Listening to that Chicago "tradition" makes me think of this...

06-06-2010, 07:25 PM	#605
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	dola: or should I say, want to say that...

06-06-2010, 07:56 PM	#607
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Let's go Blackhawks!

06-06-2010, 09:41 PM	#611
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	How do you miss a high stick like that...wow.

06-06-2010, 09:47 PM	#612
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	First period killed the Flyers...plain and simple. Chicago wanted this game more, now it is Philly's time to respond.

06-08-2010, 10:34 AM	#622
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	I've had a good time pointing out to Pittsburgh fans how the ratings are higher this year than last saying that this just proves that you can get good ratings without high profile stars.

06-08-2010, 10:39 AM	#623
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	Can we please move this thread onto the next page so I don't have to see Pierre's ugly mug every time I hit 'Home' __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty) Last edited by DataKing : 06-08-2010 at 10:39 AM.

06-09-2010, 10:15 AM	#626
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	My favorite bit is "100% - chance we'll change our minds if Hawks sign him" So true. __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty)

06-09-2010, 01:41 PM	#627
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	While I am no fan of the New Yorker (it tends to annoy me greatly more often than not) I read this article on Stanley Cup playoffs and this pretty much sums up excellently what I was getting at above: The Sporting Scene: Watch the Puck : The New Yorker "I’ve never much minded hockey’s cult status. TV revenues are of value only to those who profit from them. As long as the games are on somewhere, who cares whether nobody watches them. Yeah, yeah, I know: if no one watches them, they won’t be on long, but you—the three of you, anyway, who are reading a New Yorker hockey blog—get my point. Hockey is like jazz, or gin; not everyone has to get it." I also agree with this: "NBC spent twenty minutes or so before the opening face-off on inane filler, including, most egregiously, the now regular segment in which three of their commentators (Pierre McGuire, Mike Milbury, and Jeremy Roenick, who may be the three most blustery figures in the game, which is presumably why NBC has them on) don their skates and ostensibly reënact a key play from the previous game." I saw about 2 minutes of this. I would have turned it off sooner, but I couldn't believe what I was watching and just kept thinking "No. They aren't going to do that, are they? Please don't try to reenact that.... Oh dear. No..." __________________ *Steve Yzerman: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons). Last edited by Honolulu_Blue : 06-09-2010 at 01:41 PM.*

06-09-2010, 01:50 PM	#628
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	I pay zero attention to all the pre-game B.S. they show on television, and only have it on with the volume down low while doing other things so I know when they're going to actually drop the puck. Of course, I can say the same for the pre-game B.S. in most other sports as well. Just show me the damn game already. But I'll forgive NBC and Versus for one simple reason; Emrick. It is an absolute joy to listen to him call a game. IMO, hearing him call a hockey game is akin to hearing Gus Johnson call a college hoops game. You'd be hard-pressed to find two guys who enjoy their jobs more than those two, and it shows in their voices and enthusiasm. Now if some hockey-sympathetic bus driver would just find it in their heart to do the world a favor and run over Pierre... __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty)

06-09-2010, 02:04 PM	#629
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Pay for my game ticket to tonight's game and I will do it. We are already old pals. But hurry, the last flight leaves Pittsburgh at 555pm for Philly. Last edited by Dr. Sak : 06-09-2010 at 02:05 PM.

06-09-2010, 04:31 PM	#630
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA

06-09-2010, 08:28 PM	#632
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Boucher has got to be a better option than Leighton. Terrible goal to give up.

06-09-2010, 08:56 PM	#633
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Flyers are out of gas.

06-09-2010, 09:25 PM	#634
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	At the least the Flyers are pushing hard finally after spending half a period of doing nothing. __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

06-09-2010, 09:36 PM	#635
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	Toews looked like he was limping after that goal... __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

06-09-2010, 09:45 PM	#636
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Chicago was just sitting back and you had to expect Philly would come hard. Now it's time to see who can do what with OT SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

06-09-2010, 09:46 PM	#637
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	I have a distinct feeling this is going back to Chicago.

06-09-2010, 09:51 PM	#638
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Win or lose...I love this team

06-09-2010, 09:53 PM	#639
tyketime College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	C'mon Rocky... get off the canvas one more time! Woo Hoo!

06-09-2010, 10:06 PM	#640
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	WTF?

06-09-2010, 10:07 PM	#641
illinifan999 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: VA	HAWKS WIN! __________________ Chicago Eagles 2 time ZFL champions We're "rebuilding"

06-09-2010, 10:08 PM	#642
yacovfb H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2002	Wow, what a weak goal and crazy weird ending. Kane was the only one who knew they won for a good few seconds there

06-09-2010, 10:11 PM	#643
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Congrats Chicago fans

06-09-2010, 10:12 PM	#644
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Fireworks are rockin' in Chicago.

06-09-2010, 10:13 PM	#645
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Strange. Like the booing of Gary. LOL.

06-09-2010, 10:15 PM	#646
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	Did he just call Flyer' fans respectful?

06-09-2010, 10:15 PM	#647
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	Philly fans never fail to live up to their stereotype. Stay classy Philadelphia. __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

06-09-2010, 10:21 PM	#648
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	That might be the most glorious way to end the series I could've imagined. A goal that leaves the fans wondering what the fuck is going on for a solid five minutes while the Blackhawks celebrate. I love it.

06-09-2010, 10:22 PM	#649
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	They can spend the offseason crying about people cheering the national anthem. The great thing for the Blackhawks is that the core of this team is going to be around for many years. Pretty sure Toews, Kane, Keith, and Hossa are under contract for at least 4 more years.