Chicago Blackhawks (NHL '09)

[theaub]

Jan 1, 2009 Hawks welcome in New Year with W Detroit 2 Chicago 4

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Detroit 0 1 1 - 2 Chicago 1 2 1 - 4 SHOTS ON GOAL 26 31 POWER PLAY 0-2 1-1

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Andrew Ladd (Sharp), 9:53 (PP)
Ladd comes off bench, sprung with breakaway pass and makes quick deke

Penalties: CHI Toews 4:34 (Interference), DET Filppula 8:33 (Cross Checking)

Second Period
CHI: Patrick Sharp, 3:30
Weird play ends with Sharp ending up with puck in front of Detroit net, and doing quick toedrag and roof

CHI: Martin Havlat (Beach), 17:14
Beach picks up first point in first NHL game, as Havlat fires a ringing slapper behind Osgood

DET: Valtteri Filppula (Kronwall, Franzen), 19:22
Kronwall's shot stopped by Khabibulin, but Filppula flips in rebound

Penalties: No penalies

Third Period
DET: Darren Haydar (Datsyuk, Filppula), 13:20
Wings put pressure on, Haydar's wraparound beats Khabi

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Kane, Keith), 19:44 (EN)
Chicago gets first win over Detroit as Toews fires puck into open net

Penalties: CHI Seabrook 6:06 (Cross Checking)

Goalies
DET: Chris Osgood (.900%)
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.923%)

Three Stars
1. Patrick Sharp, CHI (1 G, 1 A)
2. Jonathan Toews, CHI (1 G, 0 A)
3. Martin Havlat, CHI (1 G, 0 A)

Current Record: 19-11-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 4th vs Calgary (23-10-5), 4th in West

[theaub]

Jan 4, 2009 Kipper too good for Hawks Calgary 2 Chicago 1

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Calgary 2 0 0 - 2 Chicago 0 0 1 - 1 SHOTS ON GOAL 35 26 POWER PLAY 0-4 0-2

Game Summary
First Period
CAL: Mike Cammalleri (Germyn, Sarich), 3:00
Cammalleri's shot stopped by Khabibulin, then trickles through pads into net

CAL: Carsen Germyn (Warrener, Glencross), 13:41
Germyn pots rebound after Seabrook fails to cover anyone in front of net

Penalties: CAL Boyd 8:02 (Cross Checking), CHI Byfuglien 16:07 (Tripping)

Second Period
No scoring

Penalties: CHI Toews 12:04 (Cross Checking), CAL Langkow 12:20 (Cross Checking), Havlat CHI 19:52 (High Sticking)

Third Period
CHI: Martin Havlat (Byfuglien, Beach), 9:22
Second line clearly best one today for Chicago, finally score after Havlat raises rebound over fallen Kiprusoff

Penalties: CHI Keith 13:03 (Cross Checking)

Goalies
CAL: Mikka Kiprusoff (.962%)
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.943%)

Three Stars
1. Nikolai Khabibulin, CHI (33 SV)
2. Carsen Germyn, CAL (1 G, 1 A)
3. Mikka Kiprusoff, CAL (25 SV)

Current Record: 19-12-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 6th at Phoenix (21-15-4), 3rd in West

[theaub]

Jan 6, 2009 Hawks start trip with win Chicago 5 Phoenix 2

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 0 2 3 - 5 Phoenix 0 1 1 - 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 30 21 POWER PLAY 1-5 0-5

Game Summary
First Period
No scoring

Penalties: PHX Jones 1:41 (Tripping), PHX Jones 3:56 (Cross Checking), CHI Barker 10:00 (Cross Checking), PHX Jones 15:14 (Cross Checking)

Second Period
PHX: Ed Jovanovski (Jokinen, Carter), 7:30
Jovo's shot goes through a big screen and Huet never saw it

CHI: Patrick Kane (Ladd, Beach), 9:28
Coming off penalty kill, Ladd steps out of box and comes in with Kane on 2-on-1, Kane's one-timer goes into open net

CHI: Dave Bolland (Sharp, Skille), 12:34
Bolland's shot from 30 feet out eludes Bryzgalov

Penalties: CHI Ladd 7:04 (Cross Checking), CHI Sharp 13:01 (Tripping), CHI Byfuglien 19:31 (Cross Checking)

Third Period
CHI: Patrick Kane (Havlat, Campbell), 5:57 (PP)
Beautiful puck movement ends with Kane tapping it into open net

CHI: Dustin Byfuglien (Havlat, Seabrook), 19:24 (EN)
Byfuglien appears to put game on ice as he lifts puck over sprawling Morris

PHX: Peter Mueller, 19:33
Quick response as Mueller stops clearing attempt and roofs shot from 40 feet out

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Beach, Campbell), 19:47 (EN)
Toews scores his team leading 23rd into open net

Penalties: PHX Jokinen 5:02 (Tripping), PHX Hanzal 14:51 (Cross Checking), CHI Ladd 15:15 (Tripping)

Goalies
CHI: Cristobal Huet (.905%)
PHX: Ilya Bryzgalov (.893%)

Three Stars
1. Patrick Kane, CHI (2 G, 0 A)
2. Kyle Beach, CHI (0 G, 2 A)
3. Brian Campbell, CHI (0 G, 2 A)

Current Record: 20-12-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 8th at Colorado (21-15-4), 2nd in West

[theaub]

Jan 8, 2009 Hawks starting to get hot Chicago 4 Colorado 2

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 1 1 2 - 4 Colorado 0 2 0 - 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 22 35 POWER PLAY 0-3 0-2

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Andrew Ladd (Barker), 4:23
Ladd just fires wrister from top of circles that Raycroft can't stop

Penalties: COL Arnason 8:12 (High Sticking), CHI Beach 13:49 (Cross Checking)

Second Period
COL: Wojtek Wolski, 0:22
Campbell gives puck right to Wolski who makes no mistake

CHI: Martin Havlat (Beach, Barker), 6:08
New line combo continues to produce as Havlat breaks in and roofs wrister

COL: Tyler Arnason (Laperriere, Clark), 6:59
Avs don't take long to reply as former Hawk puts shot in top corner

Penalties: CHI Byfuglien 12:08 (Slashing), COL Wolski 13:17 (Holding)

Third Period
CHI: Jonathan Toews, 2:09
Shot stopped by Raycroft, but knocked in by defenseman

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Sharp, Campbell), 19:47 (EN)
Toews scores 25th goal of year in 38th game to clinch second straight win

Penalties: COL Svatos 14:05 (Holding)

Goalies
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.943%)
COL: Andrew Raycroft (.857%)

Three Stars
1. Jonathan Toews, CHI (2 G, 0 A)
2. Nikolai Khabibulin, CHI (33 SV)
3. Cam Barker, CHI (0 G, 2 A)

Current Record: 21-12-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 10th at Nashville (19-17-4), 11th in West

[theaub]

Jan 10, 2009 Toews turns trick, but Hawks still lose Chicago 5 Nashville 6

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 0 3 2 - 5 Nashville 0 2 4 - 6 SHOTS ON GOAL 31 42 POWER PLAY 0-5 1-4

Game Summary
First Period
No scoring

Penalties: NAS Sullivan 2:43 (Cross Checking)

Second Period
CHI: Patrick Kane (Barker, Beach), 2:37 (SH)
Kane sneaks behind defense and shoves in rebound off point shot

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Campbell), 4:10
Turnover and quick outlet pass sends Toews off, he makes no mistake

NAS: Jed Ortmeyer (Koistinen, Fiddler), 7:24
Huet goes down early and Ortmeyer lifts it over him

CHI: Petri Kontiola (Versteeg, Burish), 8:13
Hawks quick response as Versteeg's beautiful pass leaves Kontiola with an open net

NAS: Steve Sullivan (Legwand, Hamhuis), 16:27
Preds convert on PP to make it a one goal game

Penalties: CHI Campbell 1:19 (Interference), CHI Byfuglien 10:34 (High Sticking), NAS Sullivan 12:41 (Hooking), CHI Seabrook 16:15 (Elbowing), CHI Burish 16:36 (Elbowing), NAS Suter 18:42 (Cross Checking), CHI Campbell 19:05 (Cross Checking), NAS Ortemeyer 19:52 (Holding)

Third Period
NAS: Ryan Suter (Erat, Hamhuis), 3:55
Quick shot beats Huet low to the glove side to tie it

NAS: Scott Nichol (Smithson, Koistenen), 6:22
Nichol gets three chances to put it in and Huet can only hold off for so long

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Sharp), 13:30
Toews gets puck behind net and has no trouble with wraparound

NAS: Jordin Tootoo (Hornqvist, Dumont), 17:06
Tootoo breaks Hawks' back with slapper from 30 feet out

NAS: David Legwand (Erat), 17:56
Legwand converts on rebound and defense leaves Huet stranded

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Sharp, Kane), 19:42
Hawks try to get back as Toews scores on one-timer, but don't get another scoring chance

Penalties: No penalties

Goalies
CHI: Cristobal Huet (.860%)
NAS: Dan Ellis (.839%)

Three Stars
1. Jonathan Toews, CHI (3 G, 0 A)
2. David Legwand, NAS (1 G, 1 A)
3. Ville Koistinen, NAS (0 G, 2 A)

Current Record: 21-13-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 11th vs Nashville (20-17-4), 10th in West

Random Notes:
- That second period was straight up nuts
- Toews has 5 goals in 2 games

[theaub]

Jan 11, 2009 Toews scores 30th in Hawks win Nashville 1 Chicago 4

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Nashville 1 0 0 - 1 Chicago 1 1 2 - 4 SHOTS ON GOAL 23 33 POWER PLAY 0-6 2-6

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Jonathan Toews (Kane, Havlat), 8:02 (PP)
Toews alone at top of circles, fires wrister through screen

NAS: Jean-Pierre Dumont (Zanon, Hornquist), 12:27
Dumont has open net after Zanon sends Khabibulin sprawling but hits post

Penalties: CHI Sharp 0:43 (Cross Checking), NAS Legwant 7:13 (Tripping), CHI Byfuglien 13:51 (Cross Checking), CHI Keith 14:05 (Elbowing), NAS Tootoo 14:31 (Holding)

Second Period
CHI: Patrick Kane (Campbell, Toews), 0:15
Toews wins draw back to Campbell who fires outlet pass to Kane; wrister somehow eludes Ellis

Penalties: CHI Bolland 4:31 (Cross Checking), NAS Ortmeyer 8:10 (Cross Checking), NAS Hamhuis 8:21 (Tripping), CHI Sharp 18:41 (Cross Checking)

Third Period
CHI: Jonathan Toews (Kane, Sharp), 11:09 (PP)
Toews scores 30th, and 7th in last three games to give Hawks two goal lead

CHI: Martin Havlat (Byfuglien, Campbell), 19:58 (EN)
After a couple of misses, Havlat scores into gaping net

Penalties: CHI Sharp 5:13 (Tripping), NAS Tootoo 9:41 (Hooking), NAS Fiddler 13:23 (Cross Checking)

Goalies
NAS: Dan Ellis (.906%)
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.956%)

Three Stars
1. Jonathan Toews, CHI (2 G, 1 A)
2. Patrick Kane, CHI (1 G, 2 A)
3. Martin Havlat, CHI (1 G, 1 A)

Current Record: 22-13-5, 7th in West
Up next: January 14th vs Buffalo (25-13-4), 5th in East

[star king3]

this is good really good you gonna make some trades or do you like what youve got?

[theaub]

Quote: Originally Posted by star king3

this is good really good you gonna make some trades or do you like what youve got?

I'll probably be pretty active around the deadline. I'll write up a midseason report (just finished the 41st game), a little later today that'll detail that and some other stuff.