Chicago Blackhawks (NHL '09)

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Oct 10, 2008 Hawks lose close one in opener Chicago 2 NY Rangers 3

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 1 1 0 - 2 NY Rangers 1 2 0 - 3 SHOTS ON GOAL 32 35 POWER PLAY 1-4 1-3

Game Summary
First Period
NYR: Peter Prucha (Dawes, Drury), 13:05 (PP)
Seabrook giveaway sets up a tic-tac-toe finished beautifully by Prucha

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Kane, Keith), 15:49
Hawks quick breakout succeeds as Kane finds Toews at the top of the circles for a quick wrister

Penalties: CHI Adams 12:44 (Slashing), NYR Rissmiller 17:17 (Cross Checking), NYR Mara 19:39 (High Sticking)

Second Period
CHI: Jack Skille (Bolland), 1:33 (PP)
Lundqvist overcommits on Bolland's shot, and Skille slides it in off Lundqvist's pads.

NYR: Dan Fritsche (Mara), 1:51
Quick response as Fritsche undressess Matt Walker and beats Huet on the far side

NYR: Fredrik Sjostrom (Rissmiller, Rozsival), 11:17
Sjostrom attempts to pass in front, deflects off diving Bolland through Huet's legs

Penalties: CHI Seabrook 3:06 (Cross Checking), NYR Prucha 4:36 (Cross Checking), NYR Drury 11:53 (Cross Checking)

Third Period
No scoring

Penalties: CHI Toews 18:03 (High Sticking)

Goalies
CHI: Cristobal Huet (.914%)
NYR: Henrik Lundqvist (.938%)

Three Stars
3. Michal Rozival, NYR (0 G, 1 A)
2. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR (30 SV)
1. Fredrik Sjostrom, NYR (1 G, 0 A)

Current Record: 0-1-0, 8th in West
Up next: October 11th @ Washington (1-0-0, 9th in East)

[theaub]

Oct 11, 2008 Campbell makes presence felt Chicago 5 Washington 4

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 1 2 1 1 5 Washington 0 2 2 0 4 SHOTS ON GOAL 31 24 POWER PLAY 1-1 1-3

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Jonathan Toews, 16:20 (SH)
Toews forces the giveaway, and then roofs a quick wrister

Penalties: CHI Burish 15:20 (Tripping)

Second Period
CHI: Jonathan Toews (Havlat, Byfuglien), 6:01 (PP)
Toews picks up his second after Havlat's shot rebounds right onto his stick

WAS: Eric Fehr, 13:23
Brutal giveaway by Seabrook allows Fehr to walk in and beat Khabibulin over the glove

CHI: Jack Skille (Kontiola, Sopel), 14:45
Sopel stops clearance, and then works it low to Kontiola, who finds Skille in front for the easy conversion

WAS: Boyd Gordon (Poti, Brashear), 15:55
3rd goal in under three minutes on a beautiful passing play as Gordon just needs to tap the puck into an open net

Penalties: WAS Morrisonn 4:22 (Cross Checking), CHI Toews 18:58 (High Sticking)

Third Period
CHI: Andrew Ladd, 3:39
Blocks point shot off faceoff and is off to the races, beating Theodore with a nifty deke

WAS: Alexander Ovechkin (Poti, Semin), 9:37 (PP)
Hawks can't contain superstar all night, scores off his own rebound

WAS: Viktor Kozlov (Fedorov, Green), 19:57
Three Hawks inexplicably get caught up ice trying to score empty netter, Kozlov ends up scoring on breakaway

Penalties: CHI Adams 8:25 (Cross Checking)

Overtime
CHI: Brian Campbell (Kane, Toews), 0:56
With penalty upcoming, Kane finds Campbell sneaking in from point and he blasts home winner

Goalies
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.833%)
WAS: Jose Theodore (.839%)

Three Stars
3. Brian Campbell, CHI (1 G, 0 A)
2. Tom Poti, WAS (0 G, 2 A)
1. Jonathan Toews, CHI (2 G, 1 A)

Current Record: 1-1-0, 6th in West
Up next: October 13th vs Nashville (1-1-0, 8th in West)

[SabresKings3623]

nice win man, I like this dynasty

[RAZRr1275]

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[ohyeahbaby123]

I'm following. Just curious, why do you like set 1 more?

[star king3]

im followin

[theaub]

Quote: Originally Posted by ohyeahbaby123

I'm following. Just curious, why do you like set 1 more?

I'm actually using the "0" sliders now...I find they're less frustrating.

[theaub]

Oct 13, 2008 Hawks fall in OT Nashville 3 Chicago 2

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Nashville 0 1 1 1 3 Chicago 0 1 1 0 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 39 27 POWER PLAY 1-2 2-3

Game Summary
First Period
No scoring

Penalties: NAS Suter 8:30 (Holding)

Second Period
NAS: Jason Arnott (Sullivan), 7:59 (PP)
Sullivan swipes the puck from Sharp and hits a streaking Arnott who roofs it

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Campbell, Seabrook), 11:12 (PP)
Nashville's coverage breaks down and Toews is all alone in front of net

Penalties: CHI Keith 7:29 (Cross Checking), NAS Weber 9:44 (High Sticking)

Third Period
CHI: Brian Campbell, 9:23 (PP)
Campbell's shot from point deflects off Zanon and sneaks in

NAS: Patric Hornquist (Peverley, Hamhuis), 9:23
Hawks caught running around in their end, Nashville picks them apart

Penalties: NAS Hamhuis 3:39 (Cross Checking), CHI Kane 10:38 (Slashing)

Overtime
NAS: Jean-Pierre Dumont (Sullivan), 4:09
Pair of former Hawks team up for winner, as Dumont isn't covered down low

Goalies
NAS: Dan Ellis (.926%)
CHI: Cristobal Huet (.923)

Three Stars
3. Jason Arnott, NAS (1 G, 0 A)
2. Brent Seabrook, CHI (0 G, 1 A)
1. Brian Campbell, CHI (1 G, 1 A)

Current Record: 1-1-1, 8th in West
Up next: October 15th vs Phoenix (1-1-0, 11th in West)