Chicago Blackhawks (NHL '09)

[GoldenJet]

good turnaround, but you got a long way, don't you?

[theaub]

Dec 26, 2008 Hawks quick start leads to easy victory Philadelphia 2 Chicago 5

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Philadelphia 1 1 0 - 2 Chicago 4 0 1 - 5 SHOTS ON GOAL 26 26 POWER PLAY 0-3 2-5

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Patrick Sharp (Havlat, Toews), 0:41 (PP)
Hawks get quick PP, score off draw on passing play

CHI: Jack Skille (Versteeg, Kane), 1:51
Skille streaks down wing, crosses into middle and roofs backhander

CHI: Craig Adams (Campbell, Byfuglien), 3:59
Adams stays on for long shift, converts on rebound

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Campbell, Byfuglien), 8:18 (PP)
Hawks score 4th in under 10 minutes as Toews roofs backhander

PHI: James van Riemsdyk (Vaananen, Lupul), 10:53
Rookie gets sprung on breakaway and makes no mistake

Penalties: PHI Timonen 0:25 (Cross Checking), PHI Hartnell 6:43 (Holding), CHI Sharp 15:51 (Cross Checking), CHI Barker 16:20 (Tripping), CHI Burish 18:51 (Tripping)

Second Period
PHI: Mike Richards (Carter, Gagne), 5:40
Richards bulls his way to the net and jams shot past Khabibulin

Penalties: PHI Giroux 1:45 (Holding), PHI Lupul 12:00 (Slashing)

Third Period
CHI: Andrew Ladd (Havlat, Seabrook), 19:10 (EN)
Hawks clinch win with empty-netter

Penalties: PHI Richards 10:27 (Cross Checking)

Goalies
PHI: Martin Biron (.840%)
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.923%)

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

Current Record: 17-10-5, 9th in West
Up next: December 28th at Minnesota (18-12-3), 8th in West

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[theaub]

Dec 28, 2008 Khabibulin stands tall as Hawks win again Chicago 5 Minnesota 3

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 1 2 2 - 5 Minnesota 0 1 2 - 3 SHOTS ON GOAL 30 46 POWER PLAY 0-1 1-4

Game Summary
First Period
CHI: Martin Havlat, 2:52
Amazing individual effort as Havlat goes through entire team and scores on backhand

Penalties: CHI Barker 14:44 (Tripping)

Second Period
CHI: Andrew Ladd (Seabrook), 12:29
Ladd's slapper bounces over Backstrom into net

CHI: Jonathan Toews (Sharp, Keith), 13:59
Toews scores 21st on wraparound

MIN: James Sheppard (Locke, Schultz), 14:37
Quick response as Sheppard roofs backhander over fallen Khabi

Penalties: MIN Zidlicky 1:33 (Cross Checking), CHI Sopel 7:56 (Slashing), CHI Byfuglien 19:24 (Cross Checking)

Third Period
MIN: Andrew Brunette (Belanger, Sauer), 13:01
Brunette's backhander slides just past Khabibulin into cage

MIN: Owen Nolan (Sheppard, Bouchard), 15:53 (PP)
Wild's 23rd shot of period ties game, as Nolan waits until Keith screens goalie, and roofs wrister

CHI: Patrick Sharp (Kane, Keith), 19:41
Hawks press in last minute, and Sharp walks out in front and fires a shot into the top corner

CHI: Dustin Byfuglien (Bolland, Skille), 19:54 (EN)
Byfuglien slides puck into open net to assure Hawks win

Penalties: CHI Keith 14:03 (Interference)

Goalies
CHI: Nikolai Khabibulin (.935%)
MIN: Niklas Backstrom (.862%)

Three Stars
1. James Sheppard, MIN (1 G, 1 A)
2. Patrick Sharp, CHI (1 G, 1 A)
3. Duncan Keith, CHI (0 G, 2 A)

Current Record: 18-10-5, 8th in West
Up next: December 30th at Detroit (19-11-5), 5th in West

[theaub]

Dec 30, 2008 Hawks lose third straight against Wings Chicago 2 Detroit 3

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 0 2 0 - 2 Detroit 2 0 1 - 3 SHOTS ON GOAL 20 32 POWER PLAY 0-0 2-6

Game Summary
First Period
DET: Kirk Maltby, 9:06
Steals puck from Barker, and snaps quick wrister by Huet

DET: Marian Hossa (Hudler, Stuart), 19:11 (PP)
No chance for Huet as Hossa tips puck into far side

Penalties: CHI Seabrook 3:21 (Tripping), CHI Toews 13:21 (Cross Checking), CHI Adams 17:21 (Cross Checking)

Second Period
CHI: Petri Kontiola (Havlat, Ladd), 9:34
Kontiola pushes Osgood too far into net, picks out corner from 10 feet

CHI: James Wisniewski (Sopel, Bolland), 19:06
Wiz fires puck past screened Osgood to tie game up

Penalties: No penalies

Third Period
DET: Mikael Samuelsson (Cleary, Hudler), 3:49 (PP)
Huet makes amazing save, but puck bounces right to Samuelsson who throws puck into top corner

Penalties: CHI Barker 3:30 (Tripping), CHI Havlat 14:02 (High Sticking), CHI Campbell 19:06 (Slashing), DET Hossa 19:55 (Holding)

Goalies
CHI: Cristobal Huet (.906%)
DET: Chris Osgood (.900%)

Three Stars
1. Mikael Samuelsson, DET (1 G, 0 A)
2. James Wisniewski, CHI (1 G, 0 A)
3. Marian Hossa, DET (1 G, 0 A)

Current Record: 18-11-5, 9th in West
Up next: January 1st vs Detroit (20-11-5), 5th in West

[theaub]

Hawks give call to Beach

CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks have called up yet another recent 1st round pick, as Kyle Beach will make his NHL debut on January 1st against the Detroit Red Wings in the now annual Winter Classic.

Beach, who was taken with the 11th pick in the 2007 NHL Annual Entry draft, put up 32 points in 38 games with the Rockford Ice Hogs, and was a team leading +14. Denis Savard will play the rookie with Martin Havlat and Dustin Byfuglien on the team's second line.

Every Blackhawk 1st rounder from the past six years is now on the squad, as Beech joins Patrick Kane, Jack Skille, Jonathan Toews, Cam Barker, and Brent Seabrook. Anton Babchuk, who was drafted in the 1st round in 2001, is the last first rounder to not be on the team currently. In fact, with the callup, the scratching of Craig Adams, Chicago has all of three players dressed who are over 30, two of which are the goalies. Brent Sopel, at 31, is the only skater who is over that age.

To stay at the roster limit, the Blackhawks sent placed Ben Eager on waivers. Eager was claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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1/1/2009

Stat Notebook

Player Stats (Through 34 Games)
Jonathan Toews: 21 G, 11 A, 32 P, +18, 23 PIM
Patrick Kane: 12 G, 19 A, 31 P, +13, 4 PIM
Patrick Sharp: 10 G, 12 A, 22 P, +9, 25 PIM
Brian Campbell: 4 G, 16 A, 20 P, +14, 22 PIM
Martin Havlat: 9 G, 9 A, 18 P, 12 PIM
Andrew Ladd: 7 G, 9 A, 16 P, -1, 17 PIM

Dave Bolland: 9 G, 6 A, 15 P, +1, 8 PIM
Duncan Keith: 1 G, 12 A, 13 P, +13, 12 PIM
Jack Skille: 8 G, 4 A, 12 P, -4, 8 PIM
Brent Seabrook: 1 G, 11 A, 12 P, -4, 26 PIM
Dustin Byfuglien: 5 G, 5 A, 10 P, +1, 6 PIM
Petri Kontiola: 2 G, 7 A, 9 P, +3, 2 PIM

Cam Barker: 1 G, 8 A, 9 P, -3, 21 PIM
James Wisniewski: 1 G, 6 A, 7 P, -6, 6 PIM
Brent Sopel: 0 G, 5 A, 5 P, -5, 12 PIM
Matt Walker: 0 G, 2 A, 2 P, -1, 6 PIM
Kris Versteeg: 0 G, 2 A, 2 P, -1
Craig Adams: 1 G, 1 A, 2 P, -1, 29 PIM
Adam Burish: 2 G, 0 A, 2 P, -5, 8 PIM

Cristobal Huet: 6-8, 3.02 GAA, .909%
Nikolai Khabibulin: 9-8, 2.24 GAA, .925%, 2 SO

Team Stats
Goals For: 99 (6)
Goals Per Game: 2.91 (1)
Goals Against: 89 (T10)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.62 (T19)
Power Play: 18.6% (1)
Penalty Kill: 81.6% (30)
Home Record: 9-3-4
Away Record: 9-8-1

Standings
West
1) Columbus (26-8-3), 55
2) Colorado (24-10-3), 51
3) Phoenix (19-15-4), 42
4) Calgary (23-9-5), 51
5) Detroit (20-11-5), 45
6) Edmonton (20-11-5), 45
7) Vancouver (19-12-7), 45
8) Minnesota (20-13-3), 43
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9) Chicago (18-11-5), 41
10) Anaheim (18-16-4), 40
11) Nashville (17-16-3), 37
12) San Jose (17-18-2), 36
13) St. Louis (13-15-9), 35
14) Dallas (13-15-8), 34
15) Los Angeles (14-19-4), 32

East
1) New York R (28-8-3), 59
2) Buffalo (22-12-3), 47
3) Florida (19-12-6), 44
4) Philadelphia (23-12-2), 48
5) Montreal (22-13-1), 45
6) Boston (18-11-8), 44
7) Atlanta (18-16-4), 40
8) Pittsburgh (17-14-6), 40
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9) Toronto (17-14-6), 40
10) Washington (16-16-6), 38
11) New Jersey (16-14-6), 38
12) New York I (16-18-4), 36
13) Tampa Bay (16-16-4), 36
14) Carolina (13-20-5), 31
15) Ottawa (11-21-3), 25

League Leaders
Goals
1) Thomas Vanek, BUF - 23
2) Jonathan Toews, CHI - 21
3) Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL - 20
T4) Brenden Morrow, DAL - 19
T4) Marian Gaborik, MIN - 19

Assists
1) Marc Savard, BOS - 27
T2) Alexander Frolov, LA - 26
T2) Paul Kariya, STL - 26
4) Michael Ryder, BOS - 25
T5) Rob Blake, SJ - 23
T5) Joe Thornton, SJ - 23

Points
1) Michael Ryder, BOS - 42 (17 G, 25 A)
2) Thomas Vanek, BUF - 41 (23 G, 18 A)
3) Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL - 39 (20 G, 19 A)
4) Alexander Frolov, LA - 38 (12 G, 26 A)
5) Chris Drury, NYR - 36 (15 G, 21 A)

Goals Against Average
1) Henrik Lundqvist, NYR - 1.88
2) Mikka Kiprusoff, CAL - 2.01
3) Pascal LeClaire, CLB - 2.04
4) Roberto Luongo, VAN - 2.06
5) Chris Osgood, DET - 2.07

Save Percentage
1) Nikolai Khabibulin, CHI - .925
2) Henrik Lundqvist, NYR - .915
3) Mikka Kiprusoff, CAL - .907
T4) Chris Osgood, DET - .905
T4) Pascal LeClaire, CLB - .905
T4) Roberto Luongo, VAN - .905

Injuries
Atlanta: Eric Perrin (Hernia) - January 26th
Calgary: Jarome Iginla (Knee) - February 5th
Carolina: Tuomo Ruutu (Groin) - Ferbruary 3rd
Carolina: Dwight Helminen (Ankle) - January 23rd
Columbus: Rotislav Klesla (Knee) - January 23rd
Columbus: Mike York (Concussion) - February 20th
Dallas: Mike Ribiero (Wrist) - February 16th
Dallas: Marty Turco (MCL Sprain) - February 13th
Detroit: Kris Draper (Concussion) - March 14th
Edmonton: Robert Nilsson (Knee) - January 23rd
Nashville: Jason Arnott (Leg) - February 18th
New York I: Andy Sutton (Hip) - January 22nd
New York R: Brodie Dupont (Hip) - February 20th
St. Louis: David Perron (Leg) - February 28th
St. Louis: Patrik Berglund (Shoulder) - January 30th
Toronto: Jason Blake (Back) - January 31st
Vancouver: Kyle Wellwood (Knee) - December 27th
Washington: Jose Theodore (Foot) - February 16th

[GoldenJet]

come on man, you can get the Wilds playoff spot. You just gotta work hard at it.