Tazer19's Blackhawks Dynasty

[johnnyrocks]

nice, trying to find depth. I feel this team has changed a lot!!

[Tazer19]

Season Record: (49-23-4) -- 102 Points
Midwest Division - 1st
Western Conference - 1st

Top Performers
Brandon Saad (25 - 60 - 85pts)
JK Grenier (28 - 47 - 75 pts)
Chris DiDomenico (30 - 42 - 72 pts)
Timo Niemi (39-13 / 2.50 / .911)

Inside the Numbers
Goals for Per Game: 3.18 (4th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.64 (6th)
Power Play %: 21.0% (7th)
Penalty Kill %: 83.3% (6th)

CALDER CUP PLAYOFFS--
First Round
(1) Rockford IceHogs
(8) Toronto Marlies

Season Record: (48-28-6) -- 102 Points
Central Division - 2nd
Western Conference - 4th

Top Performers
Jonathan Toews (24 - 58 - 82pts)
Patrick Kane (37 - 42 - 79pts)
Claude Giroux (30 - 45 - 75 pts)
Corey Crawford (41-21 / 2.43 / .910)

Inside the Numbers
Goals for Per Game: 3.06 (7th)
Goals Against Per Game: 2.67 (9th)
Power Play %: 20.4% (5th)
Penalty Kill %: 83.1% (9th)
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS--
First Round
(4) Chicago Blackhawks
(5) Columbus Blue Jackets

[LeafsFan31]

Great season, good luck in the first round!

[bthomp05]

Excellent season for the Hawks. Now show everyone that last year was a blip and win the damn Cup....

[Tazer19]

[Tazer19]

Hogs Season Comes to an End



ROUND 1 - Series Win (4-1) vs. Toronto Marlies
ROUND 2 - Series Loss (4-3) vs. Abbotsford Heat

Quick Hit -

Success is measured all sorts of ways, and expectations go a long way towards determining whether a season was a success or not. So, was this season a success for the Hogs? I don't know?

Coach Cotino - "Losing is never what you want, you never want to finish a season with a loss, then turnaround and be satisfied with it. I'm happy with what we were able to accomplish, not only for this team but for the Hawks organ-i-zation. More guys took steps forward this year than I thought would at the beginning of the year. Finishing as a #1 seed you have that expectation to go far, or even go all the way, but the fact that we weren't in the playoffs the last two years played a roll in the outcome. Guys have never been there, sure they may have played in the playoffs in Junior's, but this is a different animal altogether, and all in all I'm happy with what we were able to accomplished, but none of us are satisfied."

Thanks Coach, that doesn't clear it up or answer the question at all, but the Hogs performed this year, and maybe even outperformed the expectations people had going into the year. Year two under Cotino should be just as exciting as a new crop of rookies are ready to make the jump, and take one step closer to the ultimate goal of skating with and winning a Cup with the Hawks.

[Tazer19]

Quick Hit -
Solid series for the boys, all around. The offense looked like itself, the goaltending and defense were a tight group as well. Hawks won the series 4 games to 1, the series was probably closer than it looked. Every game was competitive, every game was close, it could have went either way. So the Hawks will take it, and move on to face the # 1 seeded San Jose Sharks in the second round, as there were no upsets in the first round, go figure.

[Tazer19]

Quick Hit-
The #1 seeded Sharks send the Hawks into an uncertain off-season to say the least. "At the beginning of the season I thought we had a chance to win the Cup especially after coming so close the year before, I thought we improved and our play on the ice was proving that. For whatever reason we hit a wall, after the 40 game mark we were just mediocre, and because of that we lost the division to St. Louis, and ended up having to face the #1 seed in the second round, overall I'm not happy with this season, but I like where we are headed," said Bowman. When asked about not only his uncertain future but his Coach's he replied, "If I'm still in the position that I am in today then we will evaluate things as a group and go from there, I think we have the right people in the right spots."