Tazer19's Chicago Blackhawks Dynasty (NHL13 - Post 2013 CUP)

[seb170455]

Great to see you back here. Good luck and congrats with real life Chicago cup win.

[Bluejaysfan65]

That was a really high scoring game, but a good win nonetheless!

[Tazer19]

Quote: Originally Posted by seb170455

Great to see you back here. Good luck and congrats with real life Chicago cup win.

Thanks Seb! Hope you are doing well.

[Tazer19]

Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks
Oct 20, 2012 1 2 3 F DET (1-3-0 / 2 pts) 2 1 0 3 CHI (2-2-0 / 4 pts) 0 0 1 1 Three Stars Jimmy Howard [DET] 34 saves, .971 sv % Mikael Samuelsson [DET] 1 goal, 2 hits, 2 shots, +1 Michal Rozsival [CHI] 1 goal, 1 hits, 1 shot	Team Stats Comparison DET CHI Shots on Goal 19 35 Hits 14 7 Faceoffs Won-Lost 8-9 9-8 Penalty Minutes 0:00 0:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 0 0 Time on Attack 5:30 6:52
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD DET [03:27] D. Cleary [2] (Bertuzzi, Quincey) DET [15:47] M. Samuelsson [1] (Eaves) SECOND PERIOD DET [12:30] H. Zetterberg [1] (Franzen, Kronwall) THIRD PERIOD CHI [07:48] M. Roszival [1] (Kruger, Shaw)
Detroit Red Wings - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA J. Howard 35 34 97% 1.00
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C. Crawford 19 16 84% 3.05

Tough one here, Crawford let in a couple of shaky goals and we had no luck the whole night. Don't get me wrong, Howard was great, but we didn't have too many prime scoring chances, we also hit two posts, one right before Detroit's second goal. Not thrilled with the ineffectiveness of the first line, changes could be coming soon. Great pace to the game, only 17 faceoffs the whole night, no penalties, but again, a great up and down feel. The shots were 22-17 after two, Detroit went into a shell in the third, we got plenty of shots but couldn't convert.

[Tazer19]

@BHawksTV: LIVE from the morning skate in St. Louis, the Hawks are about to take the ice for practice.

@BHawksTV: Line drills are running now, waiting from confirmation from Q, but Saad is in Bickell's spot on the top line.

@BHawksTV: Coach Q - "Saad will play with Johnny and Kaner and Bicks will move to the third line with Stalberg going to 4th"..

@BHawksTV: More Q - "Gives us a better look overall, not necessarily disappointed with anyone"

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Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues
Oct 23, 2012 1 2 3 F CHI (3-2-0 / 6 pts) 2 0 2 4 STL (2-3-0 / 4 pts) 0 1 1 2 Three Stars Brent Seabrook [CHI] 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, +2 Corey Crawford [CHI] 31 saves, .938 sv % T.J. Oshie [STL] 1 goal, 1 hit, 9 shots	Team Stats Comparison CHI STL Shots on Goal 38 32 Hits 6 13 Faceoffs Won-Lost 23-10 10-23 Penalty Minutes 10:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 1 1 Power Play Opportunities 1 5 Time on Attack 7:48 6:55
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD CHI [02:01] [PPG] J. Toews [3] (Keith, Kane) CHI [13:32] N. Leddy [2] (Bolland) SECOND PERIOD STL [03:56] T. Oshie [3] (Perron, Polak) THIRD PERIOD STL [08:23] [PPG} A. Pietrangelo [1] (Tarasenko, Shattenkirk) CHI [18:30] B. Seabrook [1] (Handzus) CHI [19:45] [ENG] M. Hossa [4] (Sharp, Seabrook)
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C. Crawford 32 30 94% 2.012
St. Louis Blues - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA J. Halak 37 34 92% 3.06

Really awesome win, and a nice bounce back from everyone after the loss to Detroit. Crawford was stellar all night, and we came up with some timely goals. I feel like this game makes the Winnipeg game sting a little less, although giving up a game deciding goal with 5 second left will always sting. Seabrook blasted a shot through traffic and past Halak with 1:30 remaining to seal the deal. Liked the balance with Saad on the top line and Bickell on the third, both guys were strong. The only PP goal given up was a 5 on 3 and a favorable bounce for the Blues, other than that the special teams were special once again.

[Tazer19]

Some updates from around the league, a couple teams have added talent early on in the season.

September 27, 2012

Acquire
RW - Freddie Hamilton
D - Nick Petrecki

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D - Sami Salo

September 28, 2012


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D - Alexander Sulzer
LW - Riley Boychuk

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D - Mattias Ohlund

September 29, 2012

Acquire
RW - Alex Kovalev
RW - Ed Jovanovski
G - Scott Clemmensen

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D - Mike Weber
RW - Jonathan Parker

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2013 - 1st Round Draft Pick

Acquire
G - Evgeni Nabakov

October 21, 2012

Acquire
RW - Ryan Smyth

Acquire
2013 - 2nd Round Draft Pick
D - Steve Montador

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Standings through December 7, 2012

How good is the Northeast division?? All five teams currently in the playoffs, wow.