Tazer19's Chicago Blackhawks Dynasty (NHL 14)

[Tazer19]

I kept double checking to make sure that the Canucks actually made the playoffs because based on their numbers they probably shouldn't have, but they found away. I don't think they will be around for long as I think the Sharks could be the team to emerge from the West, that is, if the Hawks don't. The Sharks are top 10 in the NHL in every category listed above, they are sure to be a hard out.

[Tazer19]

All the playoff previews are up, who do you got???? The playoffs begin tonight, hope you will be following along, thanks for reading.

[Tazer19]

MADNESS IN CHICAGO AS HAWKS GO UP 1-0 IN SERIES

Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks
Apr 15, 2014 1 2 3 F MIN (0-1) 2 1 0 3 CHI (1-0) 1 0 5 6 Three Stars [CHI] Jonathan Toews 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 hits, 1 shot, +2 [CHI] Marian Hossa 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 hits, 4 shots, +1 [CHI] Michal Rozsival 2 goals, 2 shots, +2	Team Stats Comparison MIN CHI Shots on Goal 23 30 Hits 19 23 Faceoffs Won-Lost 15-18 18-15 Penalty Minutes 4:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 1 Time on Attack 3:42 6:22
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MIN [02:30] [PPG] Heatley (1), (Spurgeon, Suter) CHI [04:38] Kane (1), (Toews, Saad) MIN [16:00] Mitchell (1), (Zucker, Stoner) SECOND PERIOD MIN [01:34] Koivu (1), (Rupp, Ballard) THIRD PERIOD CHI [04:04] Rozsival (1), (Oduya, Hayes) CHI [08:01] Rozsival (2), (Ott, Hossa) CHI [18:37] Hossa (1), (unassisted) CHI [19:18] Seabrook (1), (Toews) CHI [19:32] Toews (1), (Kane, Saad)
Minnesota Wild - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Backstrom 29 24 83% 5.01
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Crawford 23 20 87% 3.05

Well, that was a weird game to say the least. Hawks exploded for five goals in the third period to rally all the way back from a 3-1 deficit to take game one. For two periods the Hawks couldn't get behind the Minnesota defense, the Wild were playing their game to a T. In the third period the Hawks finally got pucks deep, used their speed to retrieve them and went to work, a lot of chances, and goal came from the blue line, expect more of that in game two.

[nuka]

blues and preds and nucks have it

[Tazer19]

HAWKS HOLD SERVE AS SERIES SHIFTS TO MINNESOTA

Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks
Apr 17, 2014 1 2 3 F MIN (0-2) 1 0 0 1 CHI (2-0) 1 1 2 4 Three Stars [CHI] Patrick Kane 2 goals, 1 assists, 4 shots, +2 [CHI] Corey Crawford 26 saves, .963 save % [CHI] Jonathan Toews 1 goal, 4 hits, 4 shots, +2	Team Stats Comparison MIN CHI Shots on Goal 27 31 Hits 24 19 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18-12 12-18 Penalty Minutes 8:00 6:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Power Play Opportunities 2 3 Time on Attack 4:40 6:49
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MIN [03:33] Pominville (1), (unassisted) CHI [09:23] Kane (2), (Hjalmarsson, Leddy) SECOND PERIOD CHI [11:10] Toews (2), (Seabrook, Kane) THIRD PERIOD CHI [17:03] Kane (3), (Saad, Seabrook) CHI [19:05] Kruger (1), (Sharp)
Minnesota Wild - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Backstrom 31 27 87% 4.00
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Crawford 27 26 96% 1.01

The Hawks clamped down in this one but another turnover in their own zone led to the first and only Minnesota goal. This one was in doubt until late in the third, again, that's when Patrick Kane scored the goal of the playoffs up to this point as he danced through the Minnesota defense before roofing one on Backstrom. Better effort from the Hawks in game two, and the special teams were actually special in this one. Not going to get any easier heading to Minnesota, have to really stick to the game plan in their building.

[seb170455]

Habs in 5!

[Tazer19]

PK COMES UP HUGE AS HAWKS TAKE COMMANDING LEAD

Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild
Apr 19, 2014 1 2 3 OT F CHI (3-0) 1 0 0 1 2 MIN (0-3) 0 1 0 0 1 Three Stars [CHI] Corey Crawford 28 saves, .966 save % [MIN] Niklas Backstrom 29 saves, .935 save % [CHI] Steve Ott 1 goal, 1 hit, 2 shots, +1	Team Stats Comparison CHI MIN Shots on Goal 31 29 Hits 15 20 Faceoffs Won-Lost 27-49 49-27 Penalty Minutes 16:00 4:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 2 8 Time on Attack 19:53 19:24
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD CHI [11:11] Morin (1), (Hossa) SECOND PERIOD MIN [02:29] Zucker (1), (Coyle, Mitchell) OVERTIME CHI [00:36] [SHG] Ott (1), (unassisted)
Chicago Blackhawks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Crawford 29 28 97% 0.99
Minnesota Wild - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Backstrom 31 29 94% 1.98

[HeroWorship]

One game away. Happy to see Ott net the game winner (shorthanded, no less) in game three and watching the Blackhawks destroy the Wild again is always a pleasant sight (I think Craig Leopold is a d-bag for his comments on how teams 'overspend', then proceeds to sign Parise and Suter to megadeals and re-signs Jason Pominville for $5.6 million per).

Destroy the Wild. Should be an easy sweep.