Posts tagged ‘Chicago Blackhawks’

Jun 16

Dynasty

For the third time in six years Chicago wakes this morning with a Stanley Cup induced hangover after the Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 to take the series 4-2 at a boisterous United Center last night.

One of the original six franchises the Blackhawks also won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013 beating Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins and not since the titles of Michael Jordan’s Bulls in the 1990’s has one of Chicago storied sports teams enjoyed so much sustained success. In addition to winning their three Stanley Cups, the Blackhawks also made it to the Western Conference finals last season.
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Jun 25

Blackhawks up

It maybe almost exactly 5 years to the day that I left Chicago, but the city is still very much in my heart and last night I sat up late and cheered on the Chicago Blackhawks to a late, late victory in Boston to beat the Bruins and win the Stanley Cup.

The Blackhawks trailed Boston Bruins 2-1 with less than 76 seconds left on the clock in the final period. The Bostonian’s were rocking the stadium after a dominating performance and I was expecting it all to come down to a title deciding game 7 back in Chicago later in the week.

But this Blackhawks team, which had alreadyhad a record-breaking season, is resilient. Bryan Bickell scored first to equalise and sombre the mood in the TD Garden and then just 17 seconds later Dave Bolland wrote a new paragraph in the history books as smashed in a deflection to put the Blackhawks ahead.
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