Round 2 - Vancouver Vs. Chicago

CHICAGO GOES THE THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS!!!!!!!!! :%%: :%%: :%%: :$$$$: :##:

HAWKS NUKE NUCKS.

doda dodo doda dodo

Congratulations Dave! That was diddling incredible. Patrick diddling Kane. Monster.

The Black kocks win!

Chicago, chicago, it's my kind of town ... do di do do di do

I guess I can comfortably say I'm now on the Hawks Bandwagon.

Well, I dont know about everyone else, but back in nov or dec people didnt believe me when I said how good the Hawks were and could be... I was called a few names over it too.

Where is Roonie to eat some crow? Lots of things to eat crow about for that lad to begin with.

504Heater wrote:Congratulations Dave! That was diddling incredible. Patrick diddling Kane. Monster.

Thanks Heater.

Happiest for Patrick Kane.

Justice is done.

Now...the best part of the journey.

Fourteen years, man....Fourteen long, long, long years...since the last Conference Final.

Time to take a deep breath...and appreciate the heart and soul of this young Blackhawk team.

davetherave wrote:

504Heater wrote:Congratulations Dave! That was diddling incredible. Patrick diddling Kane. Monster.

Thanks Heater.

Happiest for Patrick Kane.

Justice is done.

Now...the best part of the journey.

Fourteen years, man....Fourteen long, long, long years...since the last Conference Final.

Time to take a deep breath...and appreciate the heart and soul of this young Blackhawk team.

heah, i remember that team too like it was yesterday. Steve Larmer is one my all time favorite snipers. Belfour, Roenick, savard, secord, graham, manson?,

HowieMorenz wrote:

davetherave wrote:

504Heater wrote:Congratulations Dave! That was diddling incredible. Patrick diddling Kane. Monster.

Thanks Heater.

Happiest for Patrick Kane.

Justice is done.

Now...the best part of the journey.

Fourteen years, man....Fourteen long, long, long years...since the last Conference Final.

Time to take a deep breath...and appreciate the heart and soul of this young Blackhawk team.

heah, i remember that team too like it was yesterday. Steve Larmer is one my all time favorite snipers. Belfour, Roenick, savard, secord, graham, manson?,

All warriors...

I remember watching the 1961 team with Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Kenny Wharram, Elmer Vasko, Eric Nesterenko, Pierre Pilote, Glenn Hall, Reggie Fleming...on a the tiny screen of an RCA Victor black and white TV...six years old and the hair standing up on the back of my neck.

Captivated by the spirit of the Blackhawks.

And 48 years is an even longer time...to stay loyal to a team that has seen the highest of the highs, and the lowest of the lows.

The great teams with Keith Magnuson, Jim Pappin, Tony Esposito, Pit Martin, Dennis Hull...and so many wonderful, wonderful players...who came so close.

This year...unreal.

A great series...an unbelievable win.

Still a long way to go.

But happy? Doesn't begin to say it.

HowieMorenz wrote:

davetherave wrote:

504Heater wrote:Congratulations Dave! That was diddling incredible. Patrick diddling Kane. Monster.

Thanks Heater.

Happiest for Patrick Kane.

Justice is done.

Now...the best part of the journey.

Fourteen years, man....Fourteen long, long, long years...since the last Conference Final.

Time to take a deep breath...and appreciate the heart and soul of this young Blackhawk team.

heah, i remember that team too like it was yesterday. Steve Larmer is one my all time favorite snipers. Belfour, Roenick, savard, secord, graham, manson?,

I remember Larmer scoring the winning goal for team Canada in the 1991 Canada Cup against the Americans...

but i digress

7 goals against Luongo, you won't see that on too many nights. What an effort by the Hawks tonight...

5 goals between Kane and Toews... this team could be deadly going forward if both those guys are rolling at the same time...

Vancouver 5, Chicago 7

GAME SIX, STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS WEST SEMIFINAL
BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES 4-2

	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	2	2	5
CHI	1	2	4	7

Final

9:00 PM ET, May 11, 2009, United Center, Chicago, Illinois

Kane's hat trick powers Blackhawks to first conference finals since '95

MORE FROM ESPN HERE: http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=290511004

CHICAGO (AP/ESPN)-- The kids made sure the Blackhawks are moving on.

Patrick Kane had his first hat trick and Jonathan Toews scored the go-ahead goal in a wild third period Monday night as Chicago advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1995 by beating the Vancouver Canucks 7-5.

"It's about time I got the first hat trick. I've been waiting two years. I guess it can't come in a better game than this," the 20-year-old Kane said.

In the thunderous United Center, the Blackhawks rallied from a one-goal deficit twice in the third period and put up four scores against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo to win the series 4-2.

Next up is either Detroit or Anaheim.

"It's awesome. We didn't want to go back to Vancouver," the 21-year-old Toews said. "Nobody knew what was going to happen. It was unbelievable. ... We've found ways to come back, especially late in games."

Even the usually unemotional Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was shaking his head over the final period, when he said it was so loud he had trouble making line calls.

"I don't think anybody anticipated the craziness of the third period. The turns and swings were gigantic," Quenneville said.

"How it unraveled and unfolded, it was an amazing ending."

When Chicago's Troy Brouwer was called for goaltender interference with just under 8 minutes remaining, Daniel Sedin scored quickly with a shot from the left circle that put the Canucks ahead 5-4.



Kane responded. He got a puck from behind the net and then maneuvered to the side and put a shot under Luongo to tie the game at 5.

Then, 49 seconds later on a power play, Toews worked around the side and tried to pass across the crease to Patrick Sharp. But the puck deflected in off Vancouver's Alexander Edler with 6:11 left.

Kane capped his hat trick with a hard back-hander past Luongo with 3:43 remaining, sort of an insurance score.

"I just picked up the puck in the middle, saw I had a one-on-one, made a move through the defenseman's stick and shot," Kane said.

Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin made 33 saves and Luongo 23.

"We had some chances early and I made some saves, but the rest of the way I didn't help my teammates out," said Luongo, who was near tears in the Canucks' locker room. "When you let in seven goals, I don't think that's a very good performance."

Sedin had a pair of goals for Vancouver, which lost the final three games of the series in a crushing end to what the Canucks hoped would be a run to the Stanley Cup.

Fast Facts


• The Blackhawks advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 1995, winning a playoff series without home-ice advantage for the first time since doing so vs. Detroit in 1992.
• Patrick Kane record the first playoff hat trick by a Blackhawk since Gary Suter did so in Game 4 of the 1994 Western Conference quarterfinals.
• There were a combined six goals in the third period, four of which were scored by Chicago.
• The Canucks fell to 1-7 all-time in playoff series that was tied 2-2 through four games.
-- ESPN Stats & Information

"We had a chance to go a long way," Sedin said. "That's the most disappointing thing. This was a great opportunity."

Vancouver's Mats Sundin scored to put the Canucks up 4-3 early in the third period, but Adam Burish countered on a nice centering pass from Patrick Sharp to tie the game.

The Blackhawks took a 3-1 lead in the second period on power-play goals by Kris Versteeg and Toews. The Canucks came charging back to tie on scores from Sedin and Shane O'Brien to momentarily quiet the frenzied crowd.

Mason Raymond gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the first period on a wrist shot from the right circle with Vancouver's Ryan Kesler standing in the crease. But Kane answered 2 minutes later with his first goal of the game, skating around Mattias Ohlund near the boards and, with Luongo apparently screened by a teammate, driving the puck past the goalie's glove.

Versteeg's goal broke the tie in the second period and came after Vancouver's Rick Rypien drove Chicago's Ben Eager into the bench door for a cross-checking penalty. The play came soon after Chicago's Andrew Ladd crashed into Kesler, shaking him up and drawing blood from his face.

Toews got his first goal of the series on a rebound of his own shot to give the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead midway in the second period. But Sedin scored on a high wrist shot from the left circle. It was the first goal of the series for Sedin, whose 31 goals led the Canucks in the regular season.

The Canucks tied it on O'Brien's first playoff goal, a shot from just outside the left circle that came with Kyle Wellwood screening Khabibulin.

Game notes
Combining regular season and six playoff games, the Blackhawks announced they had drawn 1,006,920 fans so far this season.

And the Canucks' Stanley Cup adventure comes to an end. This will make for a very interesting Western Final no matter who comes out of the Detroit/Anaheim series. But a Detroit/Chicago series certainly sounds great - Original Six teams and all!

Good work Hawks. As much as I would have liked to win my pool with all Vancouver guys I think it will be worth it not to have to watch the Nucks play boring hockey another round.

btw, Davetherave did you email TIGOR this morning regarding the Hawks win?

Nasty Nas wrote:Good work Hawks. As much as I would have liked to win my pool with all Vancouver guys I think it will be worth it not to have to watch the Nucks play boring hockey another round.

btw, Davetherave did you email TIGOR this morning regarding the Hawks win?

I sure did...and they played the audio clip of the Hawks theme song that I sent them...

:D:

haha awesome. Good work! Spread that Hawks Cheer

Nasty Nas wrote:haha awesome. Good work! Spread that Hawks Cheer

A collection of classic Black Hawks clips...this is the hockey team I grew up watching...
:D:

Neely4Life wrote:Well, I dont know about everyone else, but back in nov or dec people didnt believe me when I said how good the Hawks were and could be... I was called a few names over it too.

Where is Roonie to eat some crow? Lots of things to eat crow about for that lad to begin with.

Dude, just enjoy. You dont need to remind everone about every prediction you make :afro: