Chicago Blackhawks

MAY THE 11TH 2009…LEST WE FORGET…
IT HAS NOW BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE GAME 6 IN CHICAGO…
THAT’S EXACTLY…350 DAYS…84 HUNDRED HOURS…50 THOUSAND 4 HUNDRED MINUTES…
BUT WHO’S COUNTING???
FOR HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY…IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY…
IT’S ALL COMING BACK…LIKE SOME KIND OF A BAD DREAM…

***CLIP OF KANE GOAL****

THE HAWKS SCORED 3 GOALS IN THE LAST 7 MINUTES OF THE GAME…TO CLINCH THE SERIES…
AND BRING THE CANUCKS SEASON TO AN END…
PATRICK KANE COLLECTED HIS FIRST CAREER HAT TRICK…
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN OST ON ROBERTO LUONGO…
AFTER THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…BOTH THE CANADIANS AND AMERICANS LINED UP FOR THE TRADITIONAL HAND SHAKE…
WHEN LUONGO GOT TO KANE…HE SIMPLY SAID…
“I’LL SEE YOU IN THE PLAYOFFS”…
SHOULD THE HAWKS WIN TONIGHT IN NASHVILLE…LUONGO WILL GET HIS WISH…
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE A RETURN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN…
THE TRUTH IS…
THERE IS “NOT” A LOT OF PLAYOFF HISTORY BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS…
LAST YEAR WAS ONLY THE THIRD MEETING…
BUT LAST YEARS SHOWDOWN WAS A NASTY AFFAIR…
AND THEN IN OCTOBER IN CHICAGO…WILLIE MITCHEL THREW A LITTLE MORE GAS ON THE FIRE…WITH A DEVESTATING HIT ON TOEWS…
THEN OF COURSE…THERE’S 1982…
IT WAS ROGER NIELSON…AND THE BIRTH OF THE WHITE TOWEL…
ALL OF WHICH WILL BE THROWN INTO THE HYPE GOING INTO THE SERIES…
NOW IT MAY SEEM…AS IF WE ARE GETTING A HEAD OF OURSELVES…
AFTER ALL…CHICAGO STILL MUST GET BY NASHVILLE…
AND THE PREDATORS HAVE CLEARLY GOT THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THESE PLAYOFFS…
BUT…WITH LASTNIGHTS WIN BY THE CANUCKS…A RE-MATCH BETWEEN VANCOUVER AND CHICAGO IS JUST ONE WIN AWAY…
A RE-MATCH…FANS IN THIS CITY HAVE WANTED FOR ALMOST A YEAR…
BUT LIKE THE MAN SAID…“BECAREFUL THOSE THINGS YOU WISH FOR”…