Stanley Cup Finals: Chicago Blackhawks Hang On For 3-1 Game 5 Win
For the second time in four years, the Chicago Blackhawks will have the opportunity to hoist the Stanley Cup in a Game 6 on the road. To reach the brink of glory, the Blackhawks had to endure a furious third period onslaught from a wounded Bruins team that lashed out with all of its strength. […]
Stanley Cup Finals: Potential Game 5 X-Factors
Knotted at two after four games, including three overtime tilts, the deadlocked Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks are set to duke it out for a spot on the brink of the ultimate goal. Tonight’s Game 5 in Chicago will be the last of the season for which the Stanley Cup will not be present, and […]
2013 Stanley Cup Finals: How Chicago and Boston Win Their Games
The Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks have not failed in the expectation that the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals would be a clash of titans. The first four games have featured three overtime games (one triple overtime), two games with seven or more goals, two games with five goals combined, big hits, touch-passing plays and everything […]
Stanley Cup Finals: Blackhawks Ride Rollercoaster to 6-5 OT Victory in Boston
For the third time in four games, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins needed overtime to determine a winner, but Game 4 hardly resembled the prior three. The electric action featured eleven goals, just one fewer than the total racked up in the first three games. Star netminders Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford finally cracked, leading to a deluge of goals capped off by Brent Seabrook’s OT winner.
Stanley Cup Finals: Previewing Game 4 in Boston
Tonight the Boston Bruins have the opportunity to put themselves on the brink of their seventh title, by earning their fourth 3-1 series lead of the postseason. Of course, they were able to close out their three previous series from that position, although they needed seven games and a miracle to finish off the Maple […]
2013 NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks Face Near-Impossible Task Without Marian Hossa
My love of Marian Hossa knows no bounds. Ok, maybe that’s a little excessive, but something that eludes even habitual NHL observers is the greatness of Marian Hossa. Yes, I do mean greatness. I was as shocked as everyone else prior to Game Three of the Stanley Cup Finals when it was announced about five […]
Stanley Cup Finals: Boston Bruins Shut Out Blackhawks 2-0 to Take 2-1 Series Lead
The Boston Bruins returned home on Monday night, for the first time since shutting out the Penguins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and although their opponents changed the result did not. Tuukka Rask pitched the third shutout in his last seven starts, to give the Bruins a crucial 2-0 Game 3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
2013 Stanley Cup Finals: Big Questions Ahead of Game 3
Following a grueling pair of overtime battles, the Stanley Cup Finals move to Boston for Game 3 with the Blackhawks and the Bruins tied at one. With ten periods of hockey in the books, there is hardly anything to separate the two recent champions each on the hunt for another title. Bottom-six wingers Andrew Shaw […]