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Sami Lepisto Blackhawks proves that blocking shots in the NHL is painful

Terry — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:46:25 +0000

The Chicago Blackhawks are on vacation for several days, but some players still suffer. The trick disgusting purple you see above is stuffed leg bruising defenseman Sami Lepisto.

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Franchise scoring leaders

Terry — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:47:59 +0000

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. No current player ranks in the top 10 list.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;

Points

Goals

Assists

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Stan Mikita	C	1394	541	926	1467	1.05
Bobby Hull	LW	1036	604	549	1153	1.11
Denis Savard	C	881	377	719	1096	1.24
Steve Larmer	RW	891	406	517	923	1.04
Doug Wilson	D	938	225	554	779	.83
Dennis Hull	LW	904	298	342	640	.71
Pit Martin	C	740	243	384	627	.85
Jeremy Roenick	C	524	267	329	596	1.14
Tony Amonte	RW	627	268	273	541	.86
Bill Mosienko	RW	711	258	282	540	.76

Player	Pos	G
Bobby Hull	LW	604
Stan Mikita	C	541
Steve Larmer	RW	406
Denis Savard	C	377
Dennis Hull	LW	298
Tony Amonte	RW	268
Jeremy Roenick	C	267
Bill Mosienko	RW	258
Ken Wharram	RW	252
Pit Martin	C	243

Player	Pos	A
Stan Mikita	C	926
Denis Savard	C	719
Doug Wilson	D	554
Bobby Hull	LW	549
Steve Larmer	RW	517
Pierre Pilote	D	400
Chris Chelios	D	395
Pit Martin	C	384
Bob Murray	D	382
Dennis Hull	LW	342

[data source: Wikipedia - wikipedia.org]

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Third time is a charm for Hossa

Terry — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:59:45 +0000

Marian Hossa finally won the Stanley Cup after a third straight attempt. The 2010 Stanley Cup finals was actually the third time that he had come this close to winning the Cup, and this time he succeeded. In 2008, he played with the Pittsburgh Penguins whom lost to the Detroit Red Wings, and then the next year with the Detroit Red Wings who lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Toews joins Triple Gold Club

Terry — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:01:23 +0000

After hoisting the Stanley Cup this month, 22 year old Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Toews became the youngest and latest member of the Triple Gold Club. Along with winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks, he also won gold at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow, and Olympic gold medal at the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver earlier this year in February.

The Triple Gold Club is a special club reserved for the hockey players that have won an Olympic gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup.

“More than 15,000 players have tried to win Worlds gold since 1930, more than 9,000 players have tried to win the Stanley Cup since 1893, more than 4,000 players have tried to win Olympic gold since 1920. But only 24 players have won all three. The Triple Gold Club is Hockey’s most distinguished membership.” – IIHF

The current Triple Gold Club Members basically come from four nations: Sweden (9), Canada (7), Russia (6) and the Czech Republic (2). The players include Tomas Jonsson, Mats Naslund, Hakan Loob, Valeri Kamensky, Alexei Gusarov, Peter Forsberg,Vyacheslav Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Alexander Mogilny, Vladimir Malakhov, Rob Blake, Joe Sakic, Brendan Shanahan, Scott Niedermayer, Jaromir Jagr, Jiri Slegr, Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Modin, Chris Pronger, Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson, Eric Staal, Jonathan Toews, and Mike Babcock

[source: INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION]

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Charlie Gardiner – Chicago’s first great Goaltender

Terry — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:11:50 +0000

Charlie Gardiner was the first great goaltender that Chicago ever had. During the 1933-34 he had an amazing season, allowing only 83 goals in 48 games and recording 10 shutouts, his team had even selected him to be the team Captain. He was also awarded with the Vezina Trophy and selected to the First All-Star team. However the big prize that year was helping Chicago win their first Stanley Cup in Blackhawks franchise history.

Two months later in his hometown of Winnipeg, Charlie went into a coma, and then died from a brain hemorrhage resulting from an infection related to a tonsillar infection that he had while playing in the playoffs.

He is the only goaltender in the NHL that captained their team to winning a Stanley Cup. In 1945 he was recognized by the Hockey Hall of Fame.

[Image source: GreatestHockeyLegends.com]

Career Stats

			Regular season								Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
1927–28	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	40	6	32	2	114	3	2.83	—	—	—	—	—	—
1928–29	Chicago Blackhawks	44	7	29	8	85	5	1.85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1929–30	Chicago Blackhawks	44	21	18	5	111	3	2.42	2	0	1	1	3	0	1.05
1930–31	Chicago Blackhawks	44	24	17	3	78	12	1.73	9	5	3	1	14	2	1.32
1931–32	Chicago Blackhawks	48	18	19	11	92	4	1.85	2	1	1	0	6	1	3.00
1932–33	Chicago Blackhawks	48	16	20	12	101	5	2.01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1933–34	Chicago Blackhawks	48	20	17	11	83	10	1.63	8	6	1	1	12	2	1.33
NHL totals			316	112	152	52	664	42	2.02	21	12	6	3	35	1.43

Awards

1931 – First All-Star Team Goaltender
1932 – Vezina Trophy
1932 – First All-Star Team Goaltender
1933 – Second All-Star Team Goaltender
1934 – First All-Star Team Goaltender
1934 – Vezina Trophy
1934 – Stanley Cup
1945 Hockey Hall of Fame

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Brent Seabrook rookie card

Terry — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:59:39 +0000

Year: 2004-05

Brand: SP Authentic Rookie Redemptions

Card#: #RR7

Player: Brent Seabrook

Book Value: low $4 to high $10 [as of Dec. 2009]

Serial Numbered: print run 399

Notes: This rookie card for Seabrook features a unique serial numbered version, so your card will be only 1 of 399 created. If you are looking for rookie Blackhawk player cards then this card would make a nice rare addition to your collection and you should be able to pick it up pretty cheap.

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2010 Olympic Team Rosters

Terry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:47:28 +0000

Six Chicago Blackhawk players have been chosen to represent their countries at the 2010 Winter Olympics that will occur in Vancouver, Canada in February.

Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith, and Brent Seabrook were all part of the twenty three men 2010 Canadian Olympic roster announced by Steve Yzerman yesterday. Patrick Kane was the lone Chicago player included on the Team USA roster announced by Brian Burke at the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park and both Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky were named to be part of the Slovakian Olympic team.

All but one of the six players will be making their first Olympic appearance. This will be the third Olympics appearance for Hossa. The 30-year old forward registered six points in Salt Lake City in 2002, and 10 points during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. However despite lack of Olympic experience, all of the players have had pretty extensive international hockey experience. Kane was part of the USA gold medal team at the 2006 World Under-18 Championships where he also finished as the tournament’s leading scorer. He also skated for the U.S. at the 2007 World Junior Championships, and at the 2008 IIHF World Championships.

Toews has won four gold medals with Team Canada at various international levels, including the 2008 World Junior Championships. Duncan Keith helped Canada win a silver medal at the Worlds in 2008.

Hossa has also represented Slovakia in numerous World Junior Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 World Cup in his international career. The 21st Winter Olympiad will be Tomas Kopecky’s first opportunity to represent his country in international play.

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Niemi gets third shutout in seven starts

Terry — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:14:13 +0000

Antti Niemi, a rookie goaltender from Finland who signed as a free agent in May of 2008, is off to a hot start this season with a 6-1-1 record and three shutouts in seven starts. He is currently playing as the backup for Cristobal Huet, but while he is playing this hot it is more likely that he will see more ice time.

Niemi made 18 saves to get his third shutout in seven starts this season as Chicago beat Tampa Bay 4-0 on Sunday night. The rookie netminder who has made eight appearances this season with three starts since November 7th. In that time he has allowed just one goal, stopped 80 shotsand and recorded two shutouts in those games. Antti also had a shutout in his first game this season against the Florida Panthers on October third.

Date

MIN

OTL

EGA

GAA

SV%

Total

480

1.50

191

179

.937

Thanks Antti for the great goaltending!

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Toews, Kane & Keith sign multi year contract extentions

Terry — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:22:33 +0000

On Thursday the Chicago Blackhawks reported that they managed to sign their two corner stone forwards and star defenceman with contract extentions. Forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane (both 21 years old) aggreed to five-year contracts worth about $6.3 million (US) per season, and Duncan Keith (26 years old) signed a 13-year deal worth $72 million (USd).

The signing of these contract extentions help ensure the Blackhawks fans are going to have a team worth cheering for the next decade, or more. The down side is that Chicago has a large number of players who will have cap hits over US$3-million next season incuding Hossa, Sharp, Kane, Bolland, Versteeg, Byfuglien, Keith, Huet, Campbell and Seabrook. So after this season, the Hawks will need to rid themselves of a few big-ticket players.

[photo source: Chicago Now - chicagonow.com]

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What if there were a Chicago Blackhawks Movie?

Terry — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:55:56 +0000

Lights, camera, action. The Blackhawks are heading to the big screen. The team addresses the best actors who could fill their hockey skates.

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