What Sound Does A Blackhawk Make?

~What sound does a blackhawk make?

It sounds something like 19000+ crazy fans screaming inside The United Center in Chicago!!

Deafening, I would assume.

Now unfortunately game 6 of the Hawks-Flames series, in which the Blackhawks dominated, was in Calgary, so everyone left with their hearing intact.

Calgary fans only had one occasion to cheer, when Bertuzzi scored his first and last goal of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, at the beginning of the 3rd period. The Flames were already down by three and Dustin Byfuglien eventually potted an empty netter to make it 4-1 and finish the Flames season.

Chicago, finally back in the playoffs, with more then just fighting words, a legitimate chance.

Youth is proving to be quite an asset. Experience is sparse upfront, but strong between the pipes. It's possible that 17 players on the Hawks roster could have made their post season debut this season.

Their Playoff experience looks something like this:

Nikolai Khabibulin--1 Stanley Cup Ring
---57 games----31 wins----25 loses----6 shutouts----.921Sv----2.29 GAA

with Winnipeg, Phoenix and Tampa Bay

Andrew Ladd--1 Stanley Cup Ring

---17 games----3 goals----2 assists----4 PM

with Carolina

Sami Pahlsson--1 Stanley Cup Ring

---64 games----7 goals----16 assists----50 PM

with Anaheim

Martin Havlat

---51 games----14 goals----20 assists----34 PM

with Ottawa

Brent Sopel
---42 games----2 goals----9 assists----10 PM
with Vancouver

Brian Campbell
---47 games----4 goals----16 assists----30 PM
with Buffalo

Christobal Huet
---13 games----5 wins----8 loses----.918Sv----2.65 GAA
with Montreal and Washington

Patrick Sharp

---12 games----1 goal----2 PM

with Philadelphia

Matt Walker
---4 games----1 assist
with St. Louis

Ben Eager

---2 games----26 PM

with Philadelphia

Oh The Beauty Of Photoshop!!

The things you can do with photoshop and some spare time!

Clearly they could be done better, but I didn't have that much time to devote to editing pictures.

(click for larger image)

I feel as though, some how Getty wouldn't approve.....

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Oh Trev!

Happy 39th Birthday Mr. Linden!

And I didn't make this, but I do enjoy it! Check It Out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xziSw5qIBGQ

Ode To The Playoffs

Ode to the playoffs
Where the good play the great
and the better prevail

Ode to the players
who raise their game
play shift after shift
until every inch of them burns

Ode to the game
tape to tape passes
top shelf back-handers
bone crushing hits
glove saves

Ode to the fan
who stay loyal through it all
and never let go of hope
those who celebrate with the team

Ode to the ice
freshly flooding
a new beginning
perfect

Ode to the playoffs
16 wins is all it takes
the strong will survive
and the weak will become stronger
because in the playoffs,
passion leads you to the cup
and passion is in all of us

by Michelle Dudeck
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