In honor of Duncan Keith’s Norris trophy, I bring you this:
Thanks Chicago Trib. for the stoopid graphic.
Congrats Dunks! A career-high 69 points, Olympic gold, top defenseman honor and the Stanley Cup. BadAssed!
Must has!
This is hilarious and awesome:
WGN Radio.mp3
NHL.com is monitoring audio levels at the United Center for the Stanley Cup Finals. Fun Stuff!
| OCCURRENCE | TIME | dBs |
| Organist practicing | Pre-game | 91dB |
| Hawks come out on ice | Pre-game | 107dB |
| Let’s Go Hawks! chat | Pre-game | 105dB |
| Hawks in-arena video | Pre-game | 112dB |
| Hawks enter ice | Pre-game | 115dB |
| National Anthem | Pre-game | 115-121dB |
| Hawks forecheck (2 solid hits) | 3:21 of 1st period | 104dB |
| Whistling fan in Sec. 310 | 4:35 of 1st period | 101dB |
| Kane shown on video screen | 5:55 of 1st period | 104dB |
| Brouwer tying goal | 7:14 of 1st period | 116dB |
| Bolland breakaway SH goal | 11:50 of 1st period | 118dB |
| Leigh-ton, Leigh-ton chant | 13:35 of 1st period | 99dB |
| Let’s go Hawks cheer after PHI 4th goal | 8:00 of 2nd period | 108dB |
| Versteeg’s tying goal | 9:31 of 2nd period | 112dB |
| Brouwer scores again, Hawks’ 5th | 15:18 of 2nd period | 110dB |
| Extended song celebration | 15:18 of 2nd period | 108dB |
| PA announcement on Flyers goalie switch | 15:18 of 2nd period | 109dB |
| Hawks legends shown of video screen | 16:15 of 2nd period | 110dB |
| Kopecky scores Hawks’ 6th goal | 8:25 of 3rd period | 114dB |
| Niemi makes glove save on Briere | 17:54 of 3rd period | 108dB |
| Final buzzer goes off | End of game | 113dB |
| Hawks give stick salute to fans | Postgame | 110dB |
Which end did Public Niemi defend? <–
SharpShooters goal is wrong…
Duncan Keith, my Olympic MVP, notches the first goal in the Hawks victory last night over Smashville WOOHOO!
28 minutes of ice time last night, one goal and one assist.
Now a Norris Trophy candidate for leagues best defender.
He led all NHL defensemen in goals (10), assists (38) and points (48) at even-strength. Keith also was proficient on the penalty kill, leading all defensemen with 5 shorthanded points (1 goal, 4 assists).
Keith, 26, was second among all defensemen with 15 multi-point contests, and also excelled defensively with 143 blocked shots and a plus-21 rating. He was second in the NHL with an average of 26:35 of ice time per game. Keith played more than 30 minutes in a game eight times, including a team season-high of 32:40 March 14 against Washington. He averaged 2:58 on the penalty kill and 2:48 on the power play per game.
Fuk YEAH! Doughty and Green are both badassed, but Duncs is the man! He has carried the Hawks D for weeks (due to injuries to Campbell and Johnsson) and he doesn’t take any shit!
Next! Canuuks FAIL!
KA-BOOM!BOX will be recreating the entire first act of HAIR on Saturday at Mickey’s
On a more serious note:
Record Store Day is fast approaching! WOOHOO! MadCity has some amazing exclusive coming! My list:
TV on the Radio, Phoenix, LCD Sound System, Gorillaz, Fela, Charlotte Gainsburg w/ Beck, the Beastie Boys- Vinyl ONLY Bitches!
Madison Ride the Drive 2010 dates are official! June 6th and August 29th. WOOHOO!
The Men’s Hockey Badgers are in the NCAA Frozen Four! WOOHOO! They square off against the Rochester Institute of Technology(?) Tigers on Thursday.
Sighted last night
Photo by Jeff Roberson, Associated Press
Where did he get that analogy?
Back on February 3rd Carducci wrote:
The Blackhawks have already convinced the city they will bring the Stanley Cup one or many times over the next decade, and their “One Goal” pr campaign is just pouring on that pressure. So their 5-3 road trip was slightly disappointing. They seem to operate inefficiently as they often dominate puck-possession and the shots-on-goal count while allowing their opponent to stay in the game. This leaves questions about their goaltenders but the beat writers haven’t convinced me they need to trade for a readymade cup-winner. Here the sports columnists are busy making excuses for missing the construction of this team, not knowing who Joel Quenneville is, and claiming none of it matters because hockey is simple. Again, they should stick to their Bears because they will continue to miss the sport even now that they are forced to watch. That’s no shame in hockey because when coaches change lines and defensemen on the fly for the match-ups they want, there are probably only a couple dozen fans who really are able to keep up with any coach’s strategy, home or away. Plus they’d have to sit a few rows center immediately behind the benches just to see it all. I’m not one of the experts so I know what I’m talking about. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: “Hockey = Jazz”. I keep measuring the Hawks by the old gold-standard Edmonton Oilers of Gretzky, Kurri, Messier and Fuhr. The Blackhawks can be as fast but they do not yet know each other well enough to be that efficient a wrecking machine of other teams’ defenses. They are for flashes here and there though, and by May…?
I promise I am NOT turning into a Cubs fan, but the post-Olympic malaise, I’ll go back further, to the loss to the Wild on January 9th, the harbinger of doom! This team is not playing like a team. Blame Q, blame Captain Serious, blame the goaltending, blame Ovechkin, doesn’t matter. This ain’t pond hockey. Havlat have love? Not tonight!
Poor Brent Sopel! That looked like it stung.
The value of memorabilia amazes!
I hope the easter bunny delivers these now
JR link
This is NEWS!
Photo by Ross Dettman/Chicago Wolves
The Atlanta Thrashers just signed 48 year old former Blackhawk/Redwing/Canadien Chris Chelios.
Over his 25-year NHL career, Chelios won three Stanley Cups. He scored 948 points (185 goals, 763 assists) and 2,891 penalty minutes in 1,644 career games. In a NHL-record 266 career playoff games, Chelios has 144 points (31 goals, 113 assists)
Four decades in the NHL? Damn!
The Boston Globe runs a web site The Big Picture-News Stories in Photographs. This week they feature two great galleries of Olympics photography. Some fabulous perspectives. Enjoy!
REUTERS/Jim Young
A couple of favs:
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Alex Livesey/Getty Images