thoughts watching scum @ hawks
- One more for the home crowd, boys. One more for pride.
- Having watched a LOT of hockey the last few days, a few things strike me: 1. The Hawks are stupidly fast. Really, really fast. 2. The camera crew at the UC does a superb job of making smooth transitions that follow the fast play. Other arenas have problems with motion-sickness syndrome, wherein the camera appears to be handheld, shakes all over the place, jerks so much that it turns your stomach, and otherwise fail to follow play. The UC crew does an amazing job of avoiding this, given the remarkable speed they have to deal with.
- Hi Hendry! Nice to have you back, Boynton was an adventure of the type we don't appreciate.
- Antti-goal!
- Tazer looked completely shocked when Sharpie made that shot. Not often that you see him lose track of the puck that way, and even less often when he's on screening duties. Wake up, Captain Serious!
- Hossa is a monster. Period. It makes me want to taunt the Wings: we have him and you don't, neener neener.
- I love how physical Seabs can be. The way he just shrugs off the Wings forecheckers when they come at him is pretty damn inspiring. Their dual physicality is another reason that he and Hammer are quickly growing on me as a pair. Nothing can replace Seabs'n'Keith in my heart, but Biscuit and Meatball (the Meatball Sub pairing?) are quickly endearing themselves.
- ANTTI-GOAL!!! And Old Man Sopes also making good decisions.
- Damn, Kaner's on fire. Now if only we could get him linemates that can handle his style of quick finesse passes. Step it up, Bolly, we're all cheering for you!
- I am really loving Frazzle's 'fro.
- I think that's what you'd call meta-telestration. Telestrating the telestrator. It makes me happy how delighted Pat and Eddie sound when Pat says "New crayons!" and there's a new color on the telestrator. I am easily amused.
- Oh goodie. A PP.
- TAZER!!!! TAZER, GRITTY AND BELOVED CAPTAIN OF MY HEART!!!! AND BOLLY!!! YAY EVERYONE, I'M SO HAPPY WE SCORED FIRST IN THIS GAME, NOW LET US ALL KEEP SCORING!!! AMAZING!
- Oh foo. A penalty. Well, let's look at it as an opportunity to pad our shortie stats.
- ANTTI-GOAL!!!
- ANTTI-FUCKING-GOAL!!! GO, BBGOALIE, GO!!!
- "Williams tried to keep it, Madden mounted him and got it out!" Thanks, Pat, that was some insight.
- Kane-Madden-Bickell is an... interesting choice for a line. I don't know that I approve, but whatevs, Q. I've given up on questioning your 'stache magic.
- Well, that'll do it for the first. Not bad, over all. I'd like to see the Hawks a little more dominant, but not at the cost of defensive coverage in our own zone, which was overall excellent. This feels like a playoff game. Both teams playing hard, few weaknesses on either side. If the Hawks can avoid stupid penalties, they'll be okay. Two more, Hawks. Just (please, please) bring two more.
- "Happy human", hee. Though that chocolate sculpture of Edzo will haunt my dreams.
- Hammer! Be okay! OMG, I couldn't bear to lose you!
- Oi, Duncs, what was that? You get the puck, settle it, skate a full 360 around it, and then shoot? Why not eliminate the weird turn, and get it on net a little earlier? Or were you looking for routes the to point or boards first? Your logic, I does not understand it.
- Wait, let me check... yep, still in love with the fourth line.
- I always like to see Old Man Sopes step up offensively. It's sort of quaint and reassuring, like chicken soup. Sopel is taking point shots from just above the circles, all is well.
- Oh, Sharpie, so so so so close. Keep jamming on it, maybe you'll land one.
- fuck. what the hell was that? seriously? dammit, maddog, that one's on you.
- Good news is, the fourth still looks dominant. Can we keep them out a few shifts, maybe alternate with Sharp-Toews-Hossa, and let's see if we can't get this one back in hand. The Hawks have been fairly dominant, there's no reason for them not to take this game.
- Come on, Hawks. Pull it back in hand.
- ANTTI-GOAL!!!
- Hendry, much as I love him, sometimes needs to remember that he's playing D today and not forward. He got buried too deep there, and almost hung Sopes out to dry.
- Oh Sharpie. So so close. Keep on keeping on. Sharpie on the bench looks pissed.
- Jesus, Sharpie fucking robbed AGAIN. Come on Hawks, pot one. Almost means nothing, put it in!
- Kane v. Kronwall, and Kaner won that physical battle by a mile and a half. He's come so far this year, it make me proud to see him fighting veterans like that and winning.
- Lilja: fuck yourself. Also, leave off Kopecky, he hasn't done anything to you.
- Dear Hawks: you are on the fucking PP. SHOOT MORE.
- DUNCS!!! AND ANTTI-GOAL!!! AMAZING DEFENSE FOR THE WIN. THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS HOW YOU DEFEND A TWO-ON-ONE!!!
- Well, nice try Frazzle. Nice try.
- Oh goodie. A PP.
- Nice breakaway for Captain Marvel! Good signs, even on the PP. And that'll be the period.
- The story of this game so far is Hawk dominance. Scum had only three shots in that whole damn period. I have GOT to believe that if this keeps up, we'll get another in. I've got to.
- One more to go. Win this, win the game, win the series, win the Conference. One more, Hawks. Give us one. solid. period. One frame, one goal, one more record to fell, one more championship to win. One more, Hawks. One more.
- Hoo boy, we got lucky on that one. Nice work by Antti-goal, but it took a hell of an assist from Lady Fickle to keep that one out.
- fuck. oh, no.
- HOLY SHIT. AFTER SO SO MUCH, THANK YOU FRAZ!!!! FRAZZLE, WHO IS A MOVIE STAR AND A STUD AND AMAZING AND MADE OF CHOCOLATE AND GOOD!!!! OH FRAZZLE!!! PLEASE LET THIS BE A GOAL. Please. plzplzplzplzplz. plzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplz. (Why yes, I continued to type that through the whole of the period where the refs were reviewing the goal, why do you ask?) OH THANK YOU GOD. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! WOO!!!! YAY FRAZZLE!!! GO HAWKS!!!!
- ANTTI-GOAL!!!
- Lulz, that puck almost hit Q. Nice dodge, Q!
- Nice to hear the crowd again, finally. I feel like our boys always play better when there's a raucous house behind them.
- Gee, thanks, Franzen. A pp.
- Oh, Tazer. Robbed. ROBBED.
- Oh shit. Overtime. Come on, Hawks. Fuck them up the ass with a two-by-four in the OT. I know you can do it, so bring it home. Five minutes to finish, boys. One goal.
- HEART ATTACK. OMG, BBGOALIE, DON'T DO THAT TO ME.
- Damn, Sharpie. So close. Again. Fucking hell, just pot one, Sharpie. Just put one in, you'll be a hero. We promise.
- ANTTI-GOAL!!!!!
- FUCK. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT. FUCKING HELL, THAT WAS OUR GOAL, COME ON HAWKS PUT ONE THE FUCK IN. DO IT. COME ON.
- fuck. fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. goddamn fucking hell. fuck.
- No postgame. Going out to punch things now.