Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup last night in dramatic fashion - the first team to win two in the salary cap era - to end a fairy tale season.

I'm so, so happy right now. Probably more on this later, but right now I'm just basking in the joy and amazement and the novelty of for once following a team in its Championship year.

First off, new fic:

[Hockey RPF] this is my kingdom come
(Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews, Jonathan Toews/Various)

Or, Jonathan Toews' neck is a slut.So the Blackhawks eked out a win vs. the Detroit Red Wings in Round 2 of the 2013 playoffs, after going down 3-1 in the series and winning all three elimination games after ( Read more... )

Hawks loss today reminded me of why being a sports fan is such a terrible, terrible idea ( Read more... )