this is a hockey blog remember ?
not sure how many were lucky enough to tune in yesterday afternoon, it wasn't easy what with the Mets, Yanks, NFL Draft all happening, but when the Cup is raised next month we may look back to what occurred in Chicago Stadium as the biggest turning point........trailing 4-3 late in the 3rd period the Hawks desperately needed an equalizing goal ......with 50 seconds left and the goalie pulled, Marion Hossa was whistled for a 5 minute Major for shoving a predator from behind, sending him crashing into the boards......the Hawks would now be shorthanded....game over....
not so fast, inexplicably the Preds instead of playing keep away with the puck in the Chicago zone, coughed it up....the Hawks raced into Nashville zone and re-pulled their goalie...30 seconds left.........they whipped it around the net out to the point, slid pass into the slot for a rifle shot...SAVE....the rebound was skipping away from the crease when PATRICK KANE pounced and redirected into the idle twine.....tie game...tie game.......13 seconds left......onto OT.
But alas the power play continues into the extra session, and so the Preds would have the man advantage for the first 4:10 of bonus hockey......Chi Stadium Greeted the Hawks to a standing ovation and roared their approval with every zone clearing of the extra session...the preds barely threatened, and whom else but Marion Hossa, fresh from the penalty box, would skate into Nash zone untouched and receive a giftwrapped pass on the doorstep......Rush and Division are still trembling from the eruption that ensued after Hossa scored....Hawks Win, Hawks win...
it was a game for the ages, and if Chief Blackhawk gets to carry Lord Stanley's Chalice , one should look no further than yesterday as the defining moment ...at least so far.
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