He was at one of the Blackhawks Stanley Cup games in Chicago. What kind of a sick world do we live in where that douchebag was watching the Hawks in the Stanley Cup when true blue die hard Hawks fans couldn't get to the game. What possible tie to Chicago does he have?
You hear me Billy? I wanted to take you down before - now you have awakened the fury!!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
BLACKHAWKS!!
While it's only been a few years for Chicago fans to enjoy a championship run since the 2005 Sox, there was something truly special about watching the Blackhawks run this year. I've watched some really crappy Hawks teams over the past few years - wondering if Tuomo Ruutuu could be the next big thing, would Adrian Acoin prove to be worth the big money, why oh why did we trade Roenick for Alex Zhamnov???
You knew some magic was in the air this year. The Hawks got their Bulls/Pistons type test losing to the Red Wings in the conference finals last year. Bringing in Hossa, Madden, Kopecky and the ridiculously fortuitous move of bringing Niemi up with the team to back up Cristobal "That's my seat on the bench" Huet. The year started off a little slow in Finland and with the Captain suffering a concussion early (not to mention Hossa being out to start the year). Then things took off and the Hawks battled for best record in a deep West all year.
I think the thing I enjoyed most as the playoffs got going is how much more special it got as Josh got more and more involved watching it with me. To see him rattle off the player names and jersey numbers beyond even seasoned hockey watchers was something else. Maybe even more so was to watch him play his own hockey games, scoring multiple goals with his favorites (Kane with a series of hat tricks along with Brent Sopel somehow scoring 3-4 goals a game??) and celebrating each goal with his own rendition of Chelsea Dagger.
It reminded me of my junior high/high school/early college years when you knew what you were doing almost every night in early summer - watching the Bulls playoff games. I loved scheduling my days around watching the Hawks games at night. I have to say, the stress and tension of playoff hockey took its toll as I know there are gray hairs now that weren't a few weeks ago. Even more fun was taking Josh up to bed with the girls after the 2nd periods and then turning off the lights and sneaking him back down to watch the ends of the games with me.
It's still hard to believe we won the Cup - really wish the winning goal had been a little more definitive early on - but how can you fault an ending where Patrick Kane wins it in overtime? Trying to soak this in still - want to welcome Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews especially into the Chicago sports hierarchy - can't wait for the day 20 years from now and going back to the UC for Kane/Toews legends night. Truly special - go Hawks!
You knew some magic was in the air this year. The Hawks got their Bulls/Pistons type test losing to the Red Wings in the conference finals last year. Bringing in Hossa, Madden, Kopecky and the ridiculously fortuitous move of bringing Niemi up with the team to back up Cristobal "That's my seat on the bench" Huet. The year started off a little slow in Finland and with the Captain suffering a concussion early (not to mention Hossa being out to start the year). Then things took off and the Hawks battled for best record in a deep West all year.
I think the thing I enjoyed most as the playoffs got going is how much more special it got as Josh got more and more involved watching it with me. To see him rattle off the player names and jersey numbers beyond even seasoned hockey watchers was something else. Maybe even more so was to watch him play his own hockey games, scoring multiple goals with his favorites (Kane with a series of hat tricks along with Brent Sopel somehow scoring 3-4 goals a game??) and celebrating each goal with his own rendition of Chelsea Dagger.
It reminded me of my junior high/high school/early college years when you knew what you were doing almost every night in early summer - watching the Bulls playoff games. I loved scheduling my days around watching the Hawks games at night. I have to say, the stress and tension of playoff hockey took its toll as I know there are gray hairs now that weren't a few weeks ago. Even more fun was taking Josh up to bed with the girls after the 2nd periods and then turning off the lights and sneaking him back down to watch the ends of the games with me.
It's still hard to believe we won the Cup - really wish the winning goal had been a little more definitive early on - but how can you fault an ending where Patrick Kane wins it in overtime? Trying to soak this in still - want to welcome Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews especially into the Chicago sports hierarchy - can't wait for the day 20 years from now and going back to the UC for Kane/Toews legends night. Truly special - go Hawks!
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