“If you want to score goals, you go to the net'”.
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The offside coaches challenge of Game 2 that swung the game 3-2 in favor of Chicago.
So Game 7. This should be fun, right? But we have knowledge and it’s the emotional knowledge of how deep you have to dig.
After the Blues blew a two goal lead the other night, the Blues would come home to play game seven against the team that never seems to lose a game 7. As he fell, he directed it back into the net at 8:31 of the third period.
“I don’t know if it’s a milestone, but it’s a hump”, coach Ken Hitchcock said. “God was it an anxious moment on the bench”.
After St. Louis took a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 4-3 victory in Game 4, Chicago won a thrilling double overtime road game, 4-3, due to a Patrick Kane goal and then stayed alive on home ice with a 6-3 victory in Game 6 on Saturday.
The series-decider is Wednesday night in Anaheim, the first Game 7 in Predators history.
These teams last met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2001, when the Blues had both Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis and the Stars had Brett Hull and Mike Modano. Regardless of who wins this game 7, they will be the new favorite in the west where the Dallas Stars are already waiting.
It’s victor take all in tonight’s Game 7 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the St. Louis Blues to win the Western Conference in the National Hockey League. Chicago wasted no time in the second period to level the game at 2-2, thanks to a power-play goal from Andrew Shaw 3:20 into the frame.
That was when Brouwer’s leadership kicked in.
– Troy Brouwer will appear in his team-leading 7th career Game 7.
“That was the ugliest goal I’ve ever scored”, said Brouwer, who has eight career playoff goals. 2, Nashville, Neal 2 (Johansen), 17:45. After an early Blackhawks goal, the Blues scored three straight and looked like that they were going to close out the series in Chicago. Two great teams playing hard and momentum wildly swinging back and forth.
There’s going to be a lot to think about after this season, but I just wanted to briefly say thank you to everyone who’s read and commented on Second City Hockey over the past seven months. “When you’re not able to do it, you start doubting yourself and tonight is a huge encouragement”. But now we have the knowledge of what it takes.
In all of their success these past few seasons, the Blackhawks have gotten the clutch performances and some of those bounces.
Quenneville, who spoke in a gruffer voice than usual, said he did not say anything to his players. “That’s the division we’re in, that’s the conference we’re in… the best in the league”. It’s this ability to go into really tough areas and succeed and even at times feel comfortable.
The Blues weren’t instilling confidence after a brutal Game 6 loss, but found a way to get ahead late in Game 7 and shut the door. “Just wasn’t in our favor”.
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They beat a great team to end their run of first-round disappointments, and only the San Jose Sharks have looked as good or better than the Blues in the West. The Blues are going to be a force the rest of this postseason. The Blues re-inserted rookie D Joel Edmundson after sitting two games in place of Robert Bortuzzo….
