HAWKS WIN! HAWKS WIN! HAWKS WIN!: Hawks 4, Flyers 3 (OT) BLACKHAWKS WIN THE STANLEY CUP!
Unbelievable. The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup. As I type this, firecrackers are going off in my neighborhood and the locals are looting the Food King.
I could recap the game, but unless you were under rock, you saw what happened. If you didn't just know that the Hawks led most of the way, Philly made a valiant comeback, and Patrick Kane, who was too small, too soft, too immature, put the Flyers lights out in overtime. Jonathan Toews won the Conn Smyth trophy and then was handed the Stanley Cup. And damned if the kid didn't finally crack a smile.
Be forewarned, the rest of the this will be me rambling incoherently until I get tired and go to bed.
It may shock you to learn that I am not a lifelong Hawks fan. It's true, nobody in my family watched hockey. I picked up the game from my friends in high school, and with them, the Blackhawks. 1989 was my first serious season as a fan, and it was when I began a love affair with the most exciting game on earth. I learned the finer points and rules from my buddies who played and the NHL video games, but I learned to love the Blackhawks on my own. And now, I'm teaching my kids to love them, and finally got my dad and brother involved as well. I'll work on my nephews as they get older. It feels good, I'm the ignitor of the Blackhawks flame in my family, and hope to keep it burning.
That's what being a fan is about. You love the team, you love the players and that's how you share in the joy of victory and feel the pain of their defeats. It stays with you. It's something that can be shared across generations. And the fans stay with the players. Jerry Seinfeld says we're just cheering for laundry, but that ain't how hockey works. Hell, I just watched Jeremy Roenick break into tears talking about how happy he was for the Blackhawks fans that they'd won the Cup. That ain't about laundry.
And best part of this whole thing is that we've got this website to share the fun with other fans. Part of the reason Fork and I do this, is we get to interact with you bunch of jagoffs. Make no mistake, if no one read or commented, we'd have shut down long ago. But you guys have made this whole thing fun for us, and I can think of nothing more fun than sharing a Stanley Cup championship with all of you.
Congratulations to the Blackhawks:
ONE GOAL
We'll get something more coherent up later. Until then, play us off boys.
Posted by CT at 6/9/2010 10:08 PM 
Categories: Chicago Blackhawks, 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers
Tags: Playoffs Blackhawks Flyers
Categories: Chicago Blackhawks, 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers
Tags: Playoffs Blackhawks Flyers
I never comment just read. But you guys are awesome but the Blackhawks are so much more awesomer. No disrespect to Philadelphia as they played a hard series. But GO HAWKS. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
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"The Greatest Stanley Cup Win In The History Of The Game."
Here Come The Hawks. The Mighty Blackhawks.
Y'all have probably heard me tell this story before...but I was six years old when I watched the Black Hawks win the Cup.
Flickering black and white images on an RCA Victor TV built in the late 1940's, a tube television with a tiny screen in a big wood cabinet with rabbit ears parked on top that you had to adjust constantly, along with the vertical hold knob.
You got most of your hockey news from the newspaper the following morning.
And every Saturday, there was Hockey Night in Canada.
That was it.
Your imagination did the rest.
Up here in Ottawa, Canada, kids were Leafs or Canadiens fans, depending on whether you spoke English or French.
I spoke both...and my team was the one that had Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Glenn Hall, Ed Litzenberger, Pierre Pilote, Elmer Vasko and Dollard St. Laurent.
The minute I saw the Indian Head, the choice was made.
Because win or lose, the Black Hawks were, and are, always...proud warriors.
Tonight, that pride has its reward.
It's been a long time coming.
Savor the moment.
And thanks to Fork, CT, Lady Fork, and all of you.
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Dave, your podcasts have been very prescient as you called that many of our Hawkey players could not and would not give up. Toews Kane and Hossa have led to our rebirth. GO HAWKS!
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Great recap CT! Couldn't have said it better.
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No joke, no hyperbole, but I was having the worst day of my life in over 15 years today. I figured, "well, the "Hawks will probably have to go to a Game 7, considering how everything is turning to shit in my life..." Honestly, I can't say that it made it all OK, but THANK GOD they won. They deserved it, and they fought hard to bring the Cup back to Chicago.
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Seeing JR break down on national tv was one of the coolest and saddest things I've ever seen. It shows you how big a deal winning the cup is, and how much it means. I think I had tears in my eyes too--I was so happy they had won--but also because I felt so sorry for him. I know he's one of the best American players ever, he's made millions of dollars, got 500 goals, etc, but it seemed like he never wanted to leave Chicago in the first place. He wanted to be a Blackhawk. I guess what I'm saying is I think that for JR, watching the 'hawks win it all was a very bittersweet moment. Even when he left Chicago, he was always one of my favorites.
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Thanks for teaching me about the most exciting game on the planet! Congratulations Hawks Fans!!!!
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Adam Burish says it best: “It’s so cool, it’s the greatest feeling. Anything cool you’ve done, a great vacation, a really hot girl… this is better.”
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I grew up as a hockey fan, watching and following my brother through bantam and then high school travel. But I was never a serious NHL fan. It was about December and I started watching the Hawks with my best friend, and from the first game I watched I fell in love with the boys and the organization. I've cried watching tough game and didn't give up when things we're shaky towards the end of the season, and there I was screaming my head off and crying watching Jonathan Toews lift the Stanley Cup. I will never have that experience, but I have never been so happy in my entire life and I don't think anything will ever compare. The friendships and memories this team has given me is beyond anything I could ever ask for. Watching this group of guys win the Cup is something that I will always remember and celebrating with my best friend will live with me forever.
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