8 Game Winning Streak!!!

I know that I havent posted in a very long time...but Ive been really busy applying to colleges!! Im starting to write more again! I hope you can forgive me!! Enjoy!!

Can we just talk about the Blackhawks for a few minutes here? They have been playing fantastic. Like Stanley Cup fantastic. They just came back from a 6 game circus road trip, kick starting in Calgary against the Flames. They then played the Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks, and wrapped up the road trip in Los Angeles, facing off against the Kings. The trip started off well, winning their first two games 4-3, and 7-1. Vancouver gave us a tough game, as the Hawks lost 4-1. They went on to win the rest of their games on the road trip, 3-2, 4-1, 4-1. They came home bursting with confidence and went on to win their next 3 games, extending their winning streak to 6 games. The games that they have won have been among the few Stanley Cup contenders in the NHL, the Avalanche, Kings, Ducks, Blues, Canadians, Predators, and the Flames. Each of these teams make up some of the spots of the top 10 teams in the league. If we keep this up, I see a Stanley Cup in our near future. The past 3 games the Hawks have played have been without our starting goalie, Corey Crawford. He injured his foot and is out 2-3 weeks. He didn't give out any details on how sever the injury is, but he did explain how it happened. He was at a Rise Against concert and misstepped as he was going up stairs to leave the concert and injured his foot. He explained to the media, "I was at a concert the other day and was on the way out and I missed a step. I didn't think it was that bad. I got up the next day and it was worse than I thought. I am very embarrassed by the injury.” If they choose to, the Rocky Wirtz and John McDonaugh could suspend his pay while he is healing from the injury. They can do this because he did not injure himself on the ice, during practice, or during a game. He injured himself in his personal life, not his hockey life. This is what happened to Wild goalie, Josh Harding earlier this season, in September. According to NBCSports.com, “Josh Harding, arguably the Wild’s No. 1 goaltender heading into Thursday’s training camp, broke his right foot while kicking a wall after an off-ice altercation with a teammate and is expected to miss at least two or three months.” Thus, resulting in a suspended pay and his contract will not count against Minnesota’s salary cap. They claim they will not be paying him because it was a “non-hockey related” injury. There is no word on whether Crawford’s pay will be suspended, but as of right now he is still getting paid and most likely will continue to be paid throughout his injury. But, thank God we have amazing back up goalies (if you're reading this you should probably knock on wood), Antti Raanta and Scott Darling. To make it even cooler a hometown boy is playing on our team, Darling is from Lemont, Illinois…about 40 miles away from here. Although the goalies are playing great, let’s hope for a speedy recovery from Crawford and an extension of the winning streak they are on. Go Hawks!