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Well the Blues vs Blackhawks is tuesday 01/22 at 7:30 PM (CT).
You can watch the Hawks beat the blues. It should be a good game.
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So then why can't I base "my team" on which uniform I like the best? If I spend time watching their games, don't I want to at least enjoy the way they look on the ice while I'm learning the game?
Ah hah! Like i said, not a conscious decision, it just happens!
My words, I am eating them... Though to be fair, I did only watch 2 games last night, after Kyle Turris scored that goal in the first period against the panthers, I kinda of stopped flicking back to the Sabres/Maple Leafs game.
So then why can't I base "my team" on which uniform I like the best? If I spend time watching their games, don't I want to at least enjoy the way they look on the ice while I'm learning the game?
Automatically Appended Next Post: So any good teams playing tonight?
Yup... Blues and Blackhawks. Traditional Rivalry and two really good times right now.
It'll be a battle.
Automatically Appended Next Post: EDIT: Heh... there's even a wiki on this:
The Blackhawks–Blues rivalry features two teams in the Central Division of the NHL, the Chicago Blackhawks and
St. Louis Blues. Since 1970, the two teams have been in the same division together.[1] It is the most intense rivalry in terms of penalty minutes and fighting,[1] and it is common to go to a Chicago vs. St. Louis game and see a brawl break out.[1]
The Blackhawks are an Original Six team, while the Blues entered play in the 1967 expansion. The long-standing bitter rivalry between sports fans from Chicago and St. Louis, which are separated by 300 miles, as seen in the Cardinals–Cubs rivalry in Major League Baseball, has led to the Blackhawks and Blues to have an intense hatred for each other. The two teams have been in the same division since 1970 (Western 1970–74, Smythe 1974–81, Norris 1981–93, Central 1993–present). They also make it the playoffs together between 1980-1997.
The matchups reached their zenith in the early '90s, when both teams had well-known stars such as Denis Savard, Chris Chelios and Ed Belfour for the Hawks and Brett Hull, Adam Oates and Curtis Joseph for the Blues and played in old arenas (St. Louis Arena and Chicago Stadium) that were regarded as two of the loudest in the league.
[edit]Notable moments
One notable moment in the rivalry was the 1993 Norris Division Semifinal: Chicago had won the division handily but were swept by the Blues, winning the series on an overtime goal. Belfour, who said he had been interfered with on the goal by Hull, went on to cause thousands of dollars' worth of damage to the visitors' dressing room at the Arena, breaking a coffeemaker, hot tub and television among other objects. To this day Belfour refuses to appear in regular-season games in St. Louis: the only exception coming in 1999 when he replaced Roman Turek for the Dallas Stars in the third period of a 4–4 game, and only after Turek had allowed four unanswered goals. When he was spotted skating onto the ice, the Savvis Center crowd greeted him with the "Bellll-foooour" chant, first popularized in the '93 series. Ironically, Hull and "The Eagle" were Dallas teammates in 1998–99, and both critical in the Stars' narrow Cup win that summer, which came at the expense of the Buffalo Sabres and Belfour's former teammate Dominik Hašek.
The Blackhawks and Blues were also fierce rivals in the Norris Division along with the Minnesota North Stars, a three-way rivalry that was among the most heated, if not the most heated, in the NHL. In fact, it can be argued that all five members of the classic Norris Division (Chicago, St. Louis, Minnesota, Detroit, and Toronto) were mortal enemies.
[edit]St. Patrick's Day Massacre
Perhaps the defining moment of the rivalry came in a brawl during a Blackhawks 6-4 win over the Blues in a game on March 17, 1991.[1][2] This game became known as the "St. Patrick's Day Massacre" for the massive amount of fighting and penalties handed out to both teams.[2][3] In the game, the two teams, who were fighting for the Presidents' Trophy got into a brawl after Glen Featherstone shoved Jeremy Roenick after his hard hit on Harold Snepsts. Keith Brown shoved Featherstone, beginning a brawl.[3] Twelve players, six on each team, were ejected.[2][3] After reviewing the tapes, the NHL suspended Blues defenseman Scott Stevens for two games, and Hawks Mike Peluso and Blues Kelly Chase each for 10 games and fined both teams $10,000 each.[4]
[edit]Recent developments
The Blues and Blackhawks did meet in the 2002 Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Blues won that series 4 games to 1.[5][6] With the rise of the Hawks and Blues back into prominence in the late 2000s. Which was included in the 2008–09 season when both teams made the playoffs.
Also, during the 2011–12 season, both teams were engaged in a battle for first place in the Central Division and the Western Conference, along with another Blackhawks rival in the Central Division, the Detroit Red Wings, which the Blues ended up winning with 109 points as opposed to Chicago's 101.
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Devils Flyers tonight, great rivalry there for different reasons (the weirdos in South Jersey are under the sway of Philadelphia and tend to support said team more than their own hometown heroes).
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
djones520 wrote: Talk about a sexy shoot out goal, watch Brunners in his win for the Wings tonight. That was pure sexiness with a bow on top of it.
OMG yes!!! I don't like either team, but holy crap that was one fantastic shot... I think they "reviewed" it just to rub it in the goalies face that he missed it.
Toronto after their first game of the season (okay it's last year, but this year's result was technically the same!):
Toronto returns to reality after the second game of the season (okay, again it's last year, but its still pretty accurate!):
Gotta love Leafs fans! So delusional, and oh so easy to make fun of.
Sadly it looks like my Habs are playing for draft picks again this season, due to how badly the team's been screwed up by the former front office rds... But at least I can say, (unlike most Leafs fans), that I got to see my team hoist the Stanley Cup on colour TV!
Experiment 626 wrote: Toronto after their first game of the season (okay it's last year, but this year's result was technically the same!):
Spoiler:
Toronto returns to reality after the second game of the season (okay, again it's last year, but its still pretty accurate!):
Spoiler:
Gotta love Leafs fans! So delusional, and oh so easy to make fun of.
Sadly it looks like my Habs are playing for draft picks again this season, due to how badly the team's been screwed up by the former front office rds... But at least I can say, (unlike most Leafs fans), that I got to see my team hoist the Stanley Cup on colour TV!
You're lucky... the Blues never hoisted the cup...
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Theres quite a few places to stream games, google it!
The Devils game was blacked out so I was watching the Blues...yaaaaawn... I'm definitely liking the way the Sharks look this season, helps that they are my fav west coast team also helps Niemi is the goalie in my fantasy league hehehe
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
The Devils game was blacked out so I was watching the Blues...yaaaaawn... I'm definitely liking the way the Sharks look this season, helps that they are my fav west coast team also helps Niemi is the goalie in my fantasy league hehehe
I did google it, nothing seemed "legit" though I supposed when looking to stream games legit isn't what I want to look for.
Some kind soul PM'd me a link, currently streaming the audio of the Blackhawks game through the NHL app.
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whembly wrote: WHooo... 3 -2 hawks... blues getting dangerous!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Wow... good game 'hawks... we'll get ya 4 moar times.
Yes the Blues picked it up at the end there. They are going to be a tough team this year.
Good game though!
"Did you notice a sign out in front of my chapel that said "Land Raider Storage"?" -High Chaplain Astorath the Grim Redeemer of the Lost.
I sold my soul to the devil and now the bastard is demanding a refund!
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Yeah... he's awesome.
ds... But at least I can say, (unlike most Leafs fans), that I got to see my team hoist the Stanley Cup on colour TV! 
