man, it has been great to finally be able to see the blackhawk home games on tv this year. i became a fan back in the days of the original ontv/sportsvision experiment and have been mostly dormant ever since.

but its like riding a bicycle. if youve ever liked hockey before and grown weary of the game. its much faster now (no two line pass enforcement) and wide open. and besides that the hawks are actually good again!

im guessing they will get a lot of attention with the wrigley game coming up. but its worth getting into if your sick of regular tv nowadays

That Wrigley game outta be something!

I was starting to be loyal to the Tampa Bay Lightning because it's new owners seemed like they had the fan in mind. Unfortunately they fired the coach that had brought them the cup but has struggled of late and then hired some guy who just couldn't get the job done, to be kind. Pardon me for mixing sports, though quite appropriate here, but it was like the Cubs all over again to me.

Know why Tribune allowed it to happen? that way when the Cubs choke next year, they can blame the game damaging the field

Or maybe they were desperate for some more revenue and it was just sitting there doing nothing through the long winter months. LOL

in the past few years they have had buffet, sting, and now the hawks.

funny but as the place gets older, its starting to get more usage again.

Well when the stadium is only used for the cubs, who have "sellouts" when the fans are dressed as seats lately, you need to bring in extra revenue like Mirage stated

That was $millions, or actually $billions, ago.

Hawks are rockin'

cold steel on ice

ya know. before the season started i had i hopes that the new administration and young team would lead to a resurgeance of the black hawks. but i have to say i have been happilly surprised at thier success of late.

if all goes well. thursdays wrigley game could see the hawks in first place in thier division for the first time in nearly a decade.

its great to finally see a chicago franchise exceeding my hopes and expectations for a change!

you know. back when i started this thread in december. i thought this team had the capabilities of becoming something special down the road. but i didnt think they'd be in the wcf for at least another year, probably two. for those of you who sports fans havent got on board the hockey train as of yet. why? you are truly missing out on one of the most special and amazing chicago sports stories since the cubs in 84.

unbelievable series with vancouver. the kids kept getting down, and finding ways to fight back and win. they beat the supposed best goalie in the world seven times last night. and for the night at least, the uc was every bit as loud as the old barn ever was. the only thing missing was the cigar smoke.

2009 indeed is the year of the blackhawk in chicago. which is absolutely indescribably incredible if youve watched the recent demise of the franchise and sudden rebirth out of seemingly nowhere.

way to go hawks organization. youve restored faith in the faithless, given hope to the hopeless, created a fitting memorial season as a tribute to memories, and turned a giant boring mall like multitask venue into a real stadium again. the roar restored, the madhouse on madison is back. whatever happens from here on out this is the best chicago sports story of the past few years going back to the sox world series win.