Entries with the tag: chicago+blackhawks

Sweet Home, Chicago

by Alanah McGinley on 04/11/08 at 07:14 PM
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I realize plenty has been said this season about the resurgence of the team (and the brand name) that is the Chicago Blackhawks, but I really can’t get enough of it. Not that I have any personal allegiance to that club, but who hasn’t sympathy for the trials and tribulations of those fans?

It’s a great story for the NHL in general, but most particularly for those faithful Chicago fans whose patience has been severely tested over so many years; their original six franchise mired in the backwards-thinking policies and business practices of an old guard that couldn’t grasp the relevance of how modern sports marketing had evolved beyond the 1960s.

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Don’t Quit Your Day Job

by Alanah McGinley on 01/04/08 at 03:27 AM
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I found the video below via the Deuce of Davenport:

Some people were born to be comedians, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman James Wisniewski is not one of them. He shows his lighter side in this mini-movie entitled “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” where he plays the role of the caretaker of a hotel.

Deuce goes on to describe what you’re about to see as essentially a cinematic “train wreck” and really, he’s not far wrong.

But full points to Wisniewski for the effort—it’s not his fault that this train kinda crashes:

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Hockey Soup

by Alanah McGinley on 11/15/07 at 02:20 PM
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Without any common theme, some random odds & ends stories and related NHL commentary from this past week.

First, about the head injuries:

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NHL Team Owners We Love to Hate

by Alanah McGinley on 09/24/07 at 02:52 PM
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Last week I pointed out Players We Love to Hate from Jonah Keri at ESPN.  This week it’s time for the team owners to hit the hot seat. 

And the first NHL team on the list—and in the blackened hearts of Chicago fans everywhere, no doubt—is Bill Wirtz:

5. Bill Wirtz, Chicago Blackhawks: Estimated to be worth nearly $4 billion, “Dollar Bill” is the embodiment of the greedy, frugal owner who refuses to invest in his franchise and instead watches it fall into ruin. His refusal to pay Bobby Hull and Jeremy Roenick led to both players leaving Chicago. He’s also presided over the departures of Chris Chelios, Dominik Hasek, Phil Esposito, the Sears Tower, Wrigley Field and Lake Michigan. As a final slap in the face, Wirtz has blacked out Blackhawks home games for years.

You can check out the rest of Keri’s story for some other dark choices, as well. (Specifically, numbers 11, 13, 16, 17 and 31.)