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Road Trip From Hell Continues For Chicago
by Paul on 02/11/12 at 09:02 AM ET
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from Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune,
Try as they might, the Blackhawks searched for some positives following their seventh consecutive defeat.
“Right now, minutes after another loss, it’s tough to look at the bright side of things,” captain Jonathan Toews said in the morgue-like atmosphere of the Hawks’ dressing room after their 5-3 loss to the Sharks on Friday night at HP Pavilion.
“We played hard out there. We saw some fights, we saw some scratching and clawing, some battling in front of the net and a couple of ugly goals. We played the way we had to. We gave them too many opportunities on the power play and that’s how they separated themselves from us in this game. It always seems to be one thing or another but (Friday night) we’re getting closer to playing that more complete game.”
They aren’t nearly close enough as their skid is reaching epic proportions with their ninth loss in a row away from home that dropped their record on the current road trip to 0-4-1.
continue for more on the loss to San Jose…
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“I’m not sure how many free shots they’re allowed to get. Then we come in and defend ourselves and we come out with the extra two minutes.” -Toews
That’s called “playing in the Shark tank”. I have been to quite a few games there and have yet to see one called fairly. Should the guppies feel pressure in their zone, it is neutralized with a phantom penalty. Should they be down or tied late in a game, expect consecutive power plays until they have either evened the score ot taken the lead. It sounds like a biased fan’s perspective, but it really doesn’t matter who the opponent is, there is a clear pattern in San Jose -the home team always gets the favorable calls. I’ve seen them do it against L.A, Colorado, Detroit and now Chicago, just to name a few. Absolutely pathetic and makes me hesitant to even go to games there as I know what to expect.
Posted by sean_o_sean on 02/11/12 at 04:09 PM ET