Coming Soon

I am currently working on an article surround tennis, so beginning soon, you will be getting my opinion on both hockey and tennis. I will be attending the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament in Palm Springs, California, where I will hopefully have the opportunity to interview some of the top ranked players in the world. I am so excited and I will keep you posted!

Ice Crew

I wonder what the requirements are to be apart of the Chicago Blackhawks Ice Crew?

If I had to guess...just kidding! I think it's funny how they now have men that scrape and clean the ice with the girls. They weren't really doing much out there other than exciting the audience, so they needed to have guys go out there with them to actually do the work.

Last week I was at one of the Hawks games and as usual the Ice Crew came out on the ice and all the men in the stands began whistling and cheering. As one of the girls was skating off the ice she did some tricks in the center of the ice, and when she was twirling, she fell flat on the ice. Everyone started booing her and laughing--myself included--it was so funny!

Playoff Tickets

With the playoffs in sight, tickets are beginning to go on sale. For rounds 1 and 2 of the playoffs, tickets are $95. The third round tickets run $130 and it's $150 for the finals. Buy your tickets now, I bought mine already!!

Ladies Man

Which Blackhawk do you think is the biggest ladies man? Check this out for help

Hawks to Start Season in Finland

Check out this story; 4 teams, including the Blackhawks, will open the 2009-10 season in Europe! The Hawks will verse the Florida Panthers at the Hartwall Arena on Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, in Helsinki, Finland. This game will mark the 1st time in 17 years that the Blackhawks will play in Europe.

Probert Night at United Center

The Hawks will honor Bob Probert on February 22nd as they take on the Minnesota Wild. I will be going to the game to cheer them on in person! If you can't make it to the game, be sure to watch them as they honor Probert--they usually do something pretty cool when they honor players. I'll never forget when they honored Tony Esposito. They passed out Tony masks to everyone in the United Center; it was a sea of white masks. It was such an amazing night...so be sure to tune in (and look for me on TV)!

In Your Opinion...

Question: Do you think it's more important to be small and fast on the ice, or to have big bodies out there, that might not be the best skaters, but can fight?

Hawks Stop Home For Valentine's Day

The Blackhawks have been on an 8 game road trip, winning 5 of the 8 games. It's their second long road trip of the season.

They stop home tonight, Valentine's Day, to take on the Dallas Stars at 7:30p.m.

After tonight's game they will continue on the road to play 3 more games.

Watch the Hawks tonight!

Sick Of All the Hype Yet?

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are now in their second season of professional hockey playing for the Chicago Blackhawks. While they are in their second season, the hype of having such young athletes with the amount of talent that they do continues to rise.

I think it’s insane how much media coverage the two of them get, when the leading scorer of the team for the last 2 years has been Patrick Sharp.

Sharp has led the Hawks in scoring with 36 goals for the 2007-2008 season, and is currently in the lead this season with 23 goals. Meanwhile it’s all about Kane, who had 21 goals last season and currently has 17 for this season, as well as Toews, with 24 for 2007-2008 and 17 so far this season.

Both Kane and Toews are great players and obviously leaders in scoring, but it’s frustrating that they are the only players to receive media coverage on the team.

The Hawks have a lot of great young players this year, such as Ben Eager and Kris Versteeg, however the focus remains on Kane and Toews.

I’d like to see the media begin to give credit where credit is due—I want to read an article about a player other than Kane or Toews.

Be The Best Valentine

Do you have a gift for your Valentine? It's not too late to enter the Blackhawks Valentine's Day Sweepstakes. You and your date could be the lucky winners of tickets to the February 14th game where the Blackhawks take on Dallas. Also, you win dinner at the Governor's Room and flowers delivered to your seats by Tommy Hawk--and who doesn't love Tommy Hawk? Enter today and make your lovers day!

Hawks Take On the Canucks

The Hawks have been on the road and bringing home the wins; they have won the last 3 games in which they have played the Sharks (4-2), the Oilers (3-1), and the Flames (5-2). They are playing the Canucks tonight, hopefully bringing home the 4th straight win on the road. Watch the game here.

A Shift From Old Veterans To Young Rookies

With 15 of its 23 players under the age of 25, the Blackhawks have directly experienced the shift in concentration, aided by the new rules, from old veterans to young rookies in the NHL.

The NHL’s Board of Governors on July 22, 2005, made it a primary objective to “reduce the scope of defensive tools a team may effectively employ.” The adjustment promoted “allowing skill players to use their skills,” essentially eliminating bigger players that lack skill but can fight on the ice.

The rule increased the number of young players drafted into the NHL, such as Patrick Kane, 20, a forward for the Blackhawks from Buffalo, N.Y., and Jonathan Toews, 20, a forward for the Blackhawks from Winnipeg, Canada.

Wisniewski said the new rules were helpful to him because there are no longer 6 foot 4 inch players on the ice who can’t skate.

Another rule change benefiting smaller players is the “instigator” rule.

The rule states that a player who instigates a fight in the last five minutes of a game will receive a game misconduct, as well as an automatic one-game suspension. In addition, the player’s coach will be fined $10,000.

The enactment of this rule has decreased the number of bigger players, or “fighters” who lack a lot of skill.

“It helped me out a lot,” Wisniewski said.

At 5 feet 11 inches, he said, “I was always told I was too small.”