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2009-10 NHL Hockey PlayOffs

Chicago Blackhawks Win The Stanley Cup : 09-2010 Season

[cbc] [...] The Chicago Blackhawks ended a 49-year dry spell on Wednesday night by beating the underdog Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime to take the 2010 Stanley Cup final in six games.

In a bizarre goal that only Patrick Kane, the overtime hero, seemed to know went in, the Blackhawks celebrated 4:10 into the extra period.

For captain Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook it meant their second grand celebration in three months.

They became the fourth, fifth and sixth players to win both Olympic gold and an NHL championship in the same season.

Ken Morrow, Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan were the first three.

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Stanley Cup

OK. Colour us surprised. Our old Hawks in the final? Wow. The playoffs have been entirely surprising, for most everyone it would seem and given that the home team, after a win last year in The Internal, well...we've been sucking bad and have been blown out by, oh, 20 points. Usually the points separating the participants is from 1-5 maybe. Ouch. We'll probably call for a recount, but even a couple of counting errors can't help our dismal and worst season on record.

Anyway, Go Hawks! We're flying the colours.

From an Entertainment post of some years back: 'In fact, the Blackhawks do hold the esteem of "longest cup drought."

The last time Chicago drank from the prize was 1961 after defeating the Detroit Red Wings. The title of "second longest cup drought" is held by the Toronto Maple Leafs with their last win coming in 1967.'

Chicago
6-2-3-3-7-4
vs.

~~Philadelphia~~
5-1-4-5-4-3

STANLEY CUP FINAL - GAME 6 - BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES 4-2

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Finals

Wow again. Boston blows it. Unbelievable. You can't say that this year's playoffs have been predictable, that's for sure.

At this point, I guess we're hoping for an original six matching - like always, really - Chicago / Montreal but realistically, doubt the Hawks will move past the Sharks. Blood is with the Hawks, but secretly, something is making us pull for Sharks to win it all, most def. if they pull past the Hawks. Our child days of being Montreal fans are loong behind us, but hat's off to them for pulling this off as long as they have. can they go all the way? Why not? Hey, we'll even say that it's nice to see the old Broad St. Bullies in there again. Good stuff. Good playoff season, no matter what happens now.

Western Conference

~~San Jose~~
1-2-2-2
vs.

Chicago
2-4-3-4

BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES 4-0

Blackhawks in Cup finals for first time since '92

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Eastern Conference

~~Montreal~~
0-0-5-0-2
vs.

Philadelphia
6-3-1-3-4

FLYERS WIN SERIES 4-1

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Semi Finals

Wow @ the Canadiens taking out Washington. The upset of the season, without a doubt. We hate Washington....sort of anyway. They've burnt us too often in seasonal wagering, but dayam. It was all but a given, many thought.

The Grand Poobah should have been tossing the coins elsewhere too considering the wins they have been taking in from long shot, jam situations. A quick glance at the sheets shows that TGP is gaining ground on TQM.

**(May 2010) In a sad and unexpected turn of events, its seems that TQM has decided to leave all of his picks up to the coin flip. What a shame since he stands to win this years games, and the fact that this is probably the last time we do it. Oh well.

Western Conference

San Jose
4-4-4-1-2
vs.

~~Detroit~~
3-3-3-7-1

SHARKS WIN SERIES 4-1

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Chicago
1-4-5-7-1-5
vs.

~~Vancouver~~
5-2-2-4-4-1

BLACKHAWKS WIN SERIES 4-2

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Eastern Conference

~~Boston~~
5-3-4-4-0-1-3
vs.

Philadelphia
4-2-1-5-4-2-4

FLYERS WIN SERIES 4-3

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~~Pittsburgh~~
6-1-2-2-2-3-2
vs.

Montreal
3-3-0-3-1-4-5-

CANADIENS WIN SERIES 4-3

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Here we go, the tradition continues with this years NHL playoffs.

As any of the ardent Vegas followers know, 2/3 of the main Gallery are Detroit fans, but we can also include our old loves and smatterings of hope for the likes of Chicago, Boston and even enjoy the Canucks to a lesser degree of sentimentality. We're looking for the Wings as always, but as realists, well...clearly, Boston seems settled in nicely for the money and 'ship and the Capitals are sitting strong - but personally, they've burned me too often and I can't forgive them. Is hate too strong a word?

Game On!

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Quarter Finals

Western Conference

San Jose
1-6-0-2-5-5
vs.