Huzzah! We can get back to hockey now. Though we enjoyed the experience immensely -- despite the result -- it is more than a relief to get back to just being fans of another hockey team again, and not part of some movement that’ll save Chicago’s budget crisis and put Blago in jail, or whatever it was they packaged that thing as. What have we learned since Christ-mas? Well, the Hawks appear to be in a class of their own. Generally, that refers to a team that’s above every competitor, but not in this case. The Hawks are clearly a step below San Jose and Scum, but also appear to be clearly better than everyone else (though tonight’s oppenent Calgary has more points, but in three more games). It’s like the Hawks aren’t hipster enough to hang out in Logan Square, but not yuppie enough to hang out in Lincoln Park or Bucktown. So they’ll just have to make do in Lincoln Square...or something. Ok, that metaphor fell apart, but you get the idea. So Now You Know, Who Gets Mystified If there’s one silver lining to the past two games, at least the Hawks now have some idea what playoff hockey sort of looks like. They should also be somewhat flattered that Scum felt they needed to bring out the heavy artillery against them. But that’s about it. As for the Classic itself, we couldn’t help but think of Hull-Mikita Night against San Jose from last season. An immense occasion, the young Hawks come out eating lightning and crapping thunder against an experienced, elite team. They take the lead, and are all over the place for a period. But they can’t keep that level of energy going (who could?), the more veteran team waits them out and slowly starts to assert themselves against a spent Hawk team. By the time they can reload, it’s too late. That’s one point of view. Hopefully, come the spring, the Hawks will learn to bal-ance their exuberance throughout a game. Or just start snorting half of Colombia. Whatever works. As for the nuts-and-bolts of it, Nicklas Lindstrom was quoted as saying that after the 1st, the Wings concentrated on making sure their breakout pass went to the redline instead of blue, thus nullifying the Hawks forecheck. Thankfully, only Scum come equipped with enough puck-moving d-men to pull this off, so we won’t see it too often. Lindstrom also said that Scum really concentrated on keeping the Hawks’ d-men pinned back from joining the rush, eliminat-ing options for our skilled forwards. This is a

tactic the Hawks will see plenty of. Flame-Broiled Goodness In Gary Bettman’s kindergarten-like point-distribution system -- everyone gets to have at least one -- a two-game losing streak generally means you’re going to get passed. That’s just what happened, as the Flames sit third in the conference and atop the North-west Division. The Flames are as hot as the Hawks were, having won seven of eight, and losing in overtime in the other one (you may recall Captain Marvel going around a certain unnamed defenseman in that one. Rhymes with Peon Baneuf). This isn’t quite the normal squad we associate with the Southern Alberta Boys. They’re 20th in goals-against, but 7th in goals-for. But they’re still 26th in penalties, so at least somethings never change. If Mike Keenan ever ran a disciplined team, it would probably be in that sport Homer Simpson wanted to event, where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is the way it seems. As always, Iron Mike is running his goalie into the ground, and then straight to hell. Mikka Kiprusoff has all 23 of the Flames’ wins, and has started 36 of the Flames’ 38 games. He’s also changing the oil on Keenan’s car, and redoing the roof on his house. Kipper is on the wrong side of 30, and

you really have to wonder if he can handle this load any more. Check out his goals-against average the past four seasons, including this one: 2.07, 2.46, 2.69, 2.84. See a pattern? See if it appears in his SV % over that time too: .923, .917, .906, .901. But Keenan has his ways. So did Stalin.Paging Dr. Bolland The Flames aren’t as Iginla-centric as they used to be, especially since they moved Langkow down to the 2nd line with the mutant that’s parading around as Rene Bourque. But in two games against the Flames, the Bolland-line has kept Iggy in their pocket, and doing so again tonight will go a long way to secur-ing victory. Though Bertuzzi won yesterday’s game against Nashville in the dying seconds, we’ll take our chances. You know the drill against Calgary. They’re big, they’re nasty, and have more skill than one might imagine. We were scared the Hawks would suffer a letdown after the Clas-sic, but considering how the two games this week went, we fully expect the Hawks to come out with a snarl we haven’t seen in a while. They damn well better. This Flames team is no joke, and a three-game losing streak will bring acid flashbacks of previous January collapses. But we don’t see that happening tonight. -Rahm Emanuel

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- Many have already said it, but I thought the Classic was a wonder-ful experience, despite the result. But one thought I didn’t think would cross my mind during it was this: I hope the new owners of the Cubs find a way to “accidentally” blow that place up. This comes from a die-hard Cub fan, too. I’ve always thought Wrigley held the Cubs back, due to sellouts regardless of performance. Maybe it’s a sign I’m getting old, and I do love watching a game there. But you know what? I don’t want to wait 20 min-utes for the bathroom. I’d like to be able to move in the aisles. I don’t want to stare at a post. Obvi-ously, this will never happen. But Wrigley is due a major renovation soon. At least we got to see what a Jumbotron would look like in something other than our dreams. - There’s something that’s been invading my mind like a barbarian horde recently. I’ve seen it discussed a couple different places, and I wonder where the truth lies exactly. I hear Hawks fans calling radio stations and read their letters in papers complaining that the Hawks aren’t getting enough coverage. Sometimes people link it to over-coverage of the Bulls. Whenever that happens, someone’s bound to claim racism. Dan Bernstein on The Afternoon Show on The Score was the latest I heard do this (why do I always end up bitching about Bernsy in this? He and I are friends, too). This makes me hemorrhoids-

uncomfortable. I don’t doubt there are some people who watch hockey, and not basketball, due to racist sentiments. But I have to believe they are the underwhelming majority. At least I hope it is. There are two key points that I think go against any argu-

ment of racism. One is I don’t think Hawks fans are objecting to coverage of basketball in general, but to the basketball the Bulls play. Not only are they bad, but they’re selfish, whiny, uncaring, and don’t put forth even a decent effort half the time. Contrast that with the Hawks who are affable, care about the fans, and leave everything on the ice. They warran more coverage simply because of that. I can’t imagine that has anything to with the color of the players’ skin. Secondly, go to an NBA game some time. Well, actually, don’t. It’s like being in a 20,000 seat Chuck-E-Cheese in Deerfield for three hours. I’ve been to DMVs that were more pleasant. But anyway, take

a look at the makeup of the crowd of a Bulls game sometime. It’s almost as lilly-white as a Hawks crowd. You’ll find that in most NBA arenas, I think. I shouldn’t get so upset when a member of the mainstream media tries to paint me as a hockey fan, and my bretheren, as mouth-breathing cavemen. But it’s getting old, and I wish it would stop. That’s ok, when the Hawks are the only one standing in April, they’ll have to put up with us.

MUSINGS FROM THE EDITOR

Sam Fels

NHL STANDINGS

W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY 1 Boston 29 6 4 62 143 88 14-2-1 15-4-3 2 Washington 26 11 3 55 133 116 17-1-1 9-10-2 3 Philadelphia* 21 10 7 49 131 118 12-4-3 9-6-4 4 NY Rangers 23 14 3 49 108 109 13-7-2 10-7-1 5 Montreal 21 10 6 48 109 95 11-4-4 10-6-2 6 New Jersey 22 12 3 47 113 95 12-7-1 10-5-2 7 Carolina 20 15 5 45 105 116 11-9-1 9-6-4 8 Buffalo 19 15 5 43 113 111 10-9-2 9-6-3 9 Pittsburgh 19 16 4 42 121 120 8-9-2 11-7-2 10 Florida 17 16 5 39 99 105 8-5-3 9-11-2 11 Toronto 16 17 6 38 119 138 8-7-4 8-10-2 12 Ottawa 13 18 5 31 84 103 9-6-3 4-12-2 13 Atlanta 13 21 5 31 114 142 7-11-2 6-10-3 14 Tampa Bay 10 18 10 30 91 120 4-7-7 6-11-3 15 NY Islanders * 12 23 4 28 102 141 7-9-2 5-14-2

W L OTL PTS GF GA HOME AWAY 1 San Jose* 28 4 5 61 128 87 18-0-2 10-4-3 2 Scum 26 7 5 57 141 111 13-3-2 13-4-3 3 Calgary 23 11 4 50 118 112 13-4-3 10-7-1 4 HAWKS 20 8 7 47 127 94 11-2-4 9-6-3 5 Vancouver 21 15 4 46 115 105 11-6-1 10-9-3 6 Phoenix 19 15 5 43 102 110 13-5-2 6-10-3 7 Anaheim 19 15 5 43 111 112 10-8-3 9-7-2 8 Columbus 18 17 4 40 104 109 11-6-1 7-11-3 9 Minnesota 18 16 3 39 94 87 11-7-3 7-9-0 10 Colorado 19 18 1 39 104 113 11-7-0 8-11-1 11 Edmonton* 17 16 3 37 101 111 6-6-3 11-10-0 12 Dallas* 16 15 5 37 107 123 9-6-3 7-9-2 13 Nashville 17 18 3 37 93 112 10-6-1 7-12-2 14 L.A. Kings* 15 16 6 36 95 102 10-8-6 5-8-0 15 St. Louis 15 21 3 33 112 132 10-9-2 5-12-1

PUCK DROP

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*not including late game

TOP 10 LIST

Top 10 End-Results of The Winter Classic10. Wrigleyville bars now know what real drinkers look like9. Due to the presence of Scum fans for mere hours, property values are down 20% in Lakeview8. Even more people realize Wrigley needs a renovation yesterday7. More blood in the urinal troughs from one day than in the past two years combined6. Cops in a new area of town have lost an argument with editors of Committed Indian5. We think Billy Corgan is even more of a dweeb than before. Did you see that schmuck?4. Forcing Billy Williams out into the cold took 5 years off his life3. Wrigley has now hosted a commissioner dumber than Bud Selig2. Scum have gotten more wins in 2009 than the Lions will1. Unfortunately, not the death of Ron Santo

Rene Bourque, Shock-ingly Useful, Calgary: We remember a guy who wore both #17 and #12 for the Hawks, who floated around the edges of play, almost never used his size, never hit anyone, would occasionally show off a booming shot and good

speed, but never enough. Apparently, that guy’s gone, and replaced by an ass-kicker in Calgary. He’s going to break the 20-goal bar-rier for the first time this season, is the Flames’ leader in points/minutes at even-strength, and one of their main penalty-killers. He’s finally using his speed to get in position and his being physical, and has even seen time on Iginla’s wing. Where was this guy?

Chicago Blackhawks 20-8-7

# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary

88 R Patrick Kane 5'10" 187 19 35 16 25 41 5 26 8 0 2 106 15.1 $3,725,000

32 L VerStud 5'10" 180 22 34 11 20 31 13 39 4 1 1 64 17.2 $491,667

10 L The Sharp-Shooter 6'1" 197 26 35 19 12 31 -1 30 7 0 4 109 17.4 $3,900,000

24 R Martin Havlat 6'2" 217 27 35 10 19 29 13 12 4 0 1 97 10.3 $6,000,000

19 C Captain Marvel 6'2" 209 20 35 9 20 29 6 27 3 0 2 84 10.7 $2,800,000

51 D 51 Phantom 6'0" 188 29 35 6 21 27 4 4 3 0 1 53 11.3 $7,142,875

16 L Andrew Ladd 6'2" 198 22 35 7 16 23 15 14 0 0 0 75 9.3 $1,550,000

36 C Dave Bolland 6'0" 188 22 35 7 14 21 8 18 0 1 1 48 14.6 $845,833

2 D Duncan Keith 6'1" 194 25 35 5 14 19 17 18 1 1 1 73 6.8 $1,475,000

25 D Cam Barker 6'3" 213 22 25 3 14 17 -4 15 3 0 1 30 10 $2,768,587

33 R Dustin Byfuglien 6'3" 247 23 32 7 9 16 4 35 1 0 2 90 7.8 $3,000,000

22 R Troy Brouwer 6'2" 213 23 29 5 9 14 5 32 2 0 0 53 9.4 $675,000

7 D Brent Seabrook 6'3" 220 23 35 4 7 11 11 37 1 1 0 53 7.5 $600,000

46 C Colin Fraser 6'1" 188 23 35 2 8 10 1 37 0 0 0 23 8.7 $500,000

55 L Ben Eager 6'2" 220 24 31 7 1 8 1 67 0 0 0 29 24.1 $568,000

23 D Aaron Johnson 6'1" 211 25 20 3 4 7 15 12 0 0 1 12 25 $3,500,000

43 D James Wisniewski 6'0" 207 24 6 0 4 4 -1 4 0 0 0 17 0 $900,000

28 R Craig Adams 6'0" 197 31 22 2 2 4 -3 14 1 0 0 23 8.7 $600,000

8 D Matt Walker 6'3" 214 28 23 0 2 2 5 22 0 0 0 24 0 $600,000

5 D Brent Sopel 6'1" 211 31 23 1 1 2 -4 8 0 0 1 15 6.7 $2,333,333

37 R Adam Burish 6'1" 189 25 19 0 0 0 -5 49 0 0 0 21 0 $712,500

Totals/Averages 6'1" 203.75 24.17 125 222 529 38 4 1113 11.23% $44,682,295

# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary

39 Nikolai Khabibulin 6'1" 209 35 19 1096 2.41 11 2 4 1 571 44 0.923 0 2 4 $6,750,000

38 Cristobal Huet 6'1" 205 33 18 1034 2.55 9 6 3 1 490 44 0.910 0 0 0 $5,625,000

Totals/Averages 6'1" 207 34 37 2130 2.48 20 8 7 2 1061 88 0.917 0 2 4 $12,375,000

TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $57,283,000

CAP SPACE: $274,000*

*space also affected by buyouts and injured players

16 years ago, David Stern sent me to ruin the NHL. I have done every-thing I can think of to drive the core

fan away, strip hockey of all that’s great about it, and eliminate any at-tention by the mainstream media...

I am so close to completing the task Stern charged me with....

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Injury List

Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing

22 Brouwer 10 Sharp 88 Kane32 Versteeg 19 Toews 33 Byfuglien

16 Ladd 36 Bolland 24 Havlat55 Eager 46 Fraser 28 Adams

Probable Pairings51 Campbell 25 Barker

2 Keith 7 Seabrook43 Wisniewski 23 Johnson

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# Pos Player Ht WT AGE GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% Salary

12 R Jarome Iginla 6' 1" 207 31 38 18 27 45 4 20 9 0 3 128 14.1 $7,000,000

13 C Mike Cammalleri 5' 9" 185 26 37 14 20 34 -2 14 6 0 4 112 12.5 $3,550,000

22 C Daymond Langkow 5' 10" 183 32 38 11 18 29 -1 10 2 0 2 92 12 $4,500,000

7 R Todd Bertuzzi 6' 3" 231 33 38 10 18 28 -12 32 5 0 3 80 12.5 $1,950,000

17 L Rene Bourque 6' 2" 213 26 38 14 10 24 9 50 0 1 0 105 13.3 $1,350,000

24 C Craig Conroy 6' 2" 193 37 38 5 18 23 4 18 0 1 0 42 11.9 $1,050,000

3 D Dion Phaneuf 6' 3" 214 23 38 3 20 23 -8 40 2 0 0 129 2.3 $6,500,000

20 L Curtis Glencross 6' 1" 195 25 32 6 14 20 7 16 0 0 2 54 11.1 $1,200,000

25 R David Moss 6' 3" 200 26 38 11 8 19 -4 8 4 0 1 76 14.5 $550,000

33 D Adrian Aucoin 6' 2" 212 35 38 6 8 14 2 26 2 0 2 54 11.1 $4,000,000

5 D Mark Giordano 6' 0" 203 25 38 2 12 14 -2 27 2 0 0 53 3.8 $861,667

18 C Matthew Lombardi 6' 0" 198 26 25 3 9 12 0 12 0 0 1 55 5.5 $1,816,667

16 C Dustin Boyd 6' 0" 187 22 32 8 4 12 -3 8 1 0 3 43 18.6 $741,100

6 D Cory Sarich 6' 4" 207 30 38 1 7 8 -1 59 0 0 0 24 4.2 $3,600,000

28 D Robyn Regehr 6' 3" 225 28 36 0 5 5 9 31 0 0 0 39 0 $4,020,000

23 L Eric Nystrom 6' 1" 193 25 32 2 3 5 0 47 0 1 1 32 6.3 $687,000

19 C Wayne Primeau* 6' 4" 225 32 24 0 4 4 -3 14 0 0 0 22 0 $1,400,000

55 D Adam Pardy 6' 2" 206 24 24 0 2 2 2 20 0 0 0 17 0 $500,000

29 C Brandon Prust* 5' 11" 195 24 21 1 1 2 -4 75 0 0 1 9 11.1 $500,000

27 R Andre Roy 6' 4" 229 33 18 2 0 2 0 31 0 0 0 13 15.4 $550,000

4 D James Vandermeer * 6' 1" 211 28 16 0 2 2 -5 31 0 0 0 6 0 $2,300,000

Totals/Averages 6'2" 205.33 28.14 117 214 -8 611 33 3 1210 10.59% $48,626,434

...IS THIS THE YEAR?

# Goalie HT WT AGE GPI Min GAA W L OT SO SA GA Sv% G A PIM Salary

34 Miikka Kiprusoff 6' 1" 184 32 36 2127 2.82 23 10 3 3 1019 100 0.902 0 0 2 $5,833,333

1 Curtis McElhinney 6' 2" 193 25 3 163 3.31 0 1 1 0 93 9 0.903 0 0 2 $500,000

Totals/Averages 6' 2" 189 29 38 2290 2.92 23 11 4 3 1112 109 0 0 4 $6,333,333

TOTAL CAP NUMBER: $55,437,487

CAP SPACE: $1,262,513

*space also affected by buyouts and injured players

IGGY AND THE STOOGES 23-11-4

*injured

Injury ListJim Vandermeer- Out (Ankle)Rhett Warrener- Out (Shoulder)Brandon Prust - Out (Jaw)Wayne Primeau- Questionable (Foot)

Probable LinesLeft Wing Center Right Wing

13 Cammalleri 24 Conroy 12 Iginla17 Bourque 22 Langkow 7 Bertuzzi

20 Glencross 18 Lombardi 25 Moss23 Nystrom 16 Boyd 27 Roy

Probable Pairings3 Phaneuf 55 Pardy28 Regehr 33 Aucoin6 Sarich 5 Giordano

There have been rumblings out of Calgary that Iginla is having an off-year. He’s on pace for 38 goals and 97 points. We all should be so off.

Last time we saw the Flames, The Criminal had 7 goals in 15 games, but with a shooting % of nearly 25, and we said he wouldn’t keep that up. Consider this market corrected. Add his horrific +/- and Behind the Net, and you have another brilliant Keenan pickup.

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The Committed Indian’s All-Ugly Team* a special thanks to Adam and Matt for the idea

Goalie- Manny Fernandez, Boston: The perfect fit for a backstop in The Hub, as he looks like he knows all the words to More Than A Feeling, and has been on the wrong side of a beating from Fitzy in Quincy.

Center and Captain-Rod Brind’amour, Carolina: Simply the ugliest man in the NHL. This picture doesn’t do it justice, but he’s the personal embodiment of the after-effect of Chernobyl.

Defense-Sami Salo, Vancouver: Bares a resemblance to aliens from one of those terrible alien B-movies they’d watch on MST3K. Can’t you see him in a shiny silver jumpsuit?

Left Wing-Paul Stastny, Colorado: A bit rough on the kid, but he lands here due to skin complexion that looks like a topo-graphical map of Mongolia. During close-ups in HD you can actually see Ghengis Khan charging through the mountains.

Right Wing-Pavel Datsyuk, Scum: DING FRIES ARE DONE DING FRIES ARE DONE WOULD YOU LIKE AN APPLE PIE WITH THAT? WOULD YOU LIKE AN APPLE PIE WITH THAT? DING FRIES ARE DONE DING FRIES ARE DONE.....

Defense-Brent Sopel, Chicago: More in the creepy-looking than ugly cate-gory, “Catfish” resembles the guy who followed around the Allman Bros. in the 70’s. That and the word “pederass” keeps ringing around our heads.

Head Coach- Barry Trotz, Nashville: We think Maynard James Keenan named his side project, A Perfect Circle, after Trotz’s head. Look at that thing. He looks like a Bond villain, like Serge the Frog or something. You can see him holding the world hostage for $100 billion and pointing missles at Monaco or something.

What To Watch For: With this being the third meeting of the teams, we expect some encounters of the nasty kind tonight. Especially wth the opponent being the Flames, who are as pleasant to play against as a toothy blowjob. The Flames are 5th in the league in total fights, with Brandon Prust leading the way with 11 -- though he’s unlikely to play tonight. There’s still Roy,

Nystrom, Moss, and a host of others who have danced with the Hawks before, and we’ve been waiting for Wiz to get off the mark pugilistically. Tonight’s the night, if he’s not worried too much about the knee.

Team Opp PPG PP%DET 157 43 27.4PHI 148 39 26.4BOS 151 37 24.5CHI 160 38 23.8WSH 164 38 23.2MIN 149 34 22.8SJS 174 39 22.4ATL 164 35 21.3STL 165 35 21.2BUF 175 36 20.6ANA 151 31 20.5TOR 172 35 20.4EDM 165 31 18.8LAK 167 31 18.6CGY 179 33 18.4

Team OPP PPG PP%NYI 169 31 18.3OTT 154 28 18.2VAN 183 32 17.5PIT 174 30 17.2COL 166 27 16.3NJD 132 21 15.9CAR 193 29 15.4DAL 160 24 15FLA 150 22 14.7TBL 169 24 14.5NYR 179 25 14MTL 174 24 13.8PHX 171 23 13.4NSH 161 21 13CBJ 169 18 10.6

Power PlayTeam TS PPGA PK%MIN 136 16 88.2NYR 156 19 87.8BUF 160 22 86.2SJS 142 20 85.9

CGY 167 24 85.6CHI 149 24 83.9LAK 161 26 83.8NSH 185 31 83.2BOS 147 25 83FLA 164 28 82.9CBJ 168 29 82.7OTT 155 27 82.6MTL 172 30 82.6VAN 194 34 82.5PHI 192 34 82.3

Team TS PPGA PK%NYI 181 33 81.8ANA 212 39 81.6TBL 198 37 81.3NJD 144 27 81.2PIT 172 33 80.8

PHX 155 30 80.6WSH 184 36 80.4STL 173 35 79.8DET 161 33 79.5COL 154 32 79.2CAR 153 33 78.4DAL 145 34 76.6EDM 159 42 73.6TOR 143 38 73.4ATL 163 44 73

Penalty Kill

GAME FIGHT TIME Bloody Nose

Black Eye

Bruised Ego

Just Dancing

Analysis

11-09-08 Brower v.Prust

3rd.2:01 √ Brouwer’s first foray into NHL fisticuffs,

acquits himself nicely with Calgary nutjob Prust. But Prust in a decision.

11-09-08 Walker v.Prust

3rd.15:11 √ A long, drawn -out affair where nothing much

happens, despite a couple spirited attempts. Like drunken sex. Or life.

3-16-08 Burish v.Nystrom

1st.3:10 √ √ A straight-right from Burish rocks Nystrom to

sleep, sending him down faster than the GOP. KO for our hero.

2-7-08 C. Adams v.Hale

2nd.12:07 √ Like a cougar on the prowl on Rush St.,

Adams invites 3 Flames to dance on one shift, Hale finally accepts. Not much results.

Draw.

HAWKS vs. FLAMESFight Stats provided by Hockeyfights.com

The Fight Card

Spotlight

Brave Brave Sir Robin Regehr

We have not been hesitant in the past to call Dion Phaneuf overrated, though we wouldn’t have hesitated to move on Sean Avery’s seconds either. Part of the reason we are nauseated at the coverage Phaneuf gets is that another true badass on the Flames blueline doesn’t get the press he deserves, and that would be Robin Regehr. Whereas Phaneuf is a minus-11 this season, and a negative in Behind The Net Ratings, Regehr is plus-10 and a plus in the Behind The Net Ratings. He doesn’t do much on the offensive side, which is probably why Phaneuf get all the attention. But he does keep the puck out his net, which is what a defenseman is supposed to do first and foremost (did you read that, 51 Phantom?). He’s positionally sounds, big, can be a right bitch to play against, and gets the pleasure of bailing out Adrian Aucoin’s ass whenever he’s shotgunning up the ice. Had it been Regehr that Toews was trying to go around instead of Phaneuf in overtime the last time these teams met, somehow we don’t think he would have had a red carpet to the crease, and someone in the upper deck wouldn’t be picking up Pha-neuf’s jock.

KNOW THY ENEMY

Hawks-Flames: the Last 4

Dec. 19th, 2008: Hawks 3, Flames 2Captain Marvel undresses Phaneuf and leaves a rebound that Keith slams home for an overtime

winner. Kane and Bolland cancel out goals from Bourque and Moss in one of best games of season.

Nov. 8th, 2008: Flames 1, Hawks 6Hawks maul a flu-ridden Calgary side. Both Kane and Havlat have a goal and 2 assists. Captain Mar-vel finally tallies first of the year, and Hawks passing is as crisp as we’ve seen all season. Or decade.

Mar. 16th, 2008: Flames 4, Hawks 2Completeing 4 victories for the road team in last

season’s series, the Flames score 3 unanswered in the 2nd period, then hold on after being outshot 17-5 in the third period. Loss puts major dent in

Hawks doomed playoff push.

Feb. 7th 2008: Hawks 3, Flames 1Khabibulin hangs his voodoo sign over the Flames

once again, making 28 saves. Keith and Sharp score for the Hawks, Yanic Perreault adds empty-netter.

Which is pretty much all he added last season.

Once again, Matt from Five Hole Fanatics (fiveholefanatics.ca) and The Battle of Alberta (battleofalberta.blogspot.com) chimes in to let us know what’s going on with the Southern Alberta Squad.

Things are going a lot better for the Flames since last time we talked. What has been the biggest reason?If I had to pick one, I guess it’d be better goaltending. I’m not convinced they’re actually playing better as a whole, but they’re winning *all* their games against teams they should beat.

We know you were a big fan of Rene Bourque when we did this previously, and his game has apparently jumped up even more. He’s even leading your team in points/min at even strength. What are you feeding him?The Alberta air gives him strength? No idea. He’s probably cashed a few more of his scoring chances than you’d have a right to expect, but the scoring chances are bought & paid for with hard work, usually against some of the other team’s best players. If the Hawks still had him and Lang, they’d be leading the Central, wouldn’t they?

Dion Phaneuf is -11 and his Behind the Net is negative too. What’s going on? (Not that we mind, we want our Duncan Keith to get his Norris buildup.)The reality is that Phaneuf is probably a little better of-fensively than Keith, and not quite as good defensively (in terms of reads, positioning, etc.). His stats are just a bit unlucky right now, I think. He’s still getting his shots, and the Flames are outshooting the opp by a wide margin when he’s on the ice, so his goals and +/- should improve going forward.

It looks like it’ll be you and Vancouver for the division title, barring anything unforeseen. Does the Mats Sun-din signing worry you at all?Depends how long it takes for Roberto’s groin to heal! I’ve had lots of good things to say about the Canucks since the preseason, but even with Sundin, I don’t think they’re go-ing far without the A or A+ goaltending that they can only get from Luongo.

We’ve read a couple things about the tour-de-force Iginla showed on New Year’s at Eve against Edmonton. Should we be prepared for the Act of God Iggy? I doubt it, although you can certainly expect him to be better than the last time he was in Chicago (when it turned out he had the flu). When Iginla was on the ice 5-on-5, the Flames did not so much as attempt a single shot on goal; that’s how bad Iggy was trounced by Bolland and Co.

We heard reports Cammalleri might be on the block (though it was from Al Strachan who we wouldn’t trust to tell us tomorrow’s Monday). Is that right? Aren’t you thin enough on scorers as it is?Thin? Only compared to the 3 teams above them in the West standings (they’re about 7th in the NHL in Goals-per-Game). I actually like Strach, but I have no idea if the tale is true. I have trouble envisioning how Sutter makes the team better now by trading Cammy, even if you assume that he won’t be re-signed come season’s end.

NAME QUALCOMP QUALTEAM TOI/60 +-ON/60 +-OFF/60 RATING

Aaron Johnson -0.09 -0.21 11.36 3.17 0.28 2.89

Andrew Ladd 0.07 0.16 12.38 1.8 0.26 1.54

Martin Havlat -0.02 0.02 13.3 1.42 0.37 1.04

Duncan Keith 0.07 0.18 18.93 1.27 0.26 1.01

Kris Versteeg 0.07 -0.11 12.84 1.24 0.43 0.81

Matt Walker -0.06 -0.2 12.5 1.25 0.55 0.71

Dave Bolland 0.07 0.4 11.82 1.02 0.56 0.45

Brent Seabrook 0.09 0.36 17.11 0.9 0.55 0.35

Troy Brouwer 0 -0.22 11.68 1.06 0.86 0.2

Dustin Byfuglien 0 0.15 12.13 0.77 0.63 0.14

Patrick Kane 0.06 -0.12 14.01 0.73 0.66 0.08

Colin Fraser -0.15 -0.55 7.66 0.67 0.68 -0.01

Jonathan Toews 0.05 0.12 13.27 0.39 0.8 -0.41

Ben Eager -0.16 -0.35 7.8 0.5 0.98 -0.48

Brian Campbell -0.03 -0.18 17.88 0.29 0.94 -0.65

Craig Adams -0.21 -0.3 7.4 -0.74 0.55 -1.29

James Wisniewski 0.09 0.09 15.19 -0.66 0.67 -1.32

Patrick Sharp -0.01 0.09 13.51 -0.25 1.08 -1.33

Brent Sopel -0.11 0.01 10.89 -0.96 0.97 -1.93

Cam Barker -0.04 -0.15 14.46 -0.66 1.75 -2.42

Hockey SabermetricsCHICAGO

Every game, we provide you with the Behind The Net numbers. These are at even strength, 5-on-5. Key: QUALCOMP- A measure of the quality of competition each player faces on the ice. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for opponents on the ice against player. Example: Kane has faced the toughest opppostion at +.12 QUALTEAM- A measure of the quality of teammates each player plays with. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for teammates on ice with player. TOI/60- Time on ice, per 60 minutes, that player spends on ice at full-strength. +/-ON/60- Team’s Plus/minus, per 60 minutes, while player is on ice. +/-OFF/60- Plus/minus of team while player is off ice, per 60 minutes. RAT-ING- +/-ON/60 subtracted by +/-OFF/60.

Player GFON/60

Cam Barker 12.45

Patrick Sharp 9.18

James Wisniewski 8.97

Brian Campbell 8.61

Brent Seabrook 8.54

Jonathan Toews 8.49

Player GFON/60

Patrick Kane 8.28

Dustin Byfuglien 8.14

Martin Havlat 7.76

Duncan Keith 7.58

Kris Versteeg 7.32

Player GA/60Matt Walker 4.73

Patrick Sharp 4.88

Dave Bolland 4.94

J. Wisniewski 4.97

Aaron Johnson 5.24

Brent Seabrook 5.54

Adam Burish 5.79

Player GA/60Duncan Keith 6.4

Brent Sopel 6.43

Kris Versteeg 8

Colin Fraser 8.1

Jonathan Toews 8.16

Power Play RatingsThis is a measure of a team’s goals for per 60 minutes of player

being on the ice on the power play.

Penalty Kill RatingsThis measures how many goals a team gives up per 60 minutes the

player is on the ice on the PK.

Corsi RatingThis measures how many shots are attempted for a team vs. how many are attempted against while

a given player is on the ice, per 60 min.

NAME CORSIMartin Havlat 14.7

James Wisniewski 14.5

Andrew Ladd 12.6

Dave Bolland 11.5

Duncan Keith 10.3

Brian Campbell 9.9

Dustin Byfuglien 9

Brent Seabrook 8.8

Patrick Kane 6.9

Matt Walker 6.7

Kris Versteeg 6.2

Jonathan Toews 5.4

Ben Eager 4.5

Cam Barker 4.5

Patrick Sharp 4.3

Troy Brouwer 4.1

Craig Adams 2.6

Aaron Johnson 2.4

Adam Burish 1

Penalties Drawn vs. Taken

Pretty self-explanatory. A measure of penalties drawn vs. taken, per 60 min.

NAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60

Adam Burish 2 1

Craig Adams 1.8 0.7

Colin Fraser 1.6 0.9

Dave Bolland 1.5 0.7

Kris Versteeg 1.5 1

Patrick Sharp 1.5 1.1

Troy Brouwer 1.4 0.9

James Wisniewski 1.3 1.3

Patrick Kane 1.3 1.2

Andrew Ladd 1.1 0.8

Jonathan Toews 1 0.9

Ben Eager 1 3

Dustin Byfuglien 0.9 1.4

Martin Havlat 0.8 0.6

Brian Campbell 0.6 0.2

Matt Walker 0.6 0.2

Aaron Johnson 0.5 1.3

Brent Sopel 0.5 1

Brent Seabrook 0.3 1.1

Face-offsPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%

Jonathan Toews 560 53.2

Colin Fraser 370 48.6

Dave Bolland 479 45.7

Kris Versteeg 53 45.3

Adam Burish 36 44.4

Patrick Sharp 417 44.1

Patrick Kane 16 37.5

Troy Brouwer 11 36.4

Andrew Ladd 35 25.7

Martin Havlat 5 20

Dustin Byfuglien 5 20

Total Rank: 26th 47.3

NAME QUAL-COMP

QUAL-TEAM

TOI/60 +-ON/60 +-OFF/60 RATING

Rene Bourque 0.02 -0.04 11.94 1.49 -0.46 1.95

Curtis Glencross -0.01 0 11.19 1.04 -0.72 1.76

Jarome Iginla -0.03 -0.12 15.38 0.63 -0.23 0.86

Robyn Regehr 0.02 0.15 16.53 0.83 0 0.83

Adrian Aucoin 0 0.14 13.49 0.6 -0.16 0.76

Adam Pardy -0.05 -0.08 12.99 0.4 0 0.4

Mike Cammalleri -0.03 0.08 12.29 0.27 -0.05 0.32

Andre Roy -0.08 -0.29 6 0.59 0.27 0.32

Cory Sarich -0.03 0.11 13.8 0.23 0 0.23

Matthew Lombardi -0.01 0.18 11.85 0.21 0 0.21

Craig Conroy -0.04 0.27 11.65 0.14 0.05 0.09

Mark Giordano -0.04 -0.17 12.79 0.13 0.05 0.07

Daymond Lankgow 0 -0.21 12.82 0.13 0.05 0.07

Eric Nystrom -0.15 -0.3 7.08 -0.27 0.21 -0.48

Dustin Boyd -0.03 0.13 9.97 -0.39 0.17 -0.56

Wayne Primeau -0.19 -0.35 7.05 -0.71 0 -0.71

David Moss -0.02 0.1 10.12 -0.64 0.29 -0.93

Jim Vandermeer -0.12 -0.22 14.33 -1.31 -0.14 -1.17

Dion Phaneuf -0.06 0 17.8 -0.82 0.69 -1.51

Hockey SabermetricsCALGARY

Every game, we provide you with the Behind The Net numbers. These are at even strength, 5-on-5. Key: QUALCOMP- A measure of the quality of competition each player faces on the ice. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for opponents on the ice against player. Example: Kane has faced the toughest opppostion at +.12 QUALTEAM- A measure of the quality of teammates each player plays with. Calculated by averaging +/-/60 for teammates on ice with player. TOI/60- Time on ice, per 60 minutes, that player spends on ice at full-strength. +/-ON/60- Team’s Plus/minus, per 60 minutes, while player is on ice. +/-OFF/60- Plus/minus of team while player is off ice, per 60 minutes. RAT-ING- +/-ON/60 subtracted by +/-OFF/60.

Player GFON/60

Mike Cammalleri 12.45

Todd Bertuzzi 9.18

Daymond Langkow 8.97

Dion Phaneuf 8.61

Jarome Iginla 8.54

Player GFON/60

Mark Giordano 8.49

Adrian Aucoin 8.28

Matthew Lombardi 8.14

Power Play RatingsThis is a measure of a team’s goals for per 60 minutes of player

being on the ice on the power play.

Penalty Kill RatingsThis measures how many goals a team gives up per 60 minutes the

player is on the ice on the PK.

Corsi RatingThis measures how many shots are attempted for a team vs. how many are attempted against while

a given player is on the ice, per 60 min.

NAME CORSIWayne Primeau 23.4

Brandon Prust 21.9

Mark Giordano 20.7

Daymond Lankgow 20.2

David Moss 18.6

Adrian Aucoin 18.4

Eric Nystrom 17.2

Adam Pardy 13.3

Andre Roy 12.4

Dion Phaneuf 12.3

Rene Bourque 12

Todd Bertuzzi 11.1

Curtis Glencross 10.7

Mike Cammalleri 10.3

Dustin Boyd 10.1

Jarome Iginla 9.4

Robyn Regehr 7.6

Matthew Lombardi 7.6

Cory Sarich 6.8

Craig Conroy 6.5

Penalties Drawn vs. Taken

Pretty self-explanatory. A measure of penalties drawn vs. taken, per 60 min.

NAME PDRAW/60 PTAKE/60

Brandon Prust 2.4 2.4

Jarome Iginla 2.2 0.4

Craig Conroy 1.5 1.1

Mike Cammalleri 1.4 0.7

Dustin Boyd 1.4 0.6

Matthew Lombardi 1.3 0.6

Daymond Lankgow 1.3 0.3

Rene Bourque 1.1 1.4

Todd Bertuzzi 1.1 1.4

Adam Pardy 1 1.8

Dion Phaneuf 1 0.9

Curtis Glencross 0.9 1.4

Mark Giordano 0.8 1.1

David Moss 0.8 0.6

Robyn Regehr 0.7 1.1

Wayne Primeau 0.7 1.1

Eric Nystrom 0.5 0.5

Jim Vandermeer 0.3 1

Cory Sarich 0.2 1.5

Face-offsPlayer Face-Offs Taken FO%

Mike Cammalleri 142 61.3

Matthew Lombardi 216 55.6

Wayne Primeau 217 53

Jarome Iginla 231 52.8

Craig Conroy 601 52.6

Curtis Glencross 40 47.5

Daymond Langkow 463 46.4

Dustin Boyd 242 45

Total: Rank: 7th 51.3

Player GA/60Matthew Lombardi 1.26

Eric Nystrom 2.09

Dustin Boyd 3.53

Adrian Aucoin 4.09

Wayne Primeau 4.11

Robyn Regehr 4.15

Jim Vandermeer 4.21

Player GA/60Cory Sarich 5.14

Craig Conroy 6.17

Dion Phaneuf 6.24

Rene Bourque 6.98

Curtis Glencross 10.2

Referee Stats For The HawksReferees 1st NHL

GameHawks Games Hawks PP’s Hawks

PK’s Pens/Game Hawks PP/Game Hawks PK/

GameW L OTL

2 Fraser, Kerry 1980 2 9 14 11.5 4.5 7.0 2 0 0

3 Leggo, Mike 1997 1 2 1 3.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 1

4 McCauley, Wes 2003 4 10 11 5.3 2.5 2.8 2 1 0

5 Rooney, Chris 2000 - - - - - - - - -

6 Marouelli, Dan 1984 3 14 11 8.3 4.7 3.7 1 2 0

7 McCreary, Bill 1984 3 14 12 8.7 4.7 4.0 2 2 0

8 Jackson, Dave 1990 3 14 13 9.0 4.7 4.3 2 1 0

10 Devorski, Paul 1989 1 5 6 11.0 5.0 6.0 0 1 0

11 Sutherland, Kelly 2000 - - - - - - - - -

12 Koharski, Don 1981 1 6 7 13.0 6.0 7.0 1 0 0

13 O’Halloran, Dan 1995 2 12 10 11.0 6.0 5.0 1 0 1

14 LaRue, Dennis 1991 4 17 16 8.3 4.3 4.0 3 0 1

15 Auger, Stephane 2000 3 12 10 7.3 4.0 3.3 2 0 1

16 Shick, Rob 1986 1 2 2 4.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 1

18 Kimmerly, Greg 1996 4 20 21 10.3 5.0 5.3 3 1 0

20 Peel, Tim 1999 2 13 13 13.0 6.5 6.5 1 1 0

21 VanMassenhoven, Don 1993 2 6 4 5.0 3.0 2.0 1 0 1

23 Watson, Brad 1996 2 7 4 5.5 3.5 2.0 1 0 1

25 Joannette, Marc 1999 2 13 5 9.0 6.5 2.5 1 0 1

26 Martell, Rob 1996 1 3 1 4.0 3.0 1.0 1 0 0

27 Furlatt, Eric 2001 1 3 4 7.0 3.0 4.0 0 0 1

28 Lee, Chris 2001 1 5 4 9.0 5.0 4.0 1 0 0

29 Walsh, Ian 2000 - - - - - - - - -

30 Hasenfratz, Mike 2000 2 11 7 9.0 5.5 3.5 0 1 1

32 Kowal, Tom 2000 3 11 76 29.0 3.7 25.3 3 0 0

33 Pollock, Kevin 2000 2 7 9 8.0 3.5 4.5 1 0 1

34 Meier, Brad 1999 3 12 14 8.7 4.0 4.7 3 0 0

35 Warren, Dean 1999 - - - - - - - - -

36 Morton, Dean 2000 1 5 4 9.0 5.0 4.0 0 1 0

38 St Laurent, Francois 2006 2 14 15 14.5 7.0 7.5 1 0 1

39 Dwyer, Gord 2003 3 16 15 10.3 5.3 5.0 2 0 1

40 Kozari, Steve 2006 3 18 12 10.0 6.0 4.0 2 1 0

42 O’Rourke, Dan 1999 2 11 13 12.0 5.5 6.5 1 0 1

43 Pochmara, Brian 2006 - - - - - - - - -

45 St. Pierre, Justin 2003 4 19 15 8.5 4.8 3.8 2 0 2

NHL LEADERSPoints

Player Team P

1 Evgeni Malkin PIT 602 A. Ovechkin WAS 533 Sidney Crosby PIT 504 Marc Savard BOS 495 Zach Parise NJ 4615 Patrick Kane CHI 41

Goals

Player Team G

1 A. Ovechkin WAS 272 Jeff Carter PHI 273 Tomas Vanek BUF 264 Phil Kessel BOS 245 Zach Parise NJ 229 Patrick Sharp CHI 19

GAA

Player Team GAA

1 Steve Mason CBJ 1.652 M. Fernandez BOS 2.023 Tim Thomas BOS 2.134 S. Clemmensen NJ 2.175 Roberto Luongo VAN 2.1712 N. Khabibulin CHI 2.41

SV%

Player Team SV%

1 Steve Mason CBJ .9392 Craig Anderson FLA .9373 Tim Thomas BOS .9324 M. Fernandez BOS .9305 Jonas Hiller ANA .9299 N. Khabibulin CHI .923

It’s a phenomenon that most women are unaware of, and for good reason. It’s not something that most guys are willing to admit, even to themselves. But it does exist, and every man reading this article will know exactly what this phrase means: The Man-Crush. Loosely defined, it is a completely heterosexual and unrequited appreciation for the words and actions of another man. I have a man-crush on Patrick Sharp. This is not something that has coincided with the recent renaissance on Madison St. As far-fetched as it sounds, this is something that has been over four years in the making, starting in the dilapidated halls of the Rosemont Horizon (that’s what it will always be to me, regardless of corporate naming rights, but I digress). During the lockout year of the 2004-2005 season, I found myself attending Wolves games with a very great frequency -- partic-ularly due to how close I lived to the arena -- as well as an insatiable need for professional hockey. Throughout the course of the season, I grew familiar with not only the Wolves’ players skills and tendencies, but also their opponents’. In the 2005 Calder Cup Finals, the Wolves met the Philadelphia Phantoms. The Phantoms boasted a stacked lineup of some names that are now highly recognizable in NHL circles: Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Joni Pitkanen, Antero Niitymaki, Gary Roberts’ Per-sonal Punching Bag Ben Eager, and one Patrick Sharp. With such luminaries, it’s no wonder that the Phantoms made short work of the Wolves to hoist the Calder, sweeping the Wolves four games to none. In the course of that series, I found my-self watching the play of a center named Patrick Sharp, who always seemed to be in the right position, skated hard, and was willing to shoot from anywhere. I said to myself and others, “That guy’s going to be a solid NHL player.” When the NHL resumed operations the following year, and Uncle Dale was able to trade for Patrick Sharp for the bag of pucks known as Matt Ellison, I knew immediately that it was a steal of a trade. While it was seemingly innocuous at the time, at present, it goes down as one of Tallon’s shrewdest moves. Though I immedi-ately declared the trade a win for the Hawks, that certainly was not validated by Sharp’s failure to dent the twine wearing the Indian Head for nearly 20 games after joining the squad. In spite of this initial goal drought, since becoming a mem-ber of the Hawks, it didn’t take long for him to become my favorite player on the team, exhibiting the same on-ice traits I had seen in the AHL. With every achievement, my man-crush intensified. Abso-lutely undressing Nicklas Lidstrom at the end of the 2006-2007 cam-paign. The shorthanded goals. The hat trick against Detroit. Lead-

ing the team back onto the ice to salute the United Center crowd for the first time against Edmonton. The overtime game winner against LA. I could go on for hours. When I was bought back into Blackhawks fandom last year, there was only one sweater I wanted to sport. A number 10, with the alternate “A”. I wear it proudly. So with the Hawks threatening for a playoff spot at the end of last year, I went with a large group to the game honoring Tony-O, which naturally was a shutout thanks to an unbelievable save by Khabibulin on Niklas Backstrom (the center, not the goalie). Patrick Sharp scored his 35th of the season on an evening honoring #35. After the game, we stopped into Ketel One for a postgame pop or seven, and after they finally got sick of our shit and closed up shop, we hit the streets and started walking eastbound on Madison.

A black SUV rolled up.

The window rolled down, and before you could say “drive by”, the driver of the vehicle yelled to us “Hey, nice jersey!” Con-

fusion ensued, as several of us were in Hawks sweaters for the game. “Who, me?!”, said Adam in his vintage Griswold double-zero. “No, the Sharp jersey,” the driver rebut-ted. I re-examined the driver. Looking harder than I initially had from my 20+ feet away van-tage point. The face then became familiar.

The driver of the SUV? Patrick Sharp. You could practically see little cartoon

hearts bubbling over my head, the same way they did over Beavis and Butt-Head’s for gang leader Todd, bringing the man-crush levels to new and dizzying heights. Time will tell if these emotions will wane, but given his and the team’s recent performances (Detroit games notwithstanding), they are unlikely to diminish in the foreseeable future. So there you have it, hockey fans. If there’s anyone that’s deserving of a man-crush, it’s Sharpie. A scorer and a penalty killer, a gentleman and a scholar.

That, and he’s fucking gorgeous. Wait, did I type that?

You can find Matt in section 321 or in the smoking cattle-pen after each period. You can email him to confirm to him that he is gay at mattew.m.mcclure@gmail.com

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The Making of The Chicago Blackhawks

YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Brian Campbell (BUF 6th round 1997

Cristobal Huet (LA 7th round 2001)Matt Walker (STL 3rd round 1998)Aaron Johnson (CLB 3rd round 2001)

2007-2008 Patrick Kane (1st round) Ben Eager (PHO 1st round 2002) from PHI for Jim Vandermeer (FA PHI 2000)Craig Adams (HAR 9th round 1996) from CAR for future considerations.Andrew Ladd (CAR 1st round 2004) from CAR for Tuomo Ruutu (CHI 1st round 2001)

Brent Sopel (VAN 6th round 1995)

2006-2007 Jonathan Toews (1st round) Martin Havlat (OTT 1st round 1999) from OTT and Bryan Smolinski (BOS 1st round 1990) for Tom Preissing (FA SJ 2003), Josh Hennessy (SJ 2nd round 2003) and Michael Barinka (CHI 2nd round 2003)Kris Versteeg (BOS 5th round 2004) from BOS for Brandon Bochenski (OTT 7th round 2001)

2005-2006 Patrick Sharp (PHI 3rd round 2001) from PHI for Matt Ellison (CHI 4th round 2002) and CHI 3rd round pick 2006

Nikolai Khabibulin (WIN 9th round 1992)

2004-2005 Cam Barker (1st round)Dave Bolland (2nd round)Troy Brouwer (7th round)

2003-2004 Brent Seabrook (1st round)Corey Crawford (2nd round)Dustin Byfuglien (8th round)

Colin Fraser (PHI 3rd round 2003), Jim Vandermeer (PHI FA 2000) and 2004 2nd round pick from PHI for Alex Zhamnov and 2004 4th round pick (WIN 4th round 1990)

2002-2003 Duncan Keith (2nd round)James Wisniewski (5th round)Adam Burish (9th round)

COACHESHead Coach-Joel QuennevilleAssistant Coach-John TorchettiAssistant Coach-Mike HavilandAssistant Coach- Marc BergevinGoaltending Coach-Stephane Waite

GM HISTORYDale Tallon (2005-Present)Bob Pulford (Too Fucking Long, Too Many Fuck-ing Times)Mike Smith (2001-2004)Bob Murray (1999-2000)

info in part provided by hockeyreference.com

The Making of The Calgary Flames

YEAR DRAFT TRADE FREE AGENT2008-2009 Michael Cammalleri (LA 2nd round 2001) from LA for 2008 1st

round pick.Todd Bertuzzi (NYI 1st round 1993)Rene Bourque (CHI Undrafted FA 2004)Curtis Glencross (ANA Undrafted FA 2004)Jamie Lundmark (NYR 1st round 1999)Andre Roy (BOS 6th round 1994)

2007-2008 Adrian Aucoin (VAN 5th round 1992) and2007 7th round pick from CHI for Andrei Zyuzin (SJ 1st round 1996) and Steve Marr (?)Jim Vandermeer (PHI Undrafted FA 2000) from PHI for 2009 3rd round pick

Cory Sarich (BUF 2nd round 1996)

2006-2007 Craig Conroy (MON 6th round 1990) from LA for Jamie Lund-mark (NYR 1st round 1999), 2007 4th round pick, and 2008 2nd round pickWayne Primeau (BUF 1st round 1994) with Brad Stuart (SJ 1st round 1998) from BOS for Andrew Ference (PIT 8th round 1997) and Chuck Kobasew (CAL 1st round 2001)

2005-2006 Brett Sutter (6th round)2004-2005 Dustin Boyd (3rd

round)Daymond Langkow (TB 1st round 1995) from PHX for Denis Gauthier (CAL 1st round 1995) and Oleg Saprykin (CAL 1st round 1999)

2003-2004 Dion Phaneuf (1st round)

Rhett Warrener (FLA 2nd round 1994) and Steve Reinprecht (LA Undrafted FA 2000) from BUF for Chris Drury (QUE 3rd round 1994) and Steve Begin (CAL 2nd round 1996)Mikka Kiprusoff (SJ 5th round 1995) from SJ for 2005 3rd round pick

2002-2003 Eric Nystrom (1st round)Mattew Lombardi (3rd round)Curtis McElhinney (6th round)

2001-2002 David Moss (7th round)1997-1998 Robyn Regehr (COL 1st 1998), Rene Corbet (QUE 2nd round

1991), Wade Belak (QUE 1st round 1994), and 2000 2nd round pick from COL for Theo Fleury (CAL 8th round 1987) and Chris Dingman (CAL 1st round 1994)

1995-1996 Jerome Iginla (DAL 1st round 1995) with Cory Millen (NYR 3rd round 1982) from DAL for Joe Nieuwendyk (CAL 2nd round 1985)

GM HISTORY2002-Present: Darryl Sutter2001-2002: Craig Button

1996-2001: Al CoatesCOACHES

Head Coach: Mike KeenanAsst. Coach: Jim Playfair

Asst. Coach: Rich PrestonAsst. Coach: Wayne FlemingAsst. Coach: Rob Cookson

Playing at home............ 11-2-4Playing on road........... 9-6-3Scoring first.......... 11-3-2Opponent scores first........ 9-5-5Shoot the puck bimbo scores...... 3-0-1Shoot the puck bimbo doesn’t score...... 8-1-3Shoot the puck bimbo blows editors of Commited Indian..... 0-0-0ANYONE blows editors of Committed Indian ................. 0-1-0Playing on a Monday.............. 1-1-1 Playing on a Tuesday................ 2-1-0Playing on a Wednesday........... 4-0-2Playing on a Thursday.............. 0-1-0Playing on a Friday................ 4-2-1Playing on a Saturday............. 3-2-3Playing on a Sunday................ 5-1-0Savard changes lines during game... 1-2-1Coach Q keeps lines as they are..... 19-6-6Are out-muscled by opponent.... 7-8-3Outshoot opponent....... 13-4-2Are outshot by opponenet.... 7-4-5Havlat shies from contact......... 16-6-6Patrick Kane scores............... 8-3-2Jonathan Toews scores.......... 3-0-3Martin Havlat scores............. 5-1-1Patrick Sharp scores............ 12-2-2Dustin Byfuglien scores......... 4-0-1Dustin Byfuglien turns down a hit...... 17-6-5Andrew Ladd scores............. 6-0-1Dave Bolland scores......... 5-0-1Adam Burish scores....... HA!51 Phantom scores....... 3-1-1Duncan Keith scores........ 2-3-0Brent Seabrook scores...... 4-0-0Aaron Johnson scores.... 2-0-1Troy Brouwer scores.... 4-0-0Scoring a Power Play goal....... 16-3-6Not scoring a Power Play goal... 4-5-1Allowing a Power Play goal...... 7-5-7Not Allowing a Power Play goal....... 13-3-0Scoring a short-handed goal........... 2-1-0

Allowing a short-handed goal......... 1-1-1Taking 30 or more shots......... 16-5-4Taking less than 30 shots..... 4-3-1Allowing 30 shots or more...... 10-4-5Allowing 30 shots or less......... 10-4-2100 Level doesn’t cheer for anthem. 10-1-41st of a back-to-back...... 2-2-22nd of a back-to-back..... 4-2-0Opponent played night before.... 4-1-1Seabrook gets a flat-footed penalty.... 6-2-3Burish takes a penalty....... 4-3-2Keith takes a penalty......... 5-1-2Sharp takes a penalty....... 8-2-2Toews takes a penalty..... 6-2-2Havlat takes a penalty.... 4-0-0Sopel takes a penalty...... 3-2-1Sopel looks 6 steps slow...... 7-5-551 Phantom blows a coverage...... 13-6-6Toews is trying too hard...... 3-6-2At least 1 fight in 300 Level... 0-0-2No fights in 300 Level..... 10-1-2Playing Eastern Conference..... 3-2-1Playing Western Conference..... 17-6-6Playing Central Division...... 2-2-5Playing Northwest Division.... 9-1-0Playing Pacific Division 6-3-1Playing Atlantic Division 1-1-0Playing NASCAR Division 0-1-0Playing Northeast Division 2-0-1Playing in October.... 4-3-3Playing in November.... 6-3-3Playing in December...... 10-1-1Playing in January..... 0-1-0Playing in February..... 0-0-0Playing in March...... 0-0-0Playing in April...... 0-0-0UC plays really stupid goal song..... 11-1-4Huet’s five-hole open like Lindsay Lohan’s..... 2-5-2Getting obliterated on face-offs....... 7-6-4Are even close on face-offs..... 13-2-3

Eddie O tells crew to “stop it right here!”.... 19-8-7Eddie O tells us D have the forwards and forwards have the D during 4-on-4........ 19-8-7We fantasize about shooting Eddie O.... 19-8-7We’re ecstatic Pat Foley is back...... 19-6-7Ice-girls wear skirts....... 4-1-3Ice-girls wear pants....... 3-1-0ice-girls wear shorts.... 4-0-1Ice-girls wear hideous pink outfit....... 1-0-0Leading after 2 periods...... 15-1-3Losing after 2 periods...... 1-5-2Tied after 2 periods......... 4-2-2In overtime.......... 2-2In shootout....... 2-5Cam Barker plays....... 15-5-4Cam Barker is in Rockford due to GM incompetence..... 3-2-3Lacking a #2 center........ 20-8-7In 1-goal games..... 5-3-7In 2-goal games...... 5-3-0In 3-goal games....... 4-1-0In 4+ goal games...... 5-1-0Scoring 3+ goals..... 13-2-4Scoring less than 3 goals...... 0-6-3PA plays Ministry....... 0-0-0PA plays Modern Cock-Rock..... 11-2-4PA plays Classic Cock-Rock....... 7-1-4PA plays P.J. Harvey........ 0-0-0Frasier fights...... 5-2-1Burish fights....... 4-1-0Seabrook fights..... 0-0-0Barker fights......... 0-0-1Buff fights......... 0-0-2Sharp fights........ 0-0-0Eager fights.......... 6-0-1On Comcast...... 15-3-4On WGN....... 5-3-3On Vs........ 0-1-0On NBC.... 0-1-0Judd Sirott swears a lot off-air 20-8-7Editor of Committed Indian bleeds on programs........ 1-0-0

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