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St Louis Game Time St LOUIS Volume 6, Issue 19 GAME TIME December 28, 2010 Four Dollars Of Short Words For ‗Hawk Fans The Program That Gives More Than It Takes Established in 2005 By Brad Lee pressure to win every night. The Blues are hoping to extend their three-game winning streak. ―These are the kind of games, if you‘re on the wrong end of The Blackhawks are hoping to extend a four-win streak of their them, you look back in April and say those two points were critical own. Something‘s got to give. at the time,‖ Backes said in the postgame video. ―It‘s back-to-back wins against division opponents and three in a row. It‘s been a Here in the last week in December, I‘m not going to say any battle with the guys in here. We‘ve been putting 20 guys on the ice one game is crucial for the Blues. There is still more than three who are giving their all and we need that kind of effort here during months left on the schedule. So many games are left, so many the dog days during the middle of the season. We need chances for injuries, so many chances for players to nothing different every single night. It‘s always big to return, get injured again. Who knows what the get two points every single night, and if you‘re not future holds for this team? They can only control in the Western Conference, you‘ll be sliding down the present and that‘s a win tonight against the the standings.‖ ‗Hawks. Unfortunately for the fans in blue tonight, The Blues enter tonight‘s game in eighth the Hawks are suddenly getting healthy. place in the Western Conference with 41 Patrick Kane said after practice Monday that points. The ‗Hawks have 43 points, the he expects to dress for tonight‘s game. The same total as the Avalanche and Sharks but Blackhawks‘ website had the snappy headline in seventh thanks to the tiebreaking system. ―Kane is Able‖ on Monday night. The Hawks Doing the math for you, that‘s the final three were boosted by the return of Marian Hossa on playoff spots separated by one win. Behind the Sunday. Viktor Stalberg is also back from the Blues, Nashville and Anaheim are just one point injured list giving Joel Quenneville lots of back and Phoenix and Columbus just two back. different options for who dresses and what the That means of the 14 other teams in the conference, TM lines look like. Reports from Hawks practice on seven of them are within two points of the Blues. At this point Monday have Kane playing with Captain Serious, Jonny Toewes, in the season, that‘s crazy. And the situation adds importance to and Troy Brouwer. Blues killer Patrick Sharp practiced with Hossa any game against one of those eight teams, like tonight. and Wings‘ castoff Tomas Kopecky. Those are the guys the Blues But don‘t believe me about how big these late December will have to key on tonight. games are, take if from David Backes, the number two star from Whenever the ‗Hawks come to town, somehow the conversation Sunday‘s game (speaking of No. 42, how rare is it for the guy who almost always turns to a hope that the rivalry between the two scores all the goals in a game not get number one star?). In teams will grow into something close to what it was back in the speaking to the media after the game, Backes talked about the (Continued on page 26) Today’s Records, Injuries & News Today’s Team Records: Today’s Injuries: Today’s News & Notes: Blues: Blackhawks: Blues: F T.J. Oshie (broken ankle), Blues sign Marek Svatos to two-way 18 -12-5 (41 points) 20-14-3 (43 points) F David Perron (concussion), LW/C contract. He first needs to first pass 3rd in Central 2nd in Central Andy McDonald (concussion) and C through waivers in order to play here. 8th in Western 7th in Western Dave Scatchard (knee) are out. Possible rain and warmer temperatures could push back game time of Jan. 1 Last Ten Games: Blackhawks: RW Patrick Kane (left Winter Classic in Pittsburgh. Blues: Blackhawks: ankle, sandy vagina) is probable. G Corey 6-3-1 6-3-1 Crawford (illness) missed Sunday‘s Game Time staff glad this is a holiday game. week so we can do some serious Season Series: All-Time Series: drinking on a Tuesday. Ah, who are we 1-1-1 108-120-40-4 kidding? We drink every Tuesday. CAUTION: St. Louis Game Time contains extreme sarcasm and less-than-gentle language. But it is a hockey paper, so you should just fucking get over it. Volume 6, Issue 19 December 28, 2010 This Blues-Blackhawks rivalry makes for some school Blackhawks fans. The college aged kids interesting experiences. I know that for some who don‘t even remember the days of Jeremy St. Louis Game Time fans, this is the biggest rivalry while for others, Roenick and Eddie Belfour and Chris Chelios, Established: November 6, 2005 the Blues-Red Wings games are bigger. Myself, never mind the years of Denis Savard and St Louis, Missouri I became a fan literally at a Blues-‗Hawks Steve Larmer and beyond. They show up with Phone: 314-402-2266 game at the Arena, so these are the games I their bright red Kane and Toews jerseys and www.StLouisGameTime.com really love. I hate the Wings with passion, but they‘re ‗vintage‘ and ‗distressed‘ Blackhawks www.twitter.com/StLouisGameTime that rivalry is more one-sided than this one. hats that belie the fact that they were The other big difference is that while I find purchased less than a year ago and they Godfather most of the Blackhawks fans to be talk trash that just misses the mark. Jeffio funny, I have yet to meet a Wings fan These guys‘ garbage shooters spew who was funny intentionally. forth with nothing but ripped-off Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Detroit retorts that usually revolve But I never thought that fans of Sean Gallagher the enemy would be people I‘d look around a Stanley Cup win and our lack of such accolades. [email protected] forward to seeing. Sure, I‘m totally going to make fun of the guy here tonight On the plus side, they‘re shitty trash talkers, Coppy Editer wearing the headdress and fringy Indian so they have no recourse but to sit back down Maggie Ryan booties, but if I didn‘t see him or he stopped when someone yells, ―Sit down, Bandwagon!‖ coming to these games, I‘d miss him. Same or to just sit there and take it when someone in Distribution goes for the crusty old codgers wearing the seats in front of them turns around and John Nicolay Chicago equivalents of the Red Berenson celebrates a Blues goal by pretending to wack Amy Benoist, Becky Benoist, Cowboy‘s throwback jersey – those things off in their faces. I‘ve seen both of those Clarence Walker weren‘t purchased last year and look like old happen and they were hilarious. But these jerseys, those jerseys were acquired back in guys will get it eventually. If they can stick Columnists the days when fans didn‘t even wear jerseys to with the team when they take their inevitable Rick Ackerman, Nate the Great, Chris Gift, games. The old school ‗Hawk fans, for my dip and struggle through some of the rough Brad Lee, Answer Man & Brian Weidler money, are the best opposing team fans out times, they‘ll figure out how to roll with the there. They‘ve been through the bad times and figurative punches a little better. Besides, if Contributors they‘ve been through the near-misses. Now they stopped coming, I‘d really miss laughing Jeffio, Joe Barker, Jeff Browning, they‘ve even been through a good time or two. at all of their sideways-cocked trucker hats. Childhood Trauma, Melvin & Chris Reed But the old ‗Hawk fans have the perspective The weirdest experience has been becoming Photographers You to talk some trash, take some trash talking and friends with the guys who run a paper like this continue to laugh and drink (and likely) smoke one up in Chicago for those ‗Hawks. But the Video Coach right through all of it. When their team is up, guys who put together The Committed Indian Patrick Shaw they‘re gonna let us know about it. When our are a lot like the guys who do the work here at team gets up, they‘ll sit there and take it. Hell, Game Time. Except that they follow an Mission: most of them can read this paper and laugh annoying team full of midget, shirtless, To rock your fucking world. about it without getting all butthurt and whiny blue-collar-worker-punching children and Failing that we hope to talk hockey and like their Detroit counterparts do. I like those too-serious-at-age-20, non-superstar, crack a couple jokes. guys a lot – their trash talk actually hurts the vomit-after-fights crybabies while we follow a Rights & Permissions: most because it‘s usually pretty good, but it‘s hockey team. But we‘ve gone up to Chicago All material printed herein is copyrighted earned. I‘d miss those guys if they stopped and seen them and bought their paper and and protected. Do not reprint without coming around too. they‘ve come down here and seen us and expressed, written permission from St.
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