Time to Wash the 'Hawks Shirt (But the Poppy Stays): Blackhawks Win!!!

Watched the last game of that great Stanley Cup Playoff series between the Chicago Blackhawks and their traditional enemies, the Detroit Redwings at Tommy's last night.  The last two games I wore a new Blackhawks tee shirt for luck, and wouldn't wash it.

Glad and ever so happy to report that I can now wash it as the Hawks won the series on a 2-1 overtime victory and now go on to face last year's Stanley Cup winners, the L.A. Kings.  That means I can wash the shirt.  Not that I'm superstitious or anything like that.  The Blackhawks won the first game, then lost the next three so had to come back from a 3-1 deficit!!!

However, I will have to keep the American Legion poppy I bought in Indianapolis on my hat for the duration.  Good luck, you know.

I'm not happy that most of the games in the series were not broadcast on regular stations and we don't get NBC Sports in our cable package.  It would seem to me that if a city is in the playoffs, their teams' games should be available on regular, over-the-air stations.  Bad move on the part of the NHL.

However, with the exception of the game we saw in Dixon, Illinois, there were always big, boisterous crowds of Blackhawk fans at the other places, mostly decked out in Hawks jerseys and shirts.  Always more fun than watching it at home.  I was especially happy to see all those red jerseys at the Indy 500 Legion.

Game 1--  Hawks win--   Saw it at Antonio's in Spring Grove, Illinois.
Game 2--  Hawks lose--  Saw it at The Precinct in Dixon, Illinois (Illinois Lincoln Highway Motor Tour)
Game 3--  Hawks lose--  Antonio's and Tommy's in Spring Grove
Game 4--  Hawks lose--  Tommy's
Game 5--  Hawks win--  Speedway American Legion in Speedway, Indiana (Indy 500)
Game 6--  Hawks win--  Tommy's
Game 7--  Hawks WIN!!!--  Tommy's

What's with that octopus, anyway?

Go Hawks and MORE Over-the-Air Games, Please.  --RoadDog