A Short But Sweet Stint As A Hawk

[Thucydides]

i remember the first year the hawks made the playoffs since the first lockout ended, and samuel pahlsson being a steady veteran presence. think he helped the young guys a lot that playoff.

 

[theaub]

Handzus for life (need to go back to the old avatar)

Most of mine were already mentioned (I also had an unhealthy liking of Berard back in the day, defensive inefficiency aside).

I know he was kind of here for two seasons, but I was a big fan of Jason Williams. He was awesome with Toews/Kane at the start of their rookie season.

But my favourite will always be Andrei Trefilov, who stopped Mats Sundin on a penalty shot with a minute to go to go at the Gardens to preserve his only win as a Blackhawk in what was probably the first live Hawks win I ever saw.

 

[Marotte Marauder]

Ron Sedlbauer the original Cy Young of hockey.

He had the most wicked wrister I have ever seen, great athlete but wasn't that interested. Left hockey to run the family shoe biz.

 

[BobbyJet]

Orr, Korab, Schmautz

 

[hawksrule]

Ron Sedlbauer the original Cy Young of hockey.

He had the most wicked wrister I have ever seen, great athlete but wasn't that interested. Left hockey to run the family shoe biz.

That's a bit before my time. I didn't know he ever played for the Hawks. What year?

 

[BobbyJet]

Orr, Korab, Schmautz

Almost forgot Espo. Hull always said that he was better than Hawks' management gave him credit for, and he certainly proved to be right ... 1000X over.

 

[Martin Riggs]

Lang, Smolinski, and Williams are excellent examples. Liked all those guys. Even the over the hill Bondra. 1 of the only 4 guys to score their 500th career goal in a Hawk sweater too. (Hull, Mikita, & Goulet being the others)

Radim Vrbata is another guy who I'll mention even though he wasn't as good here as he was after he left. Maybe should've held on to him a little longer.

Just thought of another.. Anybody remember Jeff Hamilton?

Edit- Disgruntled mentioned Hamilton

 

[zytz]

brendan morrison

 

[FinnFan8]

Ville Nieminen, and his permanent, ****-eating grin.

Also for a slightly longer term, Jaroslav Spacek. I still remember that scoreboard video when players were asked if they prefered hotdogs or hamburgers. Spacek just said, totally deadpan, "BOTH."

 

[FinnFan8]

Oh yeah, and then there was that exciting time where Theo Fleury hit NHL-rock-bottom with the Hawks... Short, if not sweet...

 

[theaub]

Oh yeah, and then there was that exciting time where Theo Fleury hit NHL-rock-bottom with the Hawks... Short, if not sweet...

Shoot that reminds me of my second favourite Chris Simon for telling 12 year old me to f off when I asked for a puck during warmups in Buffalo.

What a team that was.

On a side note Wendel Clark lives in my condo and I've occasionally thought of lighting some money on fire and asking him to sign the charred remains (guess this my 'short but not sweet' post)

 

[FinnFan8]

Shoot that reminds me of my second favourite Chris Simon for telling 12 year old me to f off when I asked for a puck during warmups in Buffalo.

What a team that was.

On a side note Wendel Clark lives in my condo and I've occasionally thought of lighting some money on fire and asking him to sign the charred remains (guess this my 'short but not sweet' post)

Those were such great years . If it weren't for $8 student tickets and the ever-present possibility of the Hawks actually coming out to play against Detroit, I doubt I'd have hung with the team through the late 90s and 00s...

 

[sharkhawk]

I was going to Michel goulet, but I forgot he was here for 4+ seasons. It sucks being old. One of my favorite players from when I had season tickets. Seriously though, my dad was so pissed when we got rid of Hasek, because he hated belfour and always said Hasek was going to be a beast

 

[Marotte Marauder]

That's a bit before my time. I didn't know he ever played for the Hawks. What year?

80 and 81 for the Terrry Ruskowski led Hawks!

 

[sharkhawk]

One more, John Tonelli (I think it was him) didn't play long for the hawks, but there was a sound bite they used to play on WBBM with him saying Hard Hawk Hockey that was awesome. Wish I could find it.

 

[hawksrule]

80 and 81 for the Terrry Ruskowski led Hawks!

Thanks. I looked it up before asking, but oddly hockey reference listed his team as cbh instead of chi, and I glossed over it. http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/sedlbro01.html

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Shoot that reminds me of my second favourite Chris Simon for telling 12 year old me to f off when I asked for a puck during warmups in Buffalo.

What a team that was.

On a side note Wendel Clark lives in my condo and I've occasionally thought of lighting some money on fire and asking him to sign the charred remains (guess this my 'short but not sweet' post)

Chris Simon with Nylander was a monster combination in NHL Hitz.

 

[Joemoe]

I enjoyed Brad Richards past year with us, obviously isn't the player he used to be but he was fine for the 2 mil, probably my favorite moment was his goal versus the Rangers at MSG and Darling getting his first career shutout in that game.

 

[G0AT]

I enjoyed Brad Richards past year with us, obviously isn't the player he used to be but he was fine for the 2 mil, probably my favorite moment was his goal versus the Rangers at MSG and Darling getting his first career shutout in that game.

Was gonna say this also. I enjoyed B-rad when he was here. Esp the bromance him and Kaner shared.

 

[FinnFan8]

Chris Simon with Nylander was a monster combination in NHL Hitz.

LOL. Nylander was so boss, though. He must have been immensely frustrated with those Hawks teams. Loved the times where he'd just circle and stickhandle endlessly just waiting for SOMEONE to get open.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Both Ruutu's.

Christian and Tuomo.

 

[zac]

And if the Hawks had not choked the lead away in wcf game 7, Zus would have been remembered as a hero of the 2014 Cup run for his game 5 ot goal.

The Post-Traumatic Zus Disorder some Hawks fans still have is bizarre.

Are you kidding? Zeus's miscues and penalties were the biggest reasons we lost games 2 and 3 (were dominating game 2 until Zeus' blunder opened the floodgates). He was easily the worst player on the ice for either team in 3-4 of those games. So he scored a "game winner". Big deal. It wasn't enough to cancel out the futility we saw for the rest of that series AND the playoffs.

Q's stupidity cost us a Cup that season. One, he stuck with Zeus despite the better options we had available that season. Two, the reluctance to abort the box and flop PK strategy, which let Doughty have all the ****ing room in the world, led to some ridiculously easy LA PP goals.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

B. Richie It was fun with him last year
But my favorite had to be Vermy from last year

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I have to mention Turco. Not for his on-ice impact, mind you, but from his off-ice. Everything I saw and heard was how incredible of a team player he was despite really losing what was supposed to be his starting gig and I have zero doubt that he played a role in developing Crow into the goalie he is today.

 

[Teemu]

Ville Nieminen

Service with a smile