Chicago 365 Playoff Central: Taming The Wild

     Yesterday, the Blackhawks defeated the Wild 4-1, pulling ahead to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Semifinals.  Jonathan Toews kicked off the scoring with a goal 11 minutes into the game.  After a 2nd Period goal by Brandon Saad, Minnesota's Cody McCormick scored with 2 minutes elapsed in the 3rd.  After a near miss by Minnesota that would have tied the game at 2 goals apiece, Bryan Bickell and Brandon Saad each chipped in a goal apiece to run the score up to 4-1 Blackhawks.  And that's how the score stayed throughout the rest of the game, with the final result putting the Hawks up 2-0 against the Wild.

     Some may wonder what has been behind the team's sudden resurgence?  Well ESPN's Craig Custance has theorized that falling into the 0-2 hole against the Blues has spurred the team on to a new effort.  Since that happened the Blackhawks have now won 6 games in a row, so Craig very well may have a point.  Game 3 of the Series against the Wild is in Minnesota tomorrow night.  Till then,

GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!