Stanley Cup of Chowder - Bruins vs. Blackhawks Stanley Cup Final Game 4 Complete CoverageDavid Pastrnak is legend.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/11233/stanley-fave.jpg2013-06-19T23:55:16-04:00http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/rss/stream/42105692013-06-19T23:55:16-04:002013-06-19T23:55:16-04:00Stanley Cup Final Game 4 Recap: Bruins lose 6-5
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<p>No one said it'd be easy. The Blackhawks are a Really Good Hockey Team. Bruins in 5? Yeah maybe in our dreams. It's cool though.</p>
<p>Nick Leddy played 2:37 this game, split between four shifts. Might want to keep an eye on that as we head towards game 5. Kaspars Daugavins played 5:57; Shawn Thornton played 5:54. </p>
<p>Tuukka Rask stopped 41 of 47 shots tonight -- while he's been unreal this whole playoff run, tonight was BAD. Not as bad as Corey Crawford, who only made 28 saves despite his team's offense. He did everything possible to lose this game for his team. Strong work.</p>
<p>Zdeno Chara was a -3. Um.... tonight was definitely not this defensive corps' best game ever, not by a long shot.</p>
<p>Patrice Bergeron, Rich Peverley, and Johnny Boychuk had excellent games for the Bruins tonight, although geez maybe a little faceoff work is in order. The Bruins as a whole only won 39 faceoffs to Chicago's 38. Usually, that number is more greatly disproportional.</p>
<p>The Boston Bruins in this era have never lost a SCF game by more than one goal. Of the five games they've lost, in games where they scored at least one goal, those games have all gone to OT. Amazing.</p>
<p>Dennis Seidenberg was a garbage fire tonight. Discuss.</p>
<p>This was cool.</p>
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https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2013/6/19/4447380/stanley-cup-final-quick-recap-bruins-lose-6-5-in-ot-see-ya-monday-tdsarahconnors2013-06-19T23:02:22-04:002013-06-19T23:02:22-04:00Public Skate: Bruins 5 Blackhawks 5 OT TIME Y'ALLL
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<p>My heart can't take much more of this, my goodness</p>
<p>HOW ABOUT JOHNNY BOYCHUK TONIGHT EH</p>
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<p>Chris Kelly, dude, it could be 4-4 right now, HOW DID YOU MISS THAT</p>
<p>Wellness check! What's on tap, y'all?</p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2013/6/19/4447132/public-skate-game-4-bruins-1-blackhawks-1-third-periodsarahconnors2013-06-19T21:12:55-04:002013-06-19T21:12:55-04:00HNIC Game 4 Intro: Killing it, as usual
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<p>Tim Thompson is awesome. AWESOME. He is @b0undless on twitter. Go tell him how great he is.</p>
<p>Song is obviously "Pretender." </p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2013/6/19/4446966/stanley-cup-final-hnic-game-4-intro-killing-it-as-usualsarahconnors2013-06-19T21:09:20-04:002013-06-19T21:09:20-04:00Public Skate: SECOND PERIOD OPEN THREAD
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<p>RAPTOR JESUS HAS RETURNED</p>
<p>Some dink Blackhawks player scored too I guess</p>
<p>Did everyone go read DanRyan's awesome Bruins texts post? Go do that during intermission</p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2013/6/19/4446952/public-skate-game-4-bruins-1-blackhawks-1-second-periodsarahconnors2013-06-19T15:00:06-04:002013-06-19T15:00:06-04:003 Questions with...MightyMikeD of Cheer the Anthem
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<p>Today I talked to <a href="http://www.cheertheanthem.com/">Cheer the Anthem</a>'s <a href="http://cheertheanthem.com/author/michaeldevine/">MightyMikeD</a> about how the series was going, what's up with Hossa, and Frolik's Conn Smythe chances.</p>
<h4>1. Hossa was out last game, a last-minute scratch. Did Toews win the Selke for being defensive in the post-game interviews about whether they knew or not?</h4>
<blockquote>Hardy-Har. I'm guessing they didn't know and it was something that happened in the warm-up (this stuff about "Not wanting to tip our hand about Playoff Hero Ben Smith coming in" from Q is egregious bullshit.) In case you didn't know, the Hawks are notoriously tight-lipped about injuries.. but years of decoding Q-Speak makes me believe that Hossa will be in the line-up tonight. The rumour is that it was a neck injury.. said neck has had <span>Roman Polak</span> and <span>Raffi Torres</span> happen to it over the years, so possibly it was a precaution due to a twinge. But we'll never know for sure.</blockquote>
<h4>2. It's deep into a playoff run at this point so you probably know what you have with your team, but have any <a href="https://www.secondcityhockey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Blackhawks</a> stepped up in the Final and surprised you with their play?</h4>
<blockquote>Not really. Mainly because no-one has stepped up. <span>Dave Bolland</span> showed flashes of actually getting involved this year during Game 1, but has gone back to taking stupid penalties and losing faceoffs. I'm more surprised by the lack of production from Shaw and Bickell, both of whom are tailor-made for this sort of series. I'm not worried about the Top-End more-or-less cancelling each other out on both teams, but the offensive depth was meant to be where Chicago have the edge. Post Game 1, we've not seen much of that. If it's the <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Bruins</a> shutting it down, kudos. Oh, and it's no surprise, based on his play all year, but if the Hawks do win the Cup, I'm going to beat the drum for <span>Michael Frolik</span> as Conn Smythe candidate.</blockquote>
<h4>3. Through three games, who's your favorite Bruin? Least favorite Bruin?</h4>
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<p>My favourite Bruin is always going to be Chara. Living in the UK I've been lucky enough to meet a lot of Slovaks and they are wonderful (if completely crazy) people. After Demitra died, I had a lengthy pub conversation with two massive, shaven headed Slovak guys who were weeping like babies over it. So I'm a fan of Slovakia in general (and really glad the Cup is going back there this year, whatever happens) Everything about Chara's story is inspiring and the fact that he's a cycling fan seals the deal for me. He's also very, very good at his job, of course. Bergeron should have won the Selke. He's been excellent. Seidenberg too..</p>
<p>I'm not going to pick Marchand for least favourite because that's a bit too obvious. He's a turd, but if he was wearing a Hawks jersey I'd love him. It'll have to be Rask, I guess. Hopefully he'll channel some Inner-Brian-Elliott soon.. please? Additionally: I'm surprised and pleased that this series has, mostly, been played in pretty good spirit. Two fucking good Hockey Teams giving the League a Final it doesn't deserve after a Lockout.</p>
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<p>Thanks again for answering my questions, Mike!</p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2013/6/19/4444844/chicago-blackhawks-boston-bruins-3-questions-with-mightymiked-of-cheer-the-anthemCornelius Hardenbergh2013-06-19T11:00:05-04:002013-06-19T11:00:05-04:00SCF Game 4 Preview: Be the hammer
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<h4><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">Just the Facts</span></h4>
<p><b>Game Time</b>: 8:00 PM, TD Garden, Boston, MA. TV Broadcast: NBC, CBC, RDS. Radio Broadcast: 98.5 The Sports Hub.</p>
<p><b>Record: Boston 2, Chicago 1</b></p>
<p><b>The Other Side's SB Nation Site: </b><a href="http://secondcityhockey.com" target="_blank">Second City Hockey<b> </b></a><b> </b></p>
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<p><b>Blackhawks projected lines</b></p>
<p>Sharp - Bolland - Hossa<br>Saad - Handzus - Kane <br>Bickell - Bollig - Shaw <br>Kruger - Toews - Frolik<br><br>Keith - Seabrook <br>Oduya - Hjalmarsson<br>Leddy - Roszival</p>
<p>Crawford</p>
<p><b><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> projected lines:</b></p>
<p>Lucic - Krejci - Horton <br>Marchand - Bergeron - Jagr<br>Paille - Kelly - Seguin<br>Daugavins - Peverley - Thornton</p>
<p>Chara - Seidenberg<br>Ference - Boychuk<br>Krug - McQuaid</p>
<p>Rask</p>
<h4>Preview:</h4>
<p>Will Marian Hossa play, or will he be a no-show again? It's uncertain, though the Blackhawks seem to have indicated that he'll go tonight. What IS for certain is that the Bruins lines crafted last game will stick -- Tyler Seguin will remain with Chris Kelly and Daniel Paille. Just as well, considering the offense they generated on Monday night.</p>
<p>This is a first time thing, this leading a Stanley Cup Finals thing -- in 2011, the Bruins didn't lead until they won. Can they retain that lead, bury the dagger in Chicago and take it back to the United Center up 3-1? </p>
<p>Also, this happened:</p>
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<p>My favourite Chara story is the one time he ate the entire pot roast out of his billet family's fridge in Prince George.</p>
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirtle/statuses/347361241548853248">June 19, 2013</a>
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<p>In end, junior team had to start giving the family enough meal money for two players just to feed Chara. He was a big string bean then, too.</p>
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirtle/statuses/347361452769824768">June 19, 2013</a>
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<p>If the Bruins can keep doing what they did in game three -- exploit Corey Crawford's glove side, keep the play out of their own end for long amounts of time, and get the matchups they want, things will probably go their way.</p>
<p>Only nine hours to puck drop....</p>
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