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Chicago’s the ‘nation’s’ TV team?

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/22/13 at 01:06 AM ET | Comments (1)

You may take the Chicago Tribune's Ed Sherman's analysis of the Chicago Blackhawks' national TV footprint for what you will:

The Blackhawks are as close to a national team as any in the NHL. Look no further than NBC. The network is riding the Hawks hard during the playoffs. The reason is simple: Ratings.

The Hawks' local numbers from the nation's No. 3 market are having a huge impact on the overall national rating for their games on NBC and NBC Sports Network. In Chicago, an average of nearly 300,000 viewers tuned in for Game 3 on NBC Sports Network Monday night. That's nearly 20 percent of the estimated 1.6 million viewers who tuned in across the country.

Let's say there are many Hawks fans within the executive offices at NBC Sports.

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A link merits an entry when it’s Datsyukian

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/22/13 at 12:59 AM ET | Comments (1)

The one major flaw with TSN's absolutely spectacular online offerings involves the fact that they are not embeddable on other websites. As such, they're usually relegated to "hey, look at this" status until YouTubers translate them to watchable formats (see: Kronwalled), but this one merits mentioning right now:

TSN's compiled a top ten list of Pavel Datsyuk's best goals and shootout goals. It's almost 3 minutes long, and I'm sure you've seen them all before, but they are worth your time all over again. This one is very recent but it's still one of my favorites:

Not bad for a player without much natural talent, if we are to believe Glenn Healy...

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Grand Rapids Griffins head to AHL’s Conference Finals; Frk’s hat trick paces Mooseheads at Mem Cup

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/22/13 at 12:45 AM ET | Comments (1)

Disclaimer/warning: Yarr, an auto-play highlight clip lurks within: The Grand Rapids Griffins needed to take out the Toronto Marlies to avoid a winner-take-all Game 7 situation in their second-round AHL playoff series. The Griffins did things the hard way, rallying from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits by scoring 3 goals over the final 9:56 of the 3rd period and advancing to the AHL's Western Conference Finals via a 4-3 victory.

The Grand Rapids Griffins' website provides a recap of the game's events...

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Four Teams in Playoff Action Tonight

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/21/13 at 06:45 PM ET | Comments (9)

The Rangers need a win tonight at home in order to avoid going down 0-3 in the series while the Sharks hope to even the series at two with a win tonight against the Kings.

Feel free to discuss the games below or anything playoff related.

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Phil Housley Named Assistant Coach For Nashville

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/21/13 at 04:48 PM ET | Comments (5)

Nashville, Tenn. (May 21, 2013) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that Phil Housley has been named assistant coach of the team. Housley coached the United States to a gold medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships and ranks fourth all-time among NHL defensemen in points (338g-894a-1,232pts).

“Phil brings a unique skill set to our coaching staff,” Poile said. “He was one of the most talented offensive defensemen to play in the NHL, and he has worked extensively with young players during his coaching career. He will continue to focus his efforts on our young defensemen and assisting on the power play.”

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Kerry Fraser writes column, blogger misunderstands it

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/21/13 at 04:24 PM ET | Comments (22)

Update: Well, every reader says that I've got it wrong in my interpetation of Fraser's commentary, so...Readers are right?

Since the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane scored the 2-1 goal (in the Red Wings' 3-1 victory last night) after Johan Franzen was boarded at the opposite end of the ice by Niklas Hjamarsson, but were denied another when Viktor Stalberg's shot and game-tying goal on Jimmy Howard was negated because the referees deemed Andrew Shaw to be interfering with Jimmy Howard's ability to make a save, the media's pounced on the situation and has addressed the situation in predictable talking-out-of-the-ivory-tower-to-those-uninformed, biased-boobs-who-happen-to-pay-their-salaries fashion:

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Red Wings among many organizations reaching out to help family of fallen firefighter

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

05/21/13 at 04:05 PM ET | Comments (0)

As mentioned yesterday, the Red Wings are holding a charitable drive on Thursday to honor a fallen firefighter, and the Deaborn Press and Guide's Joe Slezak offers more details about the event:

The Detroit Red Wings are encouraging fans attending Thursday’s playoff game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena to help “Fill a Boot” to benefit the family of fallen Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke.

Dearborn firefighters will be at each arena entrance collecting money from 6:30 to 8 p.m., which is the faceoff time for game 4 of the best-of-7 Western Conference semifinals, which the Red Wings lead 2 games to 1.

Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg plans to match donations up to $3,500.

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What Type Of Fan Are You?

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/21/13 at 03:24 PM ET | Comments (23)

1. The Fan Who Punches a Wall

2. The Single F-Bomb Fan

3. The “Oh My God Oh My God Oh My God NOOO!” Fan

Sean McIndoe of Grantland has 17 more for you with an explanation on all.

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Kings Looking For A Road Win

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/21/13 at 03:12 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Arash Markazi of ESPNLosAngeles,

Despite not having as much success on the road this season as the Kings did last season and losing Game 3 in heartbreaking fashion in San Jose, Sutter didn't believe that would be a factor in Tuesday night's Game 4.

"There's zero momentum," Sutter said. "Once you get in the playoffs, there's no momentum unless somebody is way better than somebody, which as you see, nobody is. There's zero momentum. If there is a carryover, you're probably not a playoff team anyways."

The Kings don't have to be as dominant on the road as they were last season in order to advance to the Western Conference finals. All they need is a win Tuesday to put them in position to close out the series back in Los Angeles on Thursday.

"We've played better at home but we can't rest and be comfortable with being a great home team," Williams said. "We need to be killers on the road. Coming back with a 3-1 lead is something we're certainly going to do our darndest to do."

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Hello? NHL?

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

05/21/13 at 02:47 PM ET | Comments (17)

from Ray Ratto of CSNBayArea,

We are not expecting a Gary Bettman sighting for Game 4 of the Los Angeles Kings-San Jose Sharks series Tuesday night. Or for Game 5 on Thursday, and probably not Game 6 on Sunday, either. And maybe not even for Game 7, either. We remain hopeful for Game 8, though.

Too bad, too. The one time the Bay Area would actually like to see him, he’ll find himself too busy tending to the three series that haven’t been designated as undercards.

And yes, this is still the undercard for whatever other series there is, because that’s the way the sport has always operated. Like the Stanley Cup itself, it is a series of rings, and the further away from the center you get, the less intriguing you are.

Yes, the Sharks are playing the defending Stanley Cup champions in a series that has had enough of everything yet not so much that people aren’t willing to watch more. But they are not members of the Original Six, like Chicago and Detroit and New York and Boston. They do not have Sidney Crosby, like Pittsburgh. And they do not have Canada, like Ottawa.

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