It is time for the circus roadtrip to begin!!!

Hello my Hawk friends!  Hows it going??  Im a bit sleepy....no surprise there.  Anyways how bout them Hawks?!?!  They are 10-7-1. Right now at this moment Hawks are ranked 4th in division, 9th in their conference, and 15th in the league.  But they have only play 18 games and not 20/21 which some of the other teams have so far.  So lets look at where the Hawks are at. 


Top Leaders in each category  
Goals- 7 Toews
Assists- 9 Toews/Saad
Points- 16 Toews
+/-  + 5 Versteeg/Hjalmarsson -4 Shaw
Takeaways- 16 Hossa
Hits- 45 Shaw
Blocked Shots- 31 Oduya
Giveaways- 26 Hjalmarsson
FO%- 58.2 Toews
PIM- 19 Shaw
PPG- 3 Sharp/ Seabrook/ Kane
TOI- 25:41 Keith
S%-  14.60 Toews
SHG- 1 Hossa/Toews
GWG- 2 Kane/Toews



Overall as a team
Power play-In the past 8 games, Hawks have had 27 opportunities with a man-advantage.  They have scored 6 goals, making their PP at 22.2%. Overall they are at 17.8%

Penalty kill-In the past 8 games, Hawks have been short-handed 20 times.  They have only allowed 1 goal, making their PK at 95% Overall they are 92.3% and ranked 1st in the league

Offense- In the past 8 games, Hawks have scored 3 goals per game.  Overall they are 2.67 goals per game.

Defense- In the past 8 games, Hawks have only allowed 2.13 goals per game.  Overall they have only allowed 2 goals per game. 

Goaltending- Crawford has played all 8 games.  He had 4 wins and 4 losses.  Overall his GAA 1.88 and his SV% .929

Game Highlights
November 1st vs. Maple Leafs 
3-2 Leafs win

 -Hawks outshot Leafs 47 to 27 with 26 of them in the 3rd period
-Both goals were on a power play

November 2nd vs. Jets 
1-0 Jets win
 -Hutchinson 1st career shutout
 -Frolik scores 20 seconds into the game...ends up being the only goal for the game

November 4th vs. Candiens 
5-0 Hawks win
-Toews 200th goal. assist on Kane gives him his 450th point
 -Crawford with 1st shutout of the season

November 7th vs. Capitals
Caps win 3-2
-The Blackhawks lost a third straight game at United Center for the first time since the 2011-12 season
-Johansson scores 47 seconds left in the game to tie the game and Ward scores 4.4 seconds left in the game to win the game

November 9th vs. Sharks
Hawks win 5-2
-Van Riemsdyk with 1st NHL career point and 1st star of the game
 -Toews with the ENG to seal the win for the Hawks

November 11th vs. Tampa Bay
Hawks win 3-2 in SO 
 -Chicago hadn't beaten Tampa Bay in five straight games, with the Blackhawks' last win Dec. 13, 2009 at United Center 
  -Kane the lone scorer in the shootout to give Hawks the win

November 14th vs. Detriot
Wings win 4-1
 -Detroit had 20 shots in the second period, the most shots Chicago has allowed in a period this season
-Franzen with 3G in 3 games

November 16th vs. Stars
Hawks win 6-2
 -Richards finished with the two assists in his 1000th NHL game, Kane and Versteeg each had a goal and two assists, and the Blackhawks had three more players with multipoint games
 -2-2 tie after 40 minutes of play

Overall

In the past 8 games Hawks were 4-4-0....which puts them at .500 They have had some good games and not so good games.  The PK is rockin' being 1st in the league and their goals against is up there too being 2nd in the league.  The PP is ranked 19th and scoring goals at 15th.  Tomorrow the Hawks start their circus road trip so they will have to play 6 games on the road before they come home in Dec.  If they can come out at least at .500 that would be AWESOME! :)  It's time for me to part ways....til next time Hawks fan!  As always GO HAWKS!