The reg season has ended!

Well, the Chicago Blackhawks regular season has ended.  They were 45-26-11 with 101 points which put them in 10th in the league, 6th in the conference, and 4th in their divison which tells you a lot about the Central.  The Hawks will play the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round.  First game will be on Thurs., April 12th at 9pm.  So lets look back at some of the stats of the regular season 11'-12'.

 Top winners in each category
Goals- Sharp 33
Assists- Hossa 48
Points- Hossa 77
+/- Sharp +28 Brunette -13
PPG- Hossa 8
GWG- Sharp 8
SHG- Bolland 3
Shooting percentage- 16.0 Brunette
Hits- Seabrook 198
Blocked Shots- Seabrook 165
TOI- Keith 26:53
Takeaways- Hossa 94
FO%- 59.4 Toews
Giveaways- Seabrook 57
PIM- Mayers 91

Over the season
The Hawks averaged 2.94 goals per game which ranked them 6th in the league and allowed 2.82 goals against putting them at 22nd.    They had 31.5 shots per game and allowed 28.6 shots.  There power play was 15.2% which had them at 26th in the league and 78.1% on the penalty kill putting them at 27th. 


Highlights of the Chicago Blackhawks player for the season
Bryan Bickell- 9 goals, 15 assists for the season...was 2nd on the team with 128 hits.

Dave Bolland- Highest multi-point game with 2 goals and 1 assist vs. Wild on Jan 12th

Brandon Bollig- Had 58 penalty minutes in 18 games in the Hawks uniform with 8 majors

Andrew Brunette-Registered 27 points for the season...25 of those points were made when the Hawks won and Andy didn't have any multi-point games. 

Daniel Carcillo-Season was cut short of a knee injury but had two assists vs. Calgary on Nov 11th and racked up 82 penalty minutes in 28 games.

Michael Frolik-Had 2 multi-point games. (2A) vs. Wild on Jan 12th and (1G, 1A) vs. Blue Jackets on Oct 29th.

Jimmy Hayes- Had three multi-point games 1 goal and 1 assist (Jan 12th, Jan 18th, and Feb 21st) while only playing 31 games.

Marian Hossa- On Jan 21st 2012 vs. Preds, it was 12th straight season he's reached the 20-goal mark.  Registered 400th goal of his NHL career in a three-point night (1G, 2A) on Dec. 8 vs. Islanders, becoming the 85th player in league history to reach it.  Skated in the 900th regular-season game of his NHL career on Oct. 13 vs. Jets.

Patrick Kane- Check out his shootout goals!

Marcus Kruger- Collected a pair of assists for the first multi-point of his NHL career on Feb. 2 vs. Oilers.

Jamal Mayers- Recorded the first point of his Blackhawks career with the GWG on Oct. 18 vs. Phoenix. 

Brendan Morrison- played 11 games in a Hawks uniform since being acquired on Jan 27th from Calgary. 

Patrick Sharp- Became first player in franchise history to record an OT GWG in back-to-back games on Dec. 8 vs. Islanders and Dec. 11 vs. Sharks.  Second hat trick of his NHL career on Nov. 25 vs. Ducks.

Andrew Shaw- First goal of his NHL career on his first shot in his NHL debut on Jan. 5 vs. Philly.

Viktor Stalberg- First hat trick of his NHL career on Jan. 10 vs. Columbus and had (8G, 2A) vs. the Blue Jackets for the season.

Jonathan Toews- Collected an assist for the 300th regular-season point of his NHL career on Dec. 14 vs. Wild.  Career-high five points (2G, 3A) on Nov. 25 vs. Ducks

Niklas Hjalmarsson- 2nd on the team with 142 blocked shots and had

Duncan Keith- Collected the 200th assist of his NHL career on Nov. 18 vs. Flames.  Missed three straight games from Nov. 3-6.  Last time that happen was 2008-09 season...tells ya how much of a workhorse he is.

Nick Leddy- Netted the Blackhawks' first goal of the season on Oct. 7.....In losses he is a -31.

Sami Lepisto-Netted the first goal of his Blackhawks career on Feb. 18 vs. Columbus

Steve Montador-Tallied the first goal of his Blackhawks career, added an assist, and recorded a fighting major for Chicago's first 'Gordie Howe Hat Trick' since 2009 on Nov 11th vs. Blue Jackets

Sean O'Donnell-The first point of his Blackhawks career with an assist on Oct. 8 vs. DAL

Johnny Oduya-Acquired from the Calgary Flames on Feb 27th 2012.  Nice pick-up and great on the back end.

Dylan Olsen-Made his NHL debut on Jan 5th vs. Philly. Had 43 hits, 23 blocked shots in 28 games. 

Brent Seabrook-Reached the 20 points (4G, 16A) for the seventh straight season on Feb. 3 vs. Flames.  Collected an assist in his 500th regular-season game of his NHL career on Dec. 11 vs. Sharks.

Corey Crawford

Ray Emery- 15-9-4 this season with the Hawks.  Made a season-high 41 saves on Jan. 5 vs. Flyers, his highest single-game total since March of 2007.  Stopped 35 shots on Dec. 11 vs. SJS to record his 100th regular-season victory of his NHL career.



My thoughts
Seems like yesterday when the Hawks were on their 9 game-losing streak.....and everyone thought we were out of the playoffs.  Well news flash...it's a long season with 82 games to be played.  The Hawks have figured out how to win games without one of their star players Jonathan Toews.  He's been out for a while with a concussion.  Hopefully he's ready to go on Thursday....the team will be upstoppable but there are two areas of concerns.  Special teams and goaltending.  If the Hawks can figure out a way to score some power play goals....maybe shooting more on goal......that would be amazing....then maybe us fans wouldn't think it's a waste of time.  As for goaltending....yes i know....if the team in front of you isn't playing defense...well chances are your going to get shots headed your way....you have to be on your game and not let in soft goals.  Smith, the Coyotes goalie, he's been pretty good this season and why some might think he's the reason they are in the playoffs.  It will come down to who's on their game and hopefully Crawford will be up for it.  The playoffs begin Wed April 11th.   It literally came down to the last game this season which teams would play each other. Here is the list of matchup for the NHL playoffs.  I will be at Game 4 for this series so if you see me make sure you check out my playoff beard and GO HAWKS! 




*As always stats can be found on NHL.com.  The videos can be found on YouTube.