A local Chicago news station may have been a bit too eager to report the Chicago Blackhawks’ Game 6 victory over the Nashville Predators tonight.
The Blackhawks (often affectionately known as the Hawks) won 4-3 at home, to eliminate the Predators. The news station, however, may have missed the memo on the team’s nickname – as well as what jerseys the Hawks wear (of all the pictures they could’ve chosen? Really?). Possibly the most entertaining part of this gaffe is realizing that someone at the station must’ve looked at the graphic, and decided it was good to go on air. How does that even happen?
Chicago emerged victorious from a very hard-fought series that saw them fall behind several times – including going down 3-0 in Game 1, only to win in overtime. Perhaps the most interesting story to emerge from the series was that of Hawks goalie Scott Darling, who took over from regular starter Corey Crawford for Game 3, and helped lead his team over Nashville.
The Predators were without star defenceman Shea Weber for a significant portion of the series due to injury, which certainly lightened the load on the Chicago forwards – although the series was absolutely no cakewalk. It’s a shame that a team as strong as Nashville had to go out in the first round, as this series could have made for an excellent conference final. Nevertheless, there’s always at least one Cup contender eliminated early on.
The Hawks now await the end of the Minnesota-St. Louis series, as they’ll play the winner of that in the next round.
It’s truly heartwarming to see centuries of racial barriers broken through sport like this and that hockey is colorblind.
