Chicago Blackhawks vs. Detroit Red Wings: Let's Play Game 7, Boys
BY JON FROMI (FEATURED COLUMNIST) ON MAY 29, 2013 759 reads 1
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Game 7 between Chicago and Detroit is Wednesday night. The winner advances to the Western Conference Finals.
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The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings have battled to a stalemate in their Western Conference Semifinal. Game 7 and the right to advance against Los Angeles awaits both teams at the United Center.
Let's get to it, already.
Through six games, the Hawks and Wings have thrown their best punches at each other. Each team has been handed a defeat at home, and both goalies have risen to the occasion several times.
If these division rivals weren't familiar with each other in their four regular-season matches, they sure as heck are at this point. Heading into the final meeting before the two Original Six franchises become a pair of trains passing in the night of realignment, we should have a good idea what to expect.
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville has the last line change. Count on Quenneville to take full advantage and keep his captain, Jonathan Toews, away from Henrik Zetterberg.
Look for Detroit to try and take the crowd out of it with an early goal. This will also allow the Red Wings to sit back and prevent the 'Hawks from easy trips through the neutral zone.
Both teams have tried to throw off the opposition with physical play. Toews can't skate 10 feet without taking a stick to his shin guards or a bump from one of his Detroit counterparts.
