Ice Hogs

High On The Hog: An Eye On The D

Jon Fromi June 18, 2018 0

The Rockford IceHogs were deep on the defensive side in 2018-19. It was in this area where the club had an abundance of experience to start the season. It only got better in the spring as some key pickups further strengthened Rockford on the way to a long playoff run. Back with a look at […]

Ice Hogs

High On The Hog: Against The Wall

Jon Fromi May 23, 2018 0

The Rockford IceHogs are still alive in their Western Conference Final with Texas. Barely. The Stars found a way to win yet again over a Rockford team that dominated large stretches of the contest. The IceHogs rallied with a late goal to send Game 3 to overtime Tuesday night. However, Rockford fell victim to another […]

Musings

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My… -FFUD’s Player Reviews: Gustav Forsling and Carl Dahlstrom, the red-headed step children

Adam Hess April 25, 2018 0

Our next stop on the hindsight circuit brings us to Chicago’s two young Swedish defensemen, Gustav Forsling and Carl Dahlstrom. Let’s do these bad boys one at a time. Gustav Forsling 41 Games, 3 Goals, 10 Assists, 13 Points, -2, 8 PIM 48.9 CF%, -6.8 CF% rel, 44.54 xGF%, -8.9 xGF% rel, 51.67 Zone Start […]

Musings

Well Pilgrim, Not Until You Eat The Peanuts Outta My… -FFUD’s Player Reviews: Jan Rutta, better known as Who?

Adam Hess April 24, 2018 0

Mats Halin has now been the Blackhawks’ director of European scouting for five years, and in that time he has been able to pull a few decent players out of that continent and into the Hawks system. Identifying Artemi Panarin and surely playing a role in getting him to sign here was no doubt his […]

Wraps

Game #75 – I’ll probably die anonymous – Hawks 2, Canucks 5

Adam Hess March 22, 2018 0

Box Score Hockey Stats Natural Stat Trick This one was a real shit show, and that all started this afternoon before the game even started. I have some questions. Let’s get right to the bullets: – So let’s get to the one that I think is the most glaring: what the heck was this lineup? […]

Everything Else

Game #70 – I would’ve preferred the extra hour of sleep – Hawks 3, Bruins 1

Adam Hess March 11, 2018 0

Box Score Hockey Stats Natural Stat Trick There is something deeply offensive about the NHL expecting us to watch a hockey game before noon on a damn Sunday. Granted, I’m in Indianapolis so the game started after noon for me, but you get my point. Even the NFL doesn’t ask us to do that except […]

Atop The Sugar Pile

Atop the Sugar Pile – 1/29

John Pullega January 29, 2018 0

Since the last time we did this, the Hawks have gone 1-2-1 with a -3 goal differential. Things got progressively better after the “slam all of your fingers in a car door during a -10 wind chill” effort against the Islanders, so let’s see if we can suss out what’s going on here. The Dizzying […]

Musings

Before Firing Q, Ask The Right Questions…Then You’ll Probably Fire Q

Sam Fels January 23, 2018 0

For the first time, I’ve seen a real wave of sentiment that the Hawks need to make a major change behind the bench. Some have suggested in the front office. We joke about it here a lot, and we certainly criticize the decorated Hawks coach more than most. But it’s never so simple, and before […]

Atop The Sugar Pile Everything Else

Atop the Sugar Pile – Halfway Home

Rose Rankin January 15, 2018 0

Well, we’ve passed the halfway point of the season, and as the Hawks go into the bye week we can all take a breath following the recent win-loss-win-loss whiplash we’ve been subjected to. The organ-I-zation made a seemingly smart trade (waaat?), and with the deadline approaching and the Hawks very much a team on the […]

Wraps

Game #44 Destroyed Your Notion of Circular Time – Hawks 2, Jets 1

Rose Rankin January 12, 2018 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick Corsica Remember a few years ago when the Hawks were really truly good, and they’d lose some dumbass game to some dumbass opponent that you knew they should have won, and you thought to yourself, how are they losing this right now? Well, it appears we’ve become that dumbass opponent […]