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VANCOUVER -- If General Motors Place served as the neutral venue for the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chicago officials could start planning for a Stanley Cup parade down Michigan Avenue right now. It doesn't, but the Blackhawks will happily leave Vancouver for San Jose to begin preparations for the Western Conference Final.
The Shark Tank is where the Blackhawks wanted to be all along, but before they could get there they had to win again at GM Place. For the third straight time they looked as comfortable as an old man lounging on his worn-in couch inside the Vancouver Canucks' home building, this time coasting to a 5-1 series-clinching victory in Game 6.
The victory came one year to the day that the Blackhawks knocked the Canucks out of the playoffs with a 7-5 win at the United Center in Game 6. It also left the Canucks winless in three home games against Chicago in the series after they posted the best home record in the Western Conference during the regular season.
"Obviously they are a very good team, and elite team, improving" Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. "For whatever reason, where we had been real good this year at home, we didn't play real well, and we lost the series."
Chicago erupted for two early goals in the second period, then got a key shorthanded goal for insurance purposes just before intermission. Vancouver got one back early in the third, but Chicago scored twice in 25 seconds to put the game away -- wiping away the taste of Sunday's 4-1 loss at home in Game 5.
The Shark Tank is where the Blackhawks wanted to be all along, but before they could get there they had to win again at GM Place. For the third straight time they looked as comfortable as an old man lounging on his worn-in couch inside the Vancouver Canucks' home building, this time coasting to a 5-1 series-clinching victory in Game 6.
The victory came one year to the day that the Blackhawks knocked the Canucks out of the playoffs with a 7-5 win at the United Center in Game 6. It also left the Canucks winless in three home games against Chicago in the series after they posted the best home record in the Western Conference during the regular season.
"Obviously they are a very good team, and elite team, improving" Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. "For whatever reason, where we had been real good this year at home, we didn't play real well, and we lost the series."
Chicago erupted for two early goals in the second period, then got a key shorthanded goal for insurance purposes just before intermission. Vancouver got one back early in the third, but Chicago scored twice in 25 seconds to put the game away -- wiping away the taste of Sunday's 4-1 loss at home in Game 5.
. Oh and Marleau is going to be an UFA this offseason. I can't go for the Hawks because of Kane I don't want to see him lift the Cup over his head my brother lives in South Buffalo he's a firefighter and he says that everyone in South Buffalo hates Patrick Kane he says that they are all Tim Kennedy fans.
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