Beat the Bruins

2 goals in 17 seconds and A Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup

As most sports fans already know, the last time the Chicago Blackhawks laced up against the Bruins was on June 24, 2013, for game 6 of the Stanley Cup Championship at the TD Garden in Boston. Down by 1 goal, Brian Bickell tied the game with 76 seconds left in the third period. Only 17 seconds later, Dave Bolland scored another goal to give the Blackhawks the lead and send them on to win their second Cup in 4 years. 

Sunday, January 19

Blackhawks took on the Boston Bruins at 1901 W Madison St in Chicago IL. While only crossing the mid-season mark, this game had fans believing it was for the Stanley Cup Championship.  While Sunday proved to be none the less exciting then the matchup in June, both teams came out flying. According to an article written by Brian Hedger on the Chicago Blackhawks website, coach Joel Quenneville was quoted as saying, 

"It had that intensity that was involved in our playoff series, which was as good a pace as I'd ever seen in a series. For a regular-season game, you could see that both teams had something at stake and wanted to prove they could win the hockey game. It was definitely a fast-played game."

With the Hawks fans as loud as ever, Marian Hossa would rally the team with a goal only 4minutes into the first period. Brad Marchand would then answer back with (2) goals to give the Bruins a lead, until Brandon Bollig would tie the game mid-second period. A hard fought third period ended with no goals, and an utterly intense matchup between two original six hockey teams was sent into overtime. With hockey fans on the edge of their seats, the 5 minute overtime period ended in a scoreless battle that would be need to be settled in a shootout. The Blackhawks went on to prevail in the shootout , as Patrick Kane scored the game winning goal.

With two hard fought victories over the weekend, the Blackhawks increased their record to 32-8-11, and are only 4 points behind the Anaheim Ducks in the league standings.