Are Shorthanded Blackhawks Finally Out of Miracles in Western Conference Final?

May 26th, 2015 by Adrian Dater Leave a reply »

The Chicago Blackhawks remain a fearsome lot, and finishing them for good figures to be akin to knocking out Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Their reputation of invincibility in late-series playoff games, however, is finished. Or is it?

How the Blackhawks respond to something that had never happened in the Joel Quenneville era until Monday night—losing a Game 5 of a series after being deadlocked 2-2—will be the overriding storyline entering Game 6 Wednesday at the United Center. 

Entering Monday, the Blackhawks had been 7-0 in Game 5 of a series that had been tied at two games apiece under Quenneville. In such situations, they were 14-0 in Games 5 and 6 combined and have never been to a seventh game. They've never needed one, having always won those fifth and sixth games. 

Chicago's No. 1 wish right now is to fly back to Southern California and take its chances in a game whose stakes are a ticket to the Stanley Cup Final, but it has to win at home first. Piece of cake, right? 

Maybe. An easy win with a roster of names such as Jonathan Toews, P ...

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