The Chicago Blackhawks have not played award-winning hockey the last three weeks, as they have gone just 6-4-1 since Dec. 20.
It's reminiscent of their mediocre start to the season that placed them in the middle of the pack in the Central Division.
However, Joel Quenneville's team was in championship form in between those two lulls, and anyone who has studied the Blackhawks' play this year realizes they have a chance to contend for yet another Stanley Cup.
That's what Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith desperately want, and it seems likely that it's just a matter of time before they go on another hot streak in the second half of the season like the one they were on from early November to mid-December.
The NHL does not give awards based on half-seasons; however, we look at the Blackhawks' first half of the 2014-15 season and offer up these awards.
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Chicago Blackhawks’ Awards for the 1st Half of the 2014-15 Season
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