Escaping the Shark Tank

Any Blackhawks fan who was being realistic with themselves, probably thought that the Blackhawks would be hard pressed to pull out a win last night. Not that they couldn't win just that they weren't likely too. Group myself into that category. Before last night the Sharks had only lost once in regulation at home. After the disputed goal was taken away early in the first and the Hawks got a four minute high sticking penalty which was the play that caused the goal to be called back. The Sharks capitalized on that power play to make it a tie game. Somehow the Hawks pulled off the win, thanks to two goals from Jonathan Toews and showed that they can beat the league's best team. Now if only they could figure out a way to beat Detroit and the rest of the central division.

The Blackhawks still have 6 games left on this road trip before stopping home to do a load of laundry, repack their suitcases, and play a game against the Stars before heading back out on the road. February won't be a great month for the Hawks schedule wise but this is a team who has proved that they can play well on the road and if they can continue with success on this road trip it will make heading down the stretch much easier especially since every game in April is against a central division foe.