Dale Weise

Embed from Getty Images The Chicago Blackhawks appeared down and out, trailing three games to one and having just lost two straight at home to the St. Louis Blues. This was a team that has played 72 post-season games in four years after a Stanley Cup in 2013, a trip to the Western Conference Final in 2014 and another two-month battle to win…

http://gty.im/492305404 This Californian rebuked the American tradition of an NFL Sunday for an NHL one. Considering that this was a game between the Ottawa Senators and Montréal Canadiens, it was a decidedly Canadian Sunday. This was the first time that these two teams have met since their feisty match-up in the first round of last year’s Stanley…