Once In A Lifetime: NHL Winter Classic, Blackhawks vs. Red Wings, Thursday 1/1, noon CT
by Al on Jan 1, 2009 8:00 AM CST
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Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, Jan 1, 2009 12:35 PM CST
I'm the hockey fan John McDonough's been trying real hard to get back for the last year, since he took over as Blackhawks president.
I'm not quite old enough to remember the Hawks' last Stanley Cup in 1961. But when I was a kid, Saturday night Blackhawk games on WGN were must-see TV, with Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita keeping the Hawks perennial contenders, and Lloyd Pettit's "a shot! and a goal!" cries whenever a Hawk scored.
I had to listen to them on the radio in 1971 when the Hawks blew a 2-0 second period lead in game seven of the Stanley Cup finals and lost the series to the Canadiens. Why? Because even for the Finals, the Wirtz family's Neanderthal TV policy prevented fans like me from watching home games. The next year, when Bobby Hull, 33 years old but still a productive player, was allowed to jump to the upstart WHA's Winnipeg Jets, I swore off the Hawks. I became a fan of the WHA's Chicago Cougars, going to games at the International Amphitheatre at 43rd & Halsted -- fun stuff, that, and the Cougars actually made the WHA finals once, before folding when the Oilers, Whalers, Nordiques and Jets were added to the NHL in 1979.
A lot of other people followed the exodus away from the Hawks over the next three decades. The TV policy, plus many years of non-contention (the appearance in the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, where they were swept by the Penguins, was more a fluke than anything else), chased a couple of generations of fans away from both the old and new buildings on the near West Side.
The death of "Dollar Bill" Wirtz and the takeover of the Hawks by his son Rocky, who wisely snared McDonough away from the Cubs, has begun to bring the Hawks out of these decades of disinterest. McDonough brought his marketing genius to the West Side, and serendipitously, this is all happening right at the time when the Hawks have two young stars, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, who could become the Hull and Mikita of their generation.
They're not the only good things on this year's Hawks team, which is a genuine Stanley Cup contender; other fine players including Kris Versteeg, Patrick Sharp and Duncan Keith are fun to watch, and all of these players just came off a franchise-record nine-game winning streak, broken just two nights ago in Detroit. Even so, they have a real shot at bringing a championship to Chicago. While part of the fun of today's game is seeing it at a place where I've spent so many days and nights watching baseball, the rest of it for me is real interest in the Blackhawks and hockey again.
Welcome back, Blackhawks. Make us proud today and for the rest of this season. Go Hawks!
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I would be remiss if I didn't give a plug here for our SBN Blackhawks site, Second City Hockey. Check it out -- good guys over there. And also a shout-out to the Red Wings site, too, Winging It In Motown.
I can't figure out NHL.com's equivalent of MLB Gameday... so here's a live gamecast site from ESPN.com. The weather forecast looks ideal: mostly cloudy, which will eliminate shadows and glare; not-bad temperature (high: 36, which is warmer than many Cubs Opening Days), and a few snow flurries, which will make for pretty TV pictures.
And no doubt, you know you can see the game nationally on NBC. Here's some broadcast info including the announcing team, which will feature Chicago native and former Blackhawk star Eddie Olczyk doing color commentary and former Hawk Darren Pang as an "inside-the-glass reporter". I have no idea how popular this game thread is going to be -- so if it gets slow, please feel free to post an overflow thread in the FanPost section.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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I still don't like hockey
But I want to see what Wrigley looks like in the winter so I will watch a couple minutes just for that.
Let the Blaine Gabbert era begin.
by nji232 on Jan 1, 2009 8:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wrigley and hockey in high definition?
Sounds like a fantastic combination.
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by Trey2317 on Jan 1, 2009 9:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Go Hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy new year to the BCB community! This will be the year!
I had a great new year and I hope you had the same.
by Mr.Cub on Jan 1, 2009 9:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well I'll give hockey a try today
like the sport, but it gets so little coverage
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 10:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
GO HAWKS
I grew up with the Hawks, When i had to start paying for my own ticket as a High School Grad (yes I am showing my youth here lol) they priced me out just in time for the Wolves to come into the IHL, so I stopped following the Hawks (then again the Hawks also stopped competing that same time) and it is great to see the Hawks back on the map.
Go Hawks. Happy New Years Everyone!!!
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by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 1, 2009 10:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Demp on the screen!
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 11:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
GO WINGS!!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
I Belong to hockeytown its a place were dreams are found
We fought so many battles here were the ones that never fear
The cup presides with in our town we wont stop no letting down
The cup is ours for all to drink, its our time lets rock this rink!
Hey Hey Hockeytown,
Your not alone just look around,
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Place to move, lets hear the sound!
The worlds on us at every turn,
The puck is dropped the people burned
Flashes screaming, so brilliant and daring,
red lights flash, hormons flaring,
Hockeytown on the stage covered in white and red,
they dazzle us before our eyes.
Lord Stanleys Cup We have the prize.
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Your not alone just look around
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Make the move lets hear the sound!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Hey Hockey!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Hockey! Hey Hockey!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Hey Hey Hockeytown!
Good luck to the Blackhawks as well.
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by Jettero2112 on Jan 1, 2009 11:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Winter Classic > College Football
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You can tell Bob Costas doesn't want to be there
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I, too
ventured to the International Amphitheater to see the WHA’s Chicago Cougars. I did see Bobby Hull as a Winnipeg Jet — what a horrible sight!
I still have memorabila, programs, etc from that league. If I recall, the team proposed building a rink in Rosemont….which, of course..eventually was built and known now as the Allstate Arena. (The original design is nothing like what was actually built — it looked somewhat like the Calgary Saddledome or the old PHX Memorial Coliseum.) However, the WHA didn’t quite make it out to the ’burbs.
And of course, I cannot forget the immortal Red Rush calling TV games on WSNS-TV, Channel 44.
A Biscuit In The Basket!!! Rush’s gawd-awful call of a goal….compared to Lloyd Petit on WGN — this was abysmal….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm one of the few here
That’s rooting for the Red Wings. But I think either way, we are in for a treat.
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute...
shouldn’t all the other games on the scoreboard have the diagonal NITE GAME on them…. haha.
by MillsChC on Jan 1, 2009 12:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, they should have done that.
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by Al on Jan 1, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
goodness can they hype it any more?
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm fine with it
NBC hardly gives hockey the time of day, even during the playoffs. Although it has gotten redundant, I’ll agree.
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
why O Canada?
aren’t we playing Detroit?? Or are they now in Canada :D
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ouch ouch bring back Messmer
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my goodness
I can see the smoke from Wrigley from my window
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nice pic for the event, Al!
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 12:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well, I'm liking the camera angles of Wrigley you aren't used to seeing
made me a little sad when they showed Wood’s 20 K game.
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You CANNOT ignore
Canada — this is their national sport. Their anthem MUST be played. This game is also carried on “Hockey Night In Canada” on the CBC.
To NOT play their anthem would be an insult.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I've got no problem with it
I grew up on the Canadian border so by default I’m half Canadian
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Which part
of the Canadian border did you live by?
Los Cachorros!
by Laven on Jan 1, 2009 1:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
right across from Brockville, Ontario
tiny town called Waddington
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Ernie Banks out there?
I swore I saw him with a Cubs cap on
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hah! they had no idea that was Billy Williams
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wow
hockey announcers do not know baseball players
by MillsChC on Jan 1, 2009 12:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is the backup play-by-play
So he might have some excuse.
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think the Red Wing is supposed to go on that bench
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Take seat Cleary!!
LOL!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jan 1, 2009 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You can flip a guy into the bench??
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Goal Blackhawks
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Could he have..
seen that anoother wing was on the ice & refused to get out of the Hawks bench
by MillsChC on Jan 1, 2009 12:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
And the pwning begins!
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 12:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
So strange
Seeing “Vancouver” and “Nashville” on the Wrigley scoreboard
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah..
are they keeping up with hits on the scoreboard
by MillsChC on Jan 1, 2009 12:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who here plays hockey?
or has played? i have been playing since i was a kid and still play about 60 games a winter in a rec league and in tournaments. just curious since i am a canadian on a predominately american message board.
by hoppy91 on Jan 1, 2009 12:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I played as a kid...
on an outdoor rink in Norridge & Park Ridge, in HS and in college. When it was clear God’s plan for me was to be an engineer and not a hockey or baseball player, I hung up the ‘competitive’ skates and cleats for good in my mid-20’s, about 20 years ago.
Hockey down here is nothing – and I mean nothing – compared to Canada. Having been to all NHL cities there (including 2 who are no longer in the NHL, Quebec City and Winnipeg), it is amazing to see the love for the sport up there. Even when the Blackhawks had good teams in the 60’s, early 70’s and mid-80’s, it couldn’t hold a candle to Toronto or Montreal.
For those here in Chi-town or most of the US for the most part, the hype you saw on TV or for the BCB’ers who were there yesterday, that is the way it is in Canada all the time; very, very cool.
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If you get the chance
and are able to get it on t.v. check out the world junior championship that is going on right now in ottawa. it is the world’s best under 20 hockey players. canada and the u.s. had one of the best games i have ever seen on new year’s eve with canada winning 7-4. the u.s. are playing the slovaks right now which i am watching. there is a good chance of canada and the u.s. playing again in the medal round.
by hoppy91 on Jan 2, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If you get the chance
and are able to get it on t.v. check out the world junior championship that is going on right now in ottawa. it is the world’s best under 20 hockey players. canada and the u.s. had one of the best games i have ever seen on new year’s eve with canada winning 7-4. the u.s. are playing the slovaks right now which i am watching. there is a good chance of canada and the u.s. playing again in the medal round.
by hoppy91 on Jan 2, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I played all through my youth
into my late teens…and would love to strap ’em on again…
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Great job showing us the penalty NBC
/sarcasm
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Outside of baseball
there is no more magnificent sport than hockey.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Any chance
you are watching the Under 20 Juniors?
Los Cachorros!
by Laven on Jan 1, 2009 1:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
wish I understood the game better
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Better to learn it in person
…and be there with someone who wants to explain things to you. There’s sooooooo much more that goes on than what is covered by the cameras.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And, yes
my Dan and I made a small backyard rink at my family’s house in suburban Chicago. I may have lived in Moose jaw in an earlier life.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Lightly touching the goalie = fights
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol
hockey sure has a low smoke point
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a carry-over from Tuesday's game
After Kane was drilled by Cleary (who by the way did get the elbow up a little too high) and Kane was hobbled by that, the ’Hawks were going to be edgy.
It’s one of my rants on hockey blogs and in hockey circles that the ‘Hawks either have some of their more physical guys step it up a notch or two or they acquire a true grit man for the playoffs. For those of you hockey novices out here, it’s one of the glaring weak points of the ’Hawks and it will be exploited come playoff time.
I was glad however to see Seabrook drill Cleary into the ’Hawks bench. That was with a purpose and some intent, regardless of what he said during any post game interview.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Boy that whiff by Huet was ugly
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
And we're fighting again
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
These days, goalies are sitting ducks
2-3 times a game, players take out the goalie — no penalty. The nets used to be pretty hard to move. Now, they are on magnets. Players know they and the goalie won’t be injured if they smash the net, so it’s — full speed ahead into the goalie.
And more than likely — no penalty. The NHL must crack down on this.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
They genuiely don't like each other
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just discovered I can see Wrigley
through my binoculars :D
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"power play brought to you by budlight"
so it wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Budlight? (sarcasm)
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nice touch
with the ‘brick’ imagery all over the outside of the rink.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yeah and the "ivy"
kind of can tell its fake since there are McDonald’s ads all over it
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me or does one of the announcers sound like Kermit the Frog?
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The ice is broken...
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wish I was there now,
but I am definitely trying to go out to Wrigley this summer!
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's Eddie O's
…Chicago accent…..
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Hi ho, NHL on NBC here..."
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Tie game
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Goal Red Wings
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bad baseball jokes by the announcers
Just don’t try that guys…god I hate NBC
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
my thoughts exactly
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wish you guys could get CBC
At least you would have genuine hockey people doing the commentary
by hoppy91 on Jan 1, 2009 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Once again, showing us the penalty would be counter productive right NBC?
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Didn't you get the memo?
Hockey is a violent sport. Replaying the penalty would be encouraging kids to imitate it.
Football, on the other hand, is never violent. Ever.
EVER.
(ever.)
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I like seeing the arial views of Wrigley
something you really don’t see alot
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wonder how they're doing it... I don't see a blimp
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take a look but I live 900 miles from Chicago..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There were helicopters for the aerial shots.
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by Al on Jan 1, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Boy you got home quickly
You must live much closer to the ball park than me.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
About two miles.
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by Al on Jan 2, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I had a 1 mile walk to my car
at Ashland and Irving….
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that's pretty far.
Got lucky and parked about five blocks away.
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by Al on Jan 2, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather be watching on the CBC
..they do hockey right….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 12:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
NBC really doesn't do any sport right for that matter
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
disagree
I think they do Sunday Night Football well
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
Outside of having Madden/Michaels, I think it’s dreadful. They screw up camera angles all the time, the pre-game show is horrid, the graphics are wrong seemingly wrong half the time.
They still do a better job than the NFL Network, but I think that Fox, CBS and ESPN all do a better job in whole with football than NBC.
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There is nothing
like hockey night in canada on saturday nights on cbc plus don cherry on coach’s corner. i think if the nhl made the cbc telecasts of hockey available in the u.s. we might attract more fans.
by hoppy91 on Jan 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have NHL Network on DirecTV
And they usually show CBC’s Saturday games, it’s very presented well. And Jim Hughson is probably the best play-by-play in hockey.
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm PO'ed
…I have the NHLCenter Ice Package. Most of the HNIC games are NOT on the package — they have been moved to the NHL Net. (However, the secondary game — usually Montreal — is on, but not every week.0
And — my cable company — Time Warner — says it carries the network nationwide.
But not in San Diego. And, I can’t get any response to my constant questions…
“Where’s the NHL Net?”
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 1, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch, that sucks
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Never heard of NHL Net
i am a montreal canadiens fan and get most of the games with regular satellite without subscribing to the center ice package. i do watch the canadiens on rds which is a french channel but is in high def so its pretty good.
by hoppy91 on Jan 1, 2009 1:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
cable companies must die
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Only with competition
write you local and federal representatives.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
2-1 Blackhawks
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 12:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
whoo hooo! Chi scores!
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 12:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is shaping up to tbe a high-scoring affair.
Huzzah!
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 1:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It helps that there's a power play going pretty much continuously.
So many penalties…
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by hip2bsquare on Jan 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well they showed us what led to the penalty, but not the penalty.
You’re getting warmer NBC….
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Boy that must have been a shitty telecast
NBC is starting to sound/look like Fux.
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
almost goal!
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
what's a power play?
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think its when one team commits a violation, resulting in a player being put in the penalty box
its the time were the other team has a one man advantage, I think..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
When a player is serving a penalty
the other team has a one man advantage hence the power play.
by hoppy91 on Jan 1, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks, this is helpful
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
1 or 2 more skaters on the
‘power play’ team than the ‘short handed’ team, that was a result of any sort of penalty(s).
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Had him beat
Just missed
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
3-1 Blackhawks!
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 1:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wrap Around Goal
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That was the result of "banging and crashing"
…and not giving in. The best part of it was the ’Hawks were in a partial player change during the play.
Something hockey has on all other sports; being able to change as many players as you can while the game is in play.
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
3-1! great game so far, this could be a high scoring affair, huh?
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Did the announcer just try to reference Tiger Woods
And call him “Tiger Williams?”
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
well he also thinks Billy Williams is Fergie Jenkins...
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
glad you caught that... I was wondering too
what a tool
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
glad you caught that... I was wondering too
what a tool
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
looks like you caught it twice :P
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
glad you caught that... I was wondering too
wotta tool
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
third times a charm?
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh... it wouldn't post and wouldn't post and wouldn't post
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, he was referring to Dave "Tiger" Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Williams
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by Ross on Jan 1, 2009 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
1 period over, 2 to go
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Did the priest bless the ice?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Jan 1, 2009 1:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, this is hockey.
They got some Norse guy with a hammer to come in and swing it around.
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 1:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, why does the Weather Channel guy have the NBC logo painted on his head?
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
ouch.
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I rarely watch hockey, and I know that was a cheap shot on the goalie..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hard to take Babcock seriously
When he’s wearing that funny hat?
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
all he needs is liederhosen
to complete the look
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure why I ended that sentence with a question mark...
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dang 3-3
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Tie Game!
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that strikeout harry caray joke didn't make any sense..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 1:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I thought it did...
The guy took three hacks at it before he could put it in the net.
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by Ross on Jan 1, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
this still isnt as good as the outdoor WNBA game from the summer
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Jan 1, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
There a WNBA?
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by hip2bsquare on Jan 1, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's low, man.
Real low.
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dang you, Detroit
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Grrr... right through the 5 hole.
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pavel Datsyuk just OWNED them
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
My gripe about Campbell is exactly what all of you saw
on that 4th goal. He really isn’t that good a defenceman. And Barker should have bought a ticket. Absolutely no check with him coming in over the line. Their feet were still and neither guy thought for one moment that the other guy wasn’t going to be able to handle it. Believe me Quenneville will NOT allow that shit to happen in the future.
Just like he sat Kane and Sharp during the 2nd period in PHX during the circus road trip for taking bad penalties, he will bench the defencemen for not standing up at the blue line.
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
where'd I put my earplugs?
nothing worse than a hockey player “singing” TMOTTBG
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
LOL Hockey players singing
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We simply can't beat the Red Wings
We know it, the Wings know it and now the rest of the country knows it.
by bluekoolaide on Jan 1, 2009 2:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
game's not over yet
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's looking like that
same thing in ‘91/’92. They were 1-6-1 against them in the regular season then swept them in the playoffs 4-0, with game 4 being a 1-0 win on a Brent Sutter goal late in the 3rd period at Chicago Stadium.
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by blackhawk24 on Jan 2, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
5-3!
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
well that stinks
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That one went in
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Amazing how suddenly below average the Hawks can look
when they play the upper echelon teams.
Sad to say but this team is still a work in progress. At least they’re young and have a lot of upside.
by bluekoolaide on Jan 1, 2009 2:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The youth showed
The youth showed in this game. I heard Costas made the analagy to the bulls/pistons and thought it was apt.
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by cubstoseriesby100 on Jan 1, 2009 4:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I like that analogy
especially if it means we’re heading toward a run of six Stanley Cups is eight years!
by bluekoolaide on Jan 1, 2009 5:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, 6-3...
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
geez this game went downhill FAST
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 2:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
well I'll probably wait until this "seventh inning stretch" at the half mark
then turn it off
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I thought they were suppose to switch?
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 2:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
hey! that's OUR song, not hockey's! Lol!
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
errant apostrophe be damned
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed!
nice seeing Sandberg and Jenkins up there
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We left right after that
Shouldn’t say we left when it was 6-3 left after they sung. It was a nice touch.
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by cubstoseriesby100 on Jan 1, 2009 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I mean you didn't really miss much after that except that one goal which didn't matter
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Alright all, I'm out
Enjoy 2009 everyone!
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by MrNFL on Jan 1, 2009 2:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well I hope this isn't a precusor of things to come
for Chicago teams who play at Wrigley, unless of course its the Sox..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wasn't much of a competition, was it?
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 3:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The first period was good...
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Chicago dominated the first period, last two dominated by the Red Wings
Crappy game, though great event
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
last!
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 3:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
but first in our hearts :-D
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
does anyone have a website where you can get a large picture of the ice rink and Wrigley?
difficult finding one for a background..
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 3:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to post some pictures in my game recap.
Maybe you can use one of them.
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by Al on Jan 1, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just got back
Hokey -pokeyed a little early when it was 6-3.
Heard they made a Bartman reference.
Cubs everywhere. Saw Theriot. I can’t believe his scrappiness didn’t inspire the Hawks to victory.
Wood was there. Saw a few Bears.
Demp looks like he’s put on a few pounds.
Hendry was there and tried to trade all the Blackhawks.
Heard NHL put the kibosh on Messmer singing the anthem because of his Wolves thing. Isn’t the AHL a NHL farm system of sorts?
Heard they called Williams Jenkins during the pregame.
Blackhawks vs. Red Wings reminds me of Bulls/Pistons in the late 88-89 and 89-90. They’re the big boys while the Blackhawks are the kids getting ready to beat them.
The sound of a particular silence was beautiful. NO WOO WOO!
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by cubstoseriesby100 on Jan 1, 2009 4:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you're right, no He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.
The AHL does have affiliations with the NHL. Strange they would have nixed Messmer for that reason.
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by Al on Jan 1, 2009 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
especially given the ear ache of a bellower they replaced him with
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by Emelie on Jan 1, 2009 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I heard
I heard it from a person on the way out that it was on the radio. I thought I heard he’d sing one of the anthems or at least God Bless America.
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by cubstoseriesby100 on Jan 1, 2009 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wood was there? huh, that's weird seeing him at Wrigley now I would assume, where'd you see him?
what Bears were there?
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 4:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We saw him walk by
We saw him walk by on the lower grandstand. from out seats in the first row of the upper deck. A few people stopped him.
Orton, Urlacher and Kreutz were spotted as well as Jerry Angelo.
We were behind third base first row of upper deck. Funny that best seats for a Cubs game were worst for this game.
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by cubstoseriesby100 on Jan 1, 2009 4:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
least you ere there
Looks like Wood really wants to be in Chicago. Hopefully, this is only a two year “vacation” for him
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 4:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Last!
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 8:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No.
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by znohitter on Jan 1, 2009 9:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
rats!
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by Chanman25 on Jan 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
keep trying!
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by Emelie on Jan 2, 2009 12:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
last now!
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