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He’s not the one you’d expect to be scoring the goals for the Blackhawks when regulation isn’t enough, but he’s the one that’s been doing it. Tonight’s series-tying goal was his second time these playoffs playing the role of the hero, and no one is happier than Brent Seabrook that the Blackhawks came out on top once again. Jun 19, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook (7) celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the overtime period in game four of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ivins-USA TODAY Sports It was certainly nice to score the first one. Someone had to step up in Game Seven overtime and complete the comeback, and right the wrong done by Stephen Walkom when he called back Niklas Hjalmarsson‘s perfectly fine go-ahead goal. Seabrook took advantage of a great check by Dave Bolland, and jumped up into the rush and fired a low slap-shot that beat Jimmy Howard just over the pad, and ended the Detroit Red Wings’ season. Seabrook became just the fourth defenseman to score in Game Seven overtime, joining Bobby Orr with his signature goal. As time wore on, and the Blackhawks won more games, they find themselves on the biggest stage in hockey: the Stanley Cup Final. The Boston Bruins had a huge chance to take control of the series, and now they find themselves all tied up with the series heading back on the road. They lost a golden opportunity on Wednesday night, and who was the hero this time? None other than good ol’ Number Seven. He picked up a fortunate bounce on the blue-line, out-stepped a fore-checker, and wired home the eleventh goal of the game, and the only one the Blackhawks needed. Here’s the goal: Now the Blackhawks find themselves in a great position thanks to an unlikely hero. Two Games. One Goal. For more Blackhawks conversation, like us on Facebook: Blackhawk Up, and follow us on Twitter: @Blackhawk_Up.

BOSTON -- Patrick Sharp had a new nickname for Brent Seabrook after he scored his second overtime playoff goal in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals. "He's 'Mr. Overtime,'" Sharp said. Seabrook has developed that reputation because he's scored twice in these playoffs, and both happened to be game winners. Seabrook's first OT goal won Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Detroit Red Wings.

BOSTON -- Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford kept pushing his mind beyond the thought of each goal he allowed in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. That wasn't an easy task because Crawford had to do it five separate times, but he kept focusing on the next task before him and eventually was rewarded as the Blackhawks pulled out a 6-5 overtime win at TD Garden and evened the series at 2-2. "Just stick with it, stick with it," said Crawford, who hadn't previously allowed more than four goals in a playoff game this season.

After scoring 12 goals in the first three games (13 periods) of the Stanley Cup Final, the Blackhawks and Bruins combined to score 11 in Game Four. Thankfully, the final tally came off the stick of Brent Seabrook, and the Hawks … Continue reading →The post Stanley Cup Final: Blackhawks Escape Boston With Series Tied appeared first on Committed Indians.

Jun 19, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook (7) celebrates with defenseman Duncan Keith (2) after scoring the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the overtime period in game four of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ivins-USA TODAY Sports The first period was the story of the Hero and the goat.  The Hawks came out in the first period playing hard and they had all the momentum.  The Bruins got a very early powerplay on a very soft interference call on Johnny Oduya.  The Hawks finally scored on the powerplay in this series but it was the Boston Bruins powerplay as Brandon Saad made a great play and push up the ice and fed Michal Handzus who buried it past Tuukka Rask for a 1-0 lead and short-handed goal. The part of the hero of the first period was played by Saad but when the Bruins second powerplay was about to run out the Hawks won a faceoff but Saad couldn’t clear the puck then had a second chance to clear but fell to the ice and Rick Peverly put one past Corey Crawford glove side as Crawford didn’t move and the score was all tied up.  So as quickly as Saad was the hero he became the goat of the period.  The Hawks owned the first half of the period but the Bruins after Saad’s failed clear claimed it for the second half of the period.  The question coming out for the second would be if the Hawks could regain any of the momentum it had lost. The second period was the first truly wild period of the series to date. The Hawks got the first goal of the period which was scored by the Captain on a deflection off a Michal Rozsival shot. It was the first goal by Jonathan Toews since Game #5 of the Detroit Red Wings series.  Next up for big guns that needed to show up tonight was Patrick Kane who picked up a rebound and buried it into an empty net.  The 3-1 lead seemed huge but it didn’t last long as a play in front of Crawford broke down and Milan Lucic put in a rebound past Crawford.  Crawford sure had the look of someone fighting it for most of the second period. The Hawks regained a 2 goal cushion when Michael Frolik and Marcus Kruger put on a nice 2 on 1 break and Kruger on a second effort put it in for a 4-2 lead. The momentum seemed to be back in the Hawks favor but the refs called a truly weak hooking call on #88 and the Bruins went on the powerplay.  Zdeno Chara put one high off the glass and a fluky bounce fell nicely into the crease and Patrice Bergeron easily put it in the back of the net.  The last second of the period was pretty crazy with three awesome chances by the Bruins including a premature horn by the Boston staff but in the end mercifully the horn sounded and the Hawks headed to the second intermission with a 4-3 lead and a crazy period had come to an end. The third period started with Bruins scoring early in the third period tying  it up with Bergeron’s 2nd of the game after a pretty impressive two man play between him and Jaromir Jagr. The Hawks took the lead 5-4  midway through the third period when the Hawks finally broke their powerplay drought when Patrick Sharp pounced on a Marian Hossa shot from the point.  The lead was short lived by less than a minute when Johnny Boychuk tied it with a blast from the middle of the ice past Crawford’s glove hand.  The rest of the period was chances both ways but in the end for the third time in four games in this Stanley Cup Final the game was heading to overtime.  The Hawks really threw everything they had at the Bruins putting 16 third period shots on goal to the Bruins 8 but in the end it would take extra time to decide this very exciting contest. Another overtime but this one was different than the first two games that went into extra time , because  this was a serious gut check for the Blackhawks because the series was either in dire straits at 3-1 Boston or heading back to Chicago tied up 2-2.  The Bruins had early momentum in overtime with Duncan Keith

BOSTON -- Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews never hid the fact his lack of scoring in the playoffs troubled him. On Wednesday afternoon, he revealed just how troublesome it had been for him to score just one goal in the first 20 playoff games. "Every waking moment it's something you think about," Toews said following the team's morning skate at TD Garden. "Just got to be hungry. Just got to be that guy that this time of year you don't get denied.

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VISITOR 6 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSGame 21 Away Game 9 Event Summary Stanley Cup Final Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Attendance 17,565 at TD Garden Start 8:21 EDT; End 11:31 EDT Game 0414 Final HOME 5 BOSTON BRUINSGame 20 Home Game 11 SHOTS SUMMARY (Goals-Shots On Goal) EV PP SH TOT 4-41 1-4 1-2 6-47 5v5 5v4 5v3 4v5 4v4 4v3 3v5 3v4 3v3 4-37 1-4 1-2 0-4 EV PP SH TOT 3-27 2-6 5-33 5v5 5v4 5v3 4v5 4v4 4v3 3v5 3v4 3v3 3-26 2-6 0-1 FACE-OFF SUMMARY (Face-offs Won-Face-offs Total / Percentage) EV PP SH TOT 32-66/48% 1-3/33% 5-8/63% 38-77/49% EV PP SH TOT 34-66/52% 3-8/38% 2-3/67% 39-77/51% TEAM SUMMARY CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS G A P +/- PN PIM TOI S A/B MS HT GV TK BS FW FL F% TOT SHF AVG PP SH EV 2 D KEITH, DUNCAN 1 1 +3 2 4 32:37 40 00:48 02:29 02:08 28:00 2 2 2 1 4 D HJALMARSSON, NIKLAS -3 25:45 33 00:46 00:00 03:31 22:14 1 3 1 2 7 D SEABROOK, BRENT 1 1 +2 25:43 34 00:45 00:55 02:45 22:03 2 1 3 8 D LEDDY, NICK 02:37 4 00:39 00:00 00:00 02:37 10 R SHARP, PATRICK 1 1 -1 18:57 24 00:47 03:07 00:00 15:50 8 4 1 2 4 3 57 16 C KRUGER, MARCUS 1 1 -1 17:02 28 00:36 00:01 04:24 12:37 4 1 1 2 5 5 50 19 C TOEWS, JONATHAN 1 1 +2 1 2 23:43 33 00:43 01:36 01:31 20:36 4 1 1 16 14 53 20 L SAAD, BRANDON 1 1 +1 13:20 21 00:38 01:06 00:28 11:46 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 50 25 L STALBERG, VIKTOR 10:13 17 00:36 00:00 00:00 10:13 1 1 2 1 26 C HANDZUS, MICHAL 1 1 +1 16:17 27 00:36 00:00 00:28 15:49 2 1 3 6 10 38 27 D ODUYA, JOHNNY -1 1 2 25:32 36 00:42 00:00 02:08 23:24 5 1 1 1 2 29 L BICKELL, BRYAN 2 2 +3 18:45 28 00:40 00:33 00:00 18:12 3 1 6 1 1 0 100 32 D ROZSIVAL, MICHAL 2 2 +3 26:36 35 00:45 01:51 01:28 23:17 1 1 3 1 36 C BOLLAND, DAVE 1 1 -1 11:19 23 00:29 00:01 00:26 10:52 2 2 1 2 3 40 65 C SHAW, ANDREW -1 1 2 12:40 19 00:40 01:35 00:00 11:05 1 1 2 1 3 3 50 67 R FROLIK, MICHAEL 1 1 15:47 29 00:32 00:01 04:01 11:45 2 1 4 81 R HOSSA, MARIAN 1 1 19:07 29 00:39 02:05 00:42 16:20 4 1 2 88 R KANE, PATRICK 1 1 2 +2 1 2 24:19 32 00:45 02:34 00:00 21:45 4 2 30 G EMERY, RAY 50 G CRAWFORD, COREY TEAM TOTALS 6 10 16 +9 6 12 47 11 12 34 6 4 13 38 39 49 BOSTON BRUINS G A P +/- PN PIM TOI S A/B MS HT GV TK BS FW FL F% TOT SHF AVG PP SH EV 16 L DAUGAVINS, KASPARS 05:57 9 00:39 00:00 00:00 05:57 1 2 17 L LUCIC, MILAN 1 1 +1 23:32 28 00:50 03:46 00:00 19:46 3 8 3 1 1 2 33 18 R HORTON, NATHAN 1 1 +1 1 2 18:46 27 00:41 03:57 00:00 14:49 2 1 2 1 1 19 C SEGUIN, TYLER -3 15:18 27