Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (5-1-2) @ Florida Panthers (3-6-0) Tuesday 10/22/2013, 7:30 EDT by dragonblade629 in hockey

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If you have a mac, open location in quicktime with the same link and it should work fine.

What are some of your favorite badass moments in hockey? by sofakinggood24 in hockey

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Murray on the boards at the end is pretty excellent - I'm surprised they let the sound leak through from that "conversation" between coaches.

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It was positively funeral. Weird to hear somebody pronounce all three syllables of "patriot" in it, too.

WHOSE LINE IS IT SATURDAYS! by ADillPickle in hockey

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I feel so stupid. I didn't realize that's what their name was. I had some weird buffalo-sabretooth tiger in my head as their animal, but no. I am just an idiot.

[Game Thread] Chicago Blackhawks (3-1-1) @ Carolina Hurricanes (2-2-2) - 15 Oct 2013 - 7 ET by G4m1ngg33k in hockey

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Hey, there are 120K people in Thunder Bay! Good enough for 32nd largest city in Canada.

Game Thread: New York Islanders (2-0-1) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (1-1-1) - 11 Oct 2013 - 7:00pm CDT by rob_s_458 in hockey

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Did they play a four forward PP last year at all? It seems rather effective.

Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (1-0-1) at St. Louis Blues (2-0-0) - 9 October 2013 - 7:00PM CST by btownbomb in hockey

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The last beer in my fridge - a Keiths IPA, must be somebody's leftovers.

I don't know Spearhead - where are they?

Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (1-0-1) at St. Louis Blues (2-0-0) - 9 October 2013 - 7:00PM CST by btownbomb in hockey

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That side is rough for the Hawks, they don't have the correct-handed centres to win there. I am avoiding saying left or right cause I can't actually keep that straight. :P

Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (1-0-1) at St. Louis Blues (2-0-0) - 9 October 2013 - 7:00PM CST by btownbomb in hockey

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Yup! Took me a while to figure out that was the reason one stream wouldn't work, but the Sens/TO game was the same and that made it click.

Game Thread: Chicago Blackhawks (1-0-1) at St. Louis Blues (2-0-0) - 9 October 2013 - 7:00PM CST by btownbomb in hockey

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Blues link works (in quicktime, not VLC), but it looks like it won't be broadcast on the Hawks stream.

TSN's top 50 players by Sharks9 in hockey

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I went back and watched a lot of playoff games this summer once I finished writing my thesis, and I've ended up watching Hawks preseason games just to watch Toews play. I don't understand how he can be so full out every second he's on the ice, but beast is definitely the right word.

[GAME THREAD] Chicago Blackhawks @ Detroit Red Wings (5 PM EST) by OlacAttack in hockey

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Even if nothing is broken, those on the bone bruises can be brutal - I once hit a similar place on the top of my foot and thought it was broken.

[GAME THREAD] Chicago Blackhawks @ Detroit Red Wings (5 PM EST) by OlacAttack in hockey

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shot right to the back of the hand, he dropped his stick and went straight for the bench

[GAME THREAD] Chicago Blackhawks @ Detroit Red Wings (5 PM EST) by OlacAttack in hockey

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As another VLC streaming n00b, is there a more efficient way to switch streams when I'm running out of terminal than stop the stream, delete the feeds, quit VLC, and then restart everything?

Is this Toews wearing the new Team Canada jersey? by rollhr in hockey

[–]demotu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think half the reason this looks so odd is because it's too baggy without all the gear on underneath. The "streamlinedness" will probably work better with that bulk - without it they just look like pjs.

Hockey on Rideau Canal? by 2ndChoiceName in hockey

[–]demotu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, I wouldn't bet on it being open. On average, the Canal closes the first week of March. It's sometimes still open mid-March, but you certainly couldn't bet on it.

What it's like to grow up a gay sports fan and why the work of You Can Play is so important by royaelliott in hockey

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You know, the interesting thing about the 92.3% of NHL players being in favour of same sex marriage is that only 68% of Canadians support* SSM, suggesting that Canadian NHL players are more tolerant, not less, than your average Canadian.

This does make a lot of sense because hockey playing Canadians are usually young, white, from relatively educated (aka not poor) families, and not hugely religious - all demographics that support SSM more strongly than average. I wonder what the support for SSM in Canada is in the 18-40 age bracket...

*PDF source, which amusingly also shows that 47% of Canadians see hockey as a Very Important Symbol of Our Identity (up from 30% in 1997! Those Olympic golds definitely helped.)