Hawks Take Control, Lead Series 3:2 after winning game 5

It was Hawks all Chicago BlackHawks at the United Center last night the final score was Hawks 5 Calgary Flames 1. First period established quick domination of the game with three goals in 2 minutes 33 seconds, first 9:15 Brent Seabrook, second 10:49 Patrick Sharp and at 11:48 NHL Rookie of the Year nominee Kris Versteeg. A pace so fierce the in house announce had a difficult time keeping up with the names , just beautiful.

Second period brought the lone goal for Calgary at 2:45 by Dustin Boyd. Hawks answered with two more by Andrew Ladd 6:14. At 13:16 Flames coach Mike Keenan pulled veteran nettie Mikka Kipusoff and replaced him with Curtuis McElhinnery. A little over a minute later at 14:56 Cam Barker marked Hawk turf by finding the twine and scoring on the relief goalie. Ohhh some days it just doesn't pay to strap on the pads. At the end of the night McElhinnery did well turning away the majority of the 20 SOG Calgary faced.

Third period Hawks kept up the pressure and the Flames just hung on and stayed alive. The big excitement was a fight between Calgary Flame Adam Pardy and Hawk Ben Eager by the Flame's bench. They both were awarded 5 minute fighting majors, the fight did seem to release a bit of the on ice tension. However I'm willing to bet there is still enough left over for a feisty game 6.

The BlackHawks and Calgary Flames pack their gear and head north for game 6, to be played Monday night at the Saddle Dome in Calgary. A Calgary win the series returns to Chicago, a Hawks win the series ends and the planning starts to see what the next round will being. Bring on Game 6, how many hours is it until game time?




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