Blackhawks Dig Themselves a Hole, Again

Blackhawks Dig Themselves a Hole, Again

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The Stanley Cup Playoffs are proving to be a bit of a rollercoaster ride for the Chicago Blackhawks. Going into the so-called revenge series against the Vancouver Canucks, the Hawks’ Duncan Keith talked about needing to take their defense up a notch. Didn’t happen! The defense was shredded, as the Canucks stunned the Blackhawks – at home no less - with a 5-1 smack-down. So that’s game one down in a best of seven series. So how does Chicago get its icy groove back? Eight Forty Eight’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout was at the United Center Saturday night – and she’s here with all the sordid details.