A Lesson From Hawks' Historic Comeback
- Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:54 PM
- Written By: Josh Marks
It is doubtful there will be a more dramatic game during the regular season.
The Chicago Blackhawks overcame a 5-0 hole against the Calgary Flames at United Center last Monday to win 6-5 in overtime.
Chicago matched the biggest comeback in NHL history and beat the previous club record of a four goal comeback.
The game reminds me of a lesson I learned a few years back while listening to the Dodgers on the radio. The date was Sept. 18, 2006 and Los Angeles entered the ninth inning trailing the San Diego Padres 9-5 at Dodger Stadium.
At that point I turned off the radio thinking the game was over. About a half an hour later I turned the radio back on to listen to the postgame analysis of the Dodgers' disappointing loss.
And what did I hear? Dodgers win 11-10 in ten innings! What? Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson all hit consecutive home runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and send it into extra innings. It was only the fourth time in MLB history a team had hit four consecutive home runs.
Then in the top of the tenth, the Padres took the lead again by a score of 10-9.
That set the stage for the heroic two-run walk-off homer by Nomar Garciaparra to win the game for Los Angeles.
So the moral of the story is: Never, and I mean NEVER, leave a game early no matter what the score is because sometimes something special can happen. Just ask those Dodgers fan who stuck around and the Chicago fans rocking the UC.
Here are the highlights (or lowlights if you are a Flames fan) of the unbelievable comeback by the Blackhawks:
