7.8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.8 |
Highlight film recapping the Regular Season, Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals for the winning team from the Stanley Cup Finals.
Starring: Patrick Kane, Jonathan ToewsSport | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080i
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
This team has that 'something' that you need to win.
It was an event decades in the making. It was a drought a city could no longer stand. The Chicago
Blackhawks, one of the National Hockey League's "original six" franchises, hadn't celebrated a
Stanley
Cup victory since 1961. Before the 2008-2009 season, the club hadn't reached the
playoffs in six years, and while the Hawks lost to the eventual Stanley Cup runners-up and
then-defending-champion Detroit Red Wings, they found their stride and established themselves as
a
team on the rise and on the verge of contending for Hockey's greatest prize. The franchise's
fortunes began turning around with the 2006 draft when the Hawks selected Canadian center and
future team captain Jonathan Toews with the third pick, a slotting secured following
another lowly season, the club having accumulated a paltry 65 points during the 2005-2006
campaign. The Hawks followed up that season with a slightly-improved 71 points, their low
position in the standings again affording them the opportunity to select another future superstar in
the draft, winger Patrick Kane. With
two future 30-goal scorers on their roster and a consistent rise in the standings, the club bolstered
their chances for the 2009-2010
season by signing free agent winger Marián Hossa, former two-time Cup winner John Madden, and
centerman Tomas Kopecky for a cup run that would end with the Blackhawks
hoisting Lord Stanley's hardware on Philadelphia Flyers' ice following a grueling six-game series
against the Eastern Conference's seventh-seeded Cinderella squad.
Game time.
Chicago Blackhawks: NHL Stanley Cup 2010 Champions skates onto Blu-ray with a good looking 1080i transfer presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. It's not as spectacular as a big-budget movie, but Warner's Blu-ray presentation scores with bright and bold colors, nice details, and only a few bugaboos that are more a fault of the source material than they are a problem with the Blu-ray presentation. Fans will enjoy the nice colors seen across a spectrum of NHL jerseys, including the red Hawks sweaters and the orange Flyers jerseys. Details are solid, too; team logos and stitching in the mesh jerseys looks great in close-ups, while ice-level shots reveal plenty of lines, snow, and the nicks on the playing surface. Of course, there are some unavoidable issues with the lower-grade material; jagged edges, cross-coloration, aliasing, and blocking are all seen throughout the program, but most of the transfer looks fine. Flesh tones in interviews do feature a decidedly red push, but otherwise, this Blackhawks highlight video is befitting the material.
Chicago Blackhawks: NHL Stanley Cup 2010 Champions comes up a bit short-handed with but a DTS-HD MA 2.0 lossless soundtrack; fortunately, the lack of more channels isn't a game-changer. This is a nice, smooth presentation that's very basic and is made of nothing more, really, than music and dialogue. On-ice sound effects usually take a backseat to narration, but the spoken word comes across strongly and entrenched in the center channel with no audible bleed-over to the front left and right speakers. The music plays spaciously and with plenty of verve and vigor; it's a good, rocking presentation when need be and it never misses a beat. That's about all she wrote with this one. It gets the job done to a satisfactory level, and listeners shouldn't be at all disappointed with Warner's lossless offering.
Chicago Blackhawks: NHL Stanley Cup 2010 Champions contains a nice array of bonus materials, including "BD Connect," a BD-Live-style internet connectivity feature. The supplements begin with 2006 NHL Draft: Jonathan Toews (480p, 6:49) and 2007 NHL Draft: Patrick Kane (480p, 7:36), both pieces offering a look back at the days the Hawks selected two of the superstars that would lead them to the Stanley Cup. Behind the Scenes With the Stanley Cup (1080i, 4:03) features Phillip Pritchard, "The Keeper of the Stanley Cup," taking viewers behind-the-scenes of the process of preparing the Cup for the celebration. On-Ice Stanley Cup Celebration (1080i, 8:30) looks at the Cup presentation and the Hawks' skate with the Cup. Locker Room Stanley Cup Celebration (1080i, 3:39) briefly takes viewers to the post-game celebration, while Chicago Parade Celebration (1080i, 9:22) offers a glimpse of the festivities on the streets of Chicago following the team's victory and return home to the Windy City. Next is Phantom Camera Game 4 Highlights (1080i, 2:59). This is the best supplement on the disc; it offers a series of super slow motion game footage shots. Finally, The Missing Puck (1080i, 1:14) is a comical look back at a lighter moment from the Hawks-Preds series.
Chicago Blackhawks: NHL Stanley Cup 2010 Champions is a wonderful disc and a must-own for fans of the Chicago Blackhawks and the NHL. The disc hits all the highlights and delivers plenty of on- and off-ice action through the team's regular season and playoff run, built around game footage, behind-the-scenes access, and interviews with the team and others close to the sport. It runs at a fast-paced 63 minutes, but Warner's program covers all the necessary bases and is the next-best thing to the full games themselves. This Blu-ray sports a fair technical presentation and a nice assortment of extras. Recommended for Blackhawks fans and Hockey enthusiasts.
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