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Toews discusses what Blackhawks historic streak means

Jonathan Toews

Fans cheer after Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks scores a goal in a shootout against the Anaheim Ducks at the United Center on February 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The Ducks defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in a shootout. (February 11, 2013 - Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America)

The Chicago Blackhawks have earned a point in 22 straight games to start the season. That accounts for nearly half of the shortened campaign, but even ignoring that, Chicago has still crushed the 2006-07 Anaheim Ducks previous record of 16 consecutive contests without a regulation loss to open a season.

That kind of streak requires everyone pulling their weight and the will to continue to battle regardless of the situation.

“We’ll win any way we can,” captain Jonathan Toews said on Comcast SportsNet via a CSN Chicago report. “It’s great that we can win whether we’re down a goal or two going into the third period. If we get up on a team we’ve shown we can protect leads and kill big penalties.

“We’re showing a lot of depth. The fact that we’re getting great goaltending and we’re getting some huge, huge goals all over our lineup, I think it makes us a tough team to beat.”

Toews acknowledged that for a streak to continue this long, luck has to be on your side.

“But for the most part, we’re earning a lot of our success, we’re working hard,” Toews added.

The streak has helped all-but guarantee their entry into the playoffs, but once they’re there, it won’t count for much. President Trophy winners can fall while eighth seeds can win the Stanley Cup.

Still, Toews thinks this streak is about more than just collecting regular season points.

“This year, this whole streak thing could be the thing that gives us the confidence that we need to believe in ourselves, that we’re that type of team and we have that potential,” Toews said.

“It is an exciting thing, but we know that if we don’t use this confidence for something greater in the postseason, people will forget about what happened at the start of the season pretty quickly.”

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