Hawks keep it going - #8!!!!

The Blackhawks had a record regular-season home crowd of 22,712 giving them full support Friday in their last home game of 2008.It also didn't hurt that the Philadelphia Flyers, a hot team before the NHL's Christmas break, had travel difficulties. Their players arrived at O'Hare and their team bus and equipment at Midway, so the Flyers didn't get in a morning skate.All that worked in the Hawks' favor, as they opened a two-goal lead 2:35 into the first period before adding three goals in the first 5:07 of the third en route to a 5-1 rout.The victory was the Hawks' eighth in a row, tying the franchise record set in 1971 and matched in 1981. They can set a new mark with a road victory Sunday against the Minnesota Wild.The result also snapped the Hawks' six-game losing streak against the Flyers that dated to Nov. 6, 2001. They had been 1-12 in the last 13 games between the teams until their victory Friday.''A big win for us,'' said forward Pat...