Good news! They didn't get killed. 1-0 : Niemi the Star

The Hawks outperformed the S. J. Sharks in every way but the final score. Good to see they were'n't the crap that showed up prior to this game. Antti Niemi was the #1 star of the game with 34 saves. Corey Crawford only faced 21 shots; 20 of which he stopped. The Hawks continued their woeful ways on Powerplay however. 0:4. This is the difference in the game. Sharks converted 1:4. That's all they needed. The redeflected shot off of Jonny Toews stick proved to be the game winner. But, that proves to be the nemesis for the Hawks. SHOOT THE DAMNED PUCK. They tend to dump in the puck, chase it, hope they get repossession of it, and if they don't they're chasing it back in their own zone again. They've had issues with their powerplay for the past few years. This isn't something that started this month. (Although, they weren't 8% in those years).
Bryan Bickell played. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, .......I still suggest dump him at a Home Depot and tell him you'll pick him up in the afternoon.Then take off and hope he doesn't follow.
John Scott. I said it earlier in camp, that he doesn't deserve to be on an NHL roster, yet he was beating people to the puck all night. What? Really? Non-skatin' gargantuan of a man John Scott? Yep,...the very same. Hossa...........was simply robbed. He could have had 3 goals tonight. Let's see if they can win against LA and Anaheim. If they can they'll end up with a 3-3 Circus Trip and we'll promise never to tell anyone about it ever again. If they tank the next two nights they could be a dreadful 1-5. Let's hope that doesn't happen.

BTW,...saw the first edition of the leaderboard for the NHL all-stars. Ottawa is voting like crazy. But, here's the thing. NOT ONE OF THEM deserves to be in the game. Spezza, Alfredson and Michalek? Weak, weaker, weakest. ........well, look how I am talkin'? Like the Hawks players deserve to be there after this charade they call a 6 game road trip. Oh,.........boys, there is another 8 game road trip later on in the year. I hope you can get your act together LONG before then. Let's hope it's Friday at Anaheim.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011

BLACKHAWKS

FINAL 0 - 1

SHARKS

FINAL	1	2	3	T
BLACKHAWKS	0	0	0	0
SHARKS	0	1	0	1

STATS

GOAL SCORERS

SJS:   J. Demers (PPG, 17:08 - 2nd)

GOALIES

CHI: C. Crawford (L)

 SJS: A. Niemi (W)

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• RECAP
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Scoring Summary

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Penalty Summary

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Shots on Goal

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Saves

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Skater Stats

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Other Facts

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period
NONE
2nd Period
17:08	SJS	PPG - Jason Demers (1) Slap Shot - Assists: R. Clowe (10) & L. Couture (8)
3rd Period
NONE

  

PENALTY SUMMARY

1st Period
07:25	SJS	Dan Boyle : Tripping  - 2  min
13:10	SJS	Dan Boyle : Boarding  - 2  min
2nd Period
01:08	CHI	Viktor Stalberg : Interference  - 2  min
10:10	SJS	Dan Boyle : Delaying Game-Puck over glass  - 2  min
17:04	CHI	Dave Bolland : Hooking  - 2  min
18:52	CHI	Patrick Kane : Hooking  - 2  min
3rd Period
12:48	CHI	Steve Montador : Cross checking  - 2  min
13:54	SJS	Joe Pavelski : Interference on goalkeeper  - 2  min

SHOTS ON GOAL

1st

2nd

3rd

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CHI	10	13	11	34
SJS	5	6	10	21

  

SAVES

	Goalies	Total	Sv%	TOI
CHI ›	50 - C. Crawford (L)	20 - 21	.952	58:53
SJS ›	31 - A. Niemi (W)	34 - 34	1.000	59:55

  

SKATER STATS

CHI	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	EV TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI	TOI
2   D. Keith	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	21:35	04:57	02:46	29:18
4   N. Hjalmarsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:05	00:10	02:37	20:52
5   S. Montador	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:12	02:15	00:00	13:27
6   S. O'Donnell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:48	00:02	02:37	16:27
8   N. Leddy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:52	02:09	02:46	24:47
10   P. Sharp	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:46	04:54	02:08	19:48
13   D. Carcillo	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:49	00:00	00:00	09:49
15   A. Brunette	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:04	02:10	00:00	13:14
16   M. Kruger	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:47	02:41	00:59	14:27
19   J. Toews	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:35	04:24	02:28	22:27
22   J. Mayers	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:41	00:00	01:09	09:50
25   V. Stalberg	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	11:32	00:00	00:00	11:32
29   B. Bickell	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:29	00:02	00:00	11:31
32   J. Scott	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:49	00:00	00:00	09:49
36   D. Bolland	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:51	02:11	01:56	16:58
67   M. Frolik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:09	00:00	00:00	11:09
81   M. Hossa	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:40	04:46	02:01	20:27
88   P. Kane	C	0	0	0	0	2	7	14:04	04:49	00:05	18:58