A Darling of a game.

Let me catch up on the weekend.

I missed the live feed Saturday night but watched the highlights which I DVD'd. Jackman, what an idiot! His penalty while short handed had to be one of the dumbest moves I have ever seen in hockey. I am not sure how Shaw restrained himself from retaliating. But since the ref was standing right there watching I guess Andrew knew that this would lead to a good opportunity for the Hawks, and it did. The rest of the game was pretty ho-hum for the Hawks as the outcome reflected. The Blues are a very skilled team but the Hawks seemed to lose control of the game and were playing follow the leader most of the night. A nice goal from Richards to Sharp to Versteeg was the Hawks highlight of the night. I never saw a video replay of that second goal that clearly showed the puck crossing the line but I heard there was one out there. It was an unfortunate night all around for the Hawks.

Now on to last night's game. That was a Darling of a game. Two Chicago natives in net (might have been the first time in history for the NHL but I have not confirmed that) and Scott Darling gets the win. With Richards falling asleep at the Senators blue line the Sens come back with a short handed 3 on one. Imagine had that not happened...it would have been a shutout for the new kid. While all 18 skaters had at least one shot on goal they were only able to penetrate twice. We are going to have to improve on this going forward.  Shaw was agitating in front of the net but still they were not able to get a greasy goal.

Now back to Richards. I am really getting disappointed. I really expect more from him. I thought he was good point man on the power play but he really let his team down last night. I am surprised Q let him stay on the ice. And he is not a good pivot man on the PP. Too much skating around and not enough passing. I really liked this guy last year in the playoffs. I hope he comes around with the Hawks soon.

With Carcillo out for a month Morin will finally get some regular ice time. I think this is his last shot on this team. He looked pretty good last night but he will need to be consistent to stick around long term. Now is his make or break time. Having watched him in Rockford over the years I have my doubts.But I won't mind being wrong if he can start to contribute.

Kane with 500 points and Hossa 2 points from 1000. Big numbers.

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