Thursday, 22 January 2015

Time for a Break: Hawks 3, Penguins 2 and Wednesday's Big Boy

Fifty hits?  I want to talk to the scorekeeper in Pittsburgh.  I'll just bet Pat Foley will get a mileage out of that.
Anyway, The Hawks won the coin toss, thanks to what looked like a couple of five-holers by Toews and Kane in the extra inning.  The Hawks should feel lucky to have emerged from this with two points, just as The Penguins will be disappointed to have not won this one.
A few items:
- Icetime.  Weirdness abounded, with Keith playing less than 24 min and Rozsival cracking 20 min.  11 min for Nordstrom (0 goals this season, BTW) and barely 8 min for Teravainen.
- A 9-shot differential will not result in success most nights.  A beauty from Hossa, a puck with eyes shot by Rundblad, a goalpost or two and Fleury's gaping five-hole in the shootout allowed The Hawks to steal this one.  It won't come that easily in these circumstances very often.
- These guys need a break, they need to regroup and get their priorities sorted out.  Unfortunately, five Hawks have to work during the break...
Who else?  It was one of those nights that he would not be denied. With a hand in both regulation goals, it has to be Hoss.
                                                       That'll do, sir, that'll do.


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