More, Please: Hawks 3, Panthers 0 and Thursday's Big Boy

Okay, let's not get too excited...it was just The Panthers again.  But, hey, this time The Hawks kept the pressure on and didn't let the 'Cats get back into it during the third period.  If this was a television news program tonight's lead story would have to be...
ROZSIVAL SCRATCHED - HAWKS DEFENCE NOT TERRIBLE.

- Sorry to dump on the old boy but his ship has sailed.  Even with Cumiskey, Rundblad and Erixon (!) in the lineup things looked (mostly) under control.  Cumiskey had one or two adventure time moments but managed to skate his way out of trouble, Erixon had a couple of nervous shifts but was otherwise fine and Rundy found himself chasing a faster guy driving toward the net...and got his stick in there to break the play.  There is nothing wrong with any of that.
- Teuvo's goal made me feel, just for a few seconds, that Ghost of Patrick Kane had smiled down upon him and It Was Good.  Then I remembered that Kane isn't dead and resumed marveling over Teuvo's no-look shot to open the scoring.
- Speaking of, that Teravainen - Bickell - Shaw line wasn't terrible.  Their best stuff was in the first period but even their "poor" shifts were hardly disastrous, just ineffective, really.  See what happens when Shaw gets to play on the wing - 8 hits, for what that's worth, and more chaos than his caused at center in any game this season.
- I was certain that Smith and/or Nordstrom would pot one tonight.  Both wingers had several excellent shifts with Nordstrom, particularly, getting some creative passes done.  Sadly, his linemates lacked the finish to do much with these gems, but that's life on the checking line, mate.
- Hossa was a bull tonight and it pleased me to no end that he picked a couple of helpies.  Hoss seemed to be fighting the puck a little bit but, holy smokes, he was determined.

So, yeah, More of All This, please.

Yeah, Crow got the shutout and those first-liners each had two points, but this kid's goal earned him the right to eschew suspenders forever.  Being a Finn, you just know he owns suspenders.

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