Chicago Blackhawks (3-1-1) @ Colorado Avalanche (5-1-0)
Time: 8:00 PM Central
TV: Comcast SportsNet
Radio: WGN 720
Internet: Justin.tv/hawks33channel (password is “stoogetvcom”)
After an impressive, thorough, and all around dominant victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, the Blackhawks stay out west to take on the red-hot Quebec Nordiques Big Falling Snow Pile Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.
As was the case with Phoenix, it seems as if the Blackhawks never play well against the Avalanche. Memory seems to recall a game where Tomas Fleischmann scored a couple power play goals in the third to once again, as was the case more times than preferable last year, cost the Hawks much needed points. However, considering the Hawks haven’t played Phoenix well the last couple of seasons and beat them handily two nights ago, it should make all of us feel a little bit better.
The Blackhawks, coming off a game where they dominated in all phases of the game (cue Lovie Smith impression) , should really keep things in tact from Tuesday. As long as the Hawks win the special teams game (especially if the power play looks halfway decent), they should be ok. And if they can beat Semyon Varlamov…
When it was announced that the Avalanche gave the Capitals for a first round and conditional second round pick, most people (including me) thought they were crazy for doing so, especially with Varlamov’s less than great career in DC. However, he has been a huge part in the Avs success so far this season, going 3-1-0 in his first four starts. David Jones leads the team with 4 goals.
Peter Mueller and Brandon Yip are injured and will not play in tonight’s game. The Blackhawks (shockingly) have no injuries to report.
Corey Crawford is Coach Q’s guy in net tonight.
Let’s Go Hawks
KTM
1 comments:
nice stuff. i for one was one of (admittedly very few) who thought that the Av's may have gotten something very good out of the Varlamov trade. He showed glimpses of being a monster at times and at other times he showed his youth. My big thing was that he always had other really talented goalies surrounding him and was never really given a full shot to be #1. (that and his injuries). There was always a lot of hype over Neuvirth and then Holtby came out of nowhere to prove that he could be a viable option down the road. Awesome blog.
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