Hawks Go Down to Battling Minnesota
The Chicago Blackhawks stuttering start to their new campaign continued with a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild at the United Centre last night- this defeat leaves the Hawks record as 6-1-3 which after their glorious start last year, is making them look slightly awkward.
Zach Parise got the Wild started after he scored a rebound on a powerplay after 12.39 of the 1st period played after Corey Crawford had saved the initial effort! But then Niklas Backstrom made an excellent save from Marion Hossa on the break away with six minutes remaining!
Minnesota's lead was then increased to 2-0 when after only 1.03 of the second period, Kyle Brodziak tipped in Marco Scandella's shot to leave Hawks fans bewildered! Their frustration grew when Backstrom denied Jonathan Toews and then the post denied another potential goal to still leave Chicago behind, they also had a goal waived off for a high stick before Bryan Bickell finally smashed one in for the home side to reduce the scores to 2-1 one after 13 minutes played!
Any hopes of a quick come back were dashed when Jason Pominville restored the Wild's lead with only three minutes left in the second!
Into the third and Pominville again pushed Minnesota further in front 4-1 when after a clever pass from Justin Fontaine he slipped the puck into an almost empty net! Patick Kane briefly gave Chicago hope when scored on a powerplay after 12.51, but Fontaine scored off a clever pass from Mikko Koivu to put Minnesota Wild 5-2 in front to complete and impressive performance, but not before Marcus Kruger made the score respectable with a late goal for the Blackhawks!
The post cup winning blues have yet to lift for Chicago, but I sincerely hope the start getting back to winning way soon because they have by far one of the most impressive offenses in the league and if last year was anything to go buy- you can never rule them out!
Zach Parise got the Wild started after he scored a rebound on a powerplay after 12.39 of the 1st period played after Corey Crawford had saved the initial effort! But then Niklas Backstrom made an excellent save from Marion Hossa on the break away with six minutes remaining!
Minnesota's lead was then increased to 2-0 when after only 1.03 of the second period, Kyle Brodziak tipped in Marco Scandella's shot to leave Hawks fans bewildered! Their frustration grew when Backstrom denied Jonathan Toews and then the post denied another potential goal to still leave Chicago behind, they also had a goal waived off for a high stick before Bryan Bickell finally smashed one in for the home side to reduce the scores to 2-1 one after 13 minutes played!
Any hopes of a quick come back were dashed when Jason Pominville restored the Wild's lead with only three minutes left in the second!
Into the third and Pominville again pushed Minnesota further in front 4-1 when after a clever pass from Justin Fontaine he slipped the puck into an almost empty net! Patick Kane briefly gave Chicago hope when scored on a powerplay after 12.51, but Fontaine scored off a clever pass from Mikko Koivu to put Minnesota Wild 5-2 in front to complete and impressive performance, but not before Marcus Kruger made the score respectable with a late goal for the Blackhawks!
The post cup winning blues have yet to lift for Chicago, but I sincerely hope the start getting back to winning way soon because they have by far one of the most impressive offenses in the league and if last year was anything to go buy- you can never rule them out!
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