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Hawks Shaky, Drop One to Ducks

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 07:36 PM.

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Hawks come home to find an angry Anaheim bunch, maybe a little too angry. The Ducks couldn't control that aggression early as they gave the Hawks a total of 3 power plays in the first, including a lengthy 5 on 3. Patrick Sharp made no mistake on the 5 on 3 with a screen from Brunette he rifled a slapper past Hiller to make it 1-0. The Hawks weren't angels on their end of the ice either as they took a penalty as well. The Ducks were able to tie things up at 1 after a Brunette turnover, Crawford couldn't handle a shot from the point and Jason Blake was there to tap it into an empty net. The Hawks will open the second period with about 1 minute of power play time they will need to kill.

Every once in awhile a goaltender is going to have a game where nothing goes right, that would be this game for Corey Crawford. The Ducks have had chances, but the pucks that have gone in where not quality chances. The Ducks struck fast and often building a 3-1 lead early in the second period. The glimmer of hope for the Hawks was it's #2 ranked power play as Dave Bolland pounded home a rebound to cut the defecit to 1. Shortly after however, Crawford allowed a floater from the end boards to go in and that was the end to his night. Crawford was pulled, and it's Emery's game from here on out, heading to the 3rd it's 4-2 Ducks.

All good things come to an end, but at the Hawks went out fighting. Patrick Sharp was able to poke home a rebound with 8 minutes left to make it a one goal game but the Hawks could not get any closer. With the goalies pulled they had a couple opportunities to tie it up but Hiller was outstanding, all in all a good effort, just came up a little short.

Hawks get a day off then welcome the Flames to town, Ray Emery will get the Start so Crawford will be ready for back to back games against Eastern Powers, the Pens and Canadiens.

Dec 16, 2011	1	2	3	F
ANA (17-11-3)	1	3	0	4
CHI (21-10-1)	1	1	1	3

Three Stars
	Patrick Sharp, CHI 2 Goals
	Saku Koivu, ANA 1 Goal; 1 Assist
	Jason Blake, ANA 1 Goal; 1 Assist

Team Stats Comparison
	ANA	CHI
Shots on Goal	27	33
Hits	9	9
Faceoffs Won-Lost	19-19	19-19
Penalty Minutes	8:00	4:00
Power Plays Converted	1	2
Power Play Opportunities	2	4
Time on Attack	3:44	6:33

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
CHI	Patick Sharp (6), (Toews, Seabrook) - 5:10
ANA	Jason Blake (9), (Cumiskey, Koivu) - 8:30
SECOND PERIOD
ANA	Saku Koivu (5), (Blake) - 0:48
ANA	Toni Lydman (2), (Jacques) - 4:18
CHI	Dave Bolland (14), (Leddy, Keith) - 7:30
ANA	M. Beleskey (3), (Parros, Beauchemin) - 10:54
THIRD PERIOD
CHI	Patrick Sharp (7), (Kane, Seabrook) - 7:04