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Special Teams Report: Help Needed?

Posted on November 13, 2011 at 01:02 PM.

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Polar opposites here, the Hawks are making a killing on the power play, but the penalty kill is leaving a lot to be desired. The Hawks will have to make major improvements in the PK department if they want to go anywhere deep in the playoffs. Expect the Hawks to look for a penalty killing forward in the weeks ahead. One potential move that had paid off recently is moving rising star Marcus Kruger to the second unit and taking Jonathan Toews off. "It's not that Johnny isn't doing his job, we just felt that more ice time off the PK would help the team moving forward, and Kruger has been a mini Bolland for us, so we want to see what he can do." Coach Q said after the morning skate in Detroit.

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Since the move to Kruger there has been five games, and the Hawks PK is 6 for 6 moving themselves out of the basement of the league in that department (Obviously not a lot of chances, still can't get a lot of penalties called).