Pre-season for the Chicago Blackhawks

The pre-season for the Hawks was all about looking at the prospects.  There were a few players that did make an impression....Leddy and Morin.  Leddy will get his chance for the next couple of weeks because of Campbell's injury.  I think once Campbell gets back Leddy might be sent down to Rockford or maybe he'll bump someone and be the 5th or 6th D-man (not sure about that).  Morin recently got sent down to Rockford.  I believe that was because he could benefit more down there than in Chicago by getting more ice time.

So now that the season is about to start here's a summary of the pre-season.

Hawks vs. Tampa Bay (9/22/10)
T.B. win 4-2
The game was played in Winnipeg which is Jonathan Toews hometown.  He and Patrick Sharp ended up scoring a goal but that would be not be enough to win the game.  Boynton ended up making a slashing gesture which resulted in a one-game suspension for the reg. season.  And of course we can't forget what happen to Dowell....here's a clip.








Hawks vs. Detriot (9/24/10)
Wings win 3-2
Jeremy Morin scored a PPG.  Klinkhammer ended up with 7 hits.

Hawks vs. Detriot (9/25/10)
Hawks win 4-2
Hossa ended up getting a short-handed goal with 5 shots on goal.  Jonathan Toews was 75% at the dot and the Hawks outshot the Wings 34-25.

Hawks vs. Peguins (9/28/10)
Peguins win 4-1
Beach scored the only goal.  This was not a good game for Brent Seabrook because he ended up knocking in 2 goals into his own net.

Hawks vs. St. Louis (9/30/10)
Blues win 4-1
Ben Smith scored the lone goal.  Jeremy Morin failed to convert on the penalty shot.  Jack Skille got hurt but will return to play the first game of the season on Oct. 7th.

Hawks vs. Peguins (10/1/10)
Hawks win 5-2
2 PPG were scored by Kopecky and Kane.  Nice to see the special teams convert on there power play.  Brian Campbell ended up getting hurt in the 2nd period which resulted in a sprain knee and will be gone 4-5 weeks.

Hawks vs. Blues (10/3/10)
Hawks win 4-3
3 PPG scored by Hossa, Kopecky, and Toews.  Jonathan Toews was 85% on the dot.

Top leaders in each category
Goals-Hossa 4
Assists-Seabrook 5
Points-Hossa 5
+ Keith +3  
-Potulny -5
PIM-Boynton 17
PPG-Kopecky 2
SHG-Hossa 1

Goalies       GP     AVG      SVG 
Crawford     2        2.52       92.2
Turco          4        2.57       89.8

Final RosterCenter-Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toew, Dave Bolland, and Jake Dowell
Wings-Bryan Bickell, Troy Brouwer, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Tomas Kopecky, Fernando Pisani, Jack Skille, and Viktor Stalberg
Defensemen-Nick Boynton, Brian Campbell, Jordan Hendry, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, John Scott, and Nick Leddy



So the question is what will the lines be?? Coach Q likes to switch it up all the time but i've always liked Sharp-Kane and Hossa-Kopecky.  The top 2 D-men pair Keith-Seabrook and Campbell-Hjalmarsson but we know as fans that Leddy will be paired up with Hjalmarsson til Campbell comes back.  Who knows what's going to happen...but the thing is CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO START!!!  LET'S DROP THE PUCK AND GO HAWKS!!!