KINGS CRUSH CRAWFORD

BLACKHAWKS 3 KINGS 4
Sorry guys, I'm trying to post from my iPad & I'm having problems loading the photos. I'll make up for it Monday night.  In the meantime, here's the scoring from tonight.

1ST PERIOD
05:26	CHI	SHG - Jonathan Toews (7) Wrist shot - ASST: NONE	1 - 0 CHI
06:16	LAK	PPG - Slava Voynov (2) Slapshot - ASST: Jeff Carter (10), Drew Doughty (10)	1 - 1 Tie
13:19	CHI	Jonathan Toews (8) Wrist shot - ASST: Michal Rozsival (4), Marian Hossa (12)	2 - 1 CHI
2ND PERIOD
08:08	LAK	Jeff Carter (8) Wrist shot - ASST: Tanner Pearson (8)	2 - 2 Tie
14:19	LAK	Tyler Toffoli (6) Wrist shot - ASST: Jeff Carter (11), Willie Mitchell (2)	3 - 2 LAK
3RD PERIOD
11:57	LAK	Drew Doughty (2) Slapshot - ASST: Jake Muzzin (5), Justin Williams (7)	4 - 2 LAK

DIRTY PLAY LEADS TO SUSPENSIONS

Ranger Dan Carrillo suspended for 10 games for his conduct after/du ring a scuffle last night.  He was ejected from the game early in the first foe abuse of an official. Upon review, they say he violated rule 40.3 physical abuse of officials which is an Automatic min of 10 games.  The rules in ludes contact even without intent to injure. The official was trying to get Carrillo into the penalty box when there was, in my opinion, a minimal amount of contact. But the rule is there to protect everyone so there you go.  You can watch the video here http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=720443&navid=nhl:topheads






In that same game, Canadien Brandon prust gets a 2 game suspension for his hit on Stepan which 
ends up breaking Stephan's jaw.  The hit was clearly late and Proust appeared to make a 
conscious effort to check him after the play had moved on. He hit with his shoulder & shoved up
Flipping Stepan over.

Canadiens - Rangers Game 3

Sorry guys I won't be able to blog-live tonight but I;ll try my best to do a recap after the game and include lots of pics.

Just because I love you all - here are  few pics of people who may or may not still be in the playoffs - enjoy.

CANUCKS GET NEW GM

Jim Benning is the new canucks GM.  He is a former canuck, but it seems he is most impressive in picking quality players.  Here's the scoop from the NHL website:

A press conference will be held Friday at Rogers Arena to officially introduce the 11th general manager in Canucks franshise history; Linden is excited for fans and media alike to meet Benning, a 51-year-old from Edmonton, Alberta, who was most recently assistant general manager of the Boston Bruins.

Vancouver’s GM search was extensive and thorough and at the end of the day Benning not only fit the profile of what Linden wanted, the synergy between the two was strong.

“There were moments of clarity for me in speaking with Jim that we just really connected on a hockey level,” said Linden. “Our beliefs on how success is built in the National Hockey League were very aligned. Benning’s NHL resume speaks for itself, from his work in helping assemble the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins, including drafting Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton, to his 10-year success as scout and director of amateur scouting in Buffalo, during which time the Sabres selected Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek, among others. All in all, as a member of the Sabres and Bruins, Benning had a combined 47 of 109 players drafted play in the NHL, an impressive success rate of 43 per cent.

For the rest of his story, you can click here http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=720223

CARTER'S HAT TRICK TOPS IT FOR KINGS!

KINGS 6   BLACKHAWKS 2  Ties the series at 1 each

ROUND 3 - GAME 2 

Bhawks have a 5 on 3 PowerPlay - can they score? NOPE!

Willie Mitchell & Matt Greene in the box

Woa! Brian Bickell just knocked off Johnathan Quicks Helmet! No penalty though.

Kings on the PP - Michal Handzus in the box

Willie Mitchell back in the box for a cross-check.  Regan got shoved into the net, puck almost went in.

Bhawks: PowerPlay Goal by Nick Leddy ove the left shoulder - backhand uptop 

Duncan Keith with the Assist

 

Bhawks with another powerplay. they'll start the 2nd with about 50 seconds of it left.

Drew Doughty in the box

6 penalties in the first period

End of first - bhawks lead 1-0

bhawks start the 2nd with 50 second PP

Ben Smith coming off the bench with a wrist shot on a pass from Johnny Oduya & brandon Bollig giving the hawks 2-0 lead.  I think that's Ben's first goal of the playoffs

 

 

Kings: Justin Williams with a tip-in to the 5hole on a pass from 

Mike Richards late in the 2nd. 

End of 2nd. Hawks lead 2-1.  each team has 19 SOG

For your intermission entertainment - some players who aren't in the playoffs

And we're back

Kings with a powerplay - Bollig in the box

Kings: D-man Drew Doughty scores! Power Play - Wrist shot from the blueline - crawford never saw it!  

Assists to Gaborik & Voynov

 

Kings AGAIN another Power Play Goal!

Jeff Carter gets the goal. It tipped in from Jake Muzzin's Slapshot - 

totally faked the goalie out. ASST: Jack & Alec Martinez 

Kings take the lead 3-2

Kings Again: toffoli.  looks like the hawks thought the puck went into the net & just stopped skating, but it wasn't called down. Looks like it just went straight up in the air but never touched the net.

Tyler Toffoli (5) Wrist shot - ASST: Tanner Pearson (6), Jeff Carter (9)

Kings again - odd man rush carter's wrist shot just on the right side of crawford.

Jeff Carter with a solo wrist shot & 

make that 3 for Jeff as he gets an empty net from the redline.

HAT TRICK!

Kings come back and win it 6-2 with 6 unanswered goals - 5 of them in the 3rd period!

Series tied at 1

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