From: scholvin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Scholvin)
Subject: Hawks News 11-19
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:09:41 GMT


The Hawks blew 3-0 and 4-2 leads Tuesday night, succumbing to the
Detroit Red Wings by a final of 5-4.  The Hawks went with five young
defensemen since Steve Smith's foot infection sidelined him, and their
breakdowns (along with some key no-calls by ref Kerry Fraser) enabled
Detroit's comeback.

Jeremy Roenick strted the scoring with a spectacular bit of skating in
the Wings' zone.  He basically took them on 1 on 4, eluding defenders
and working his way into the deep slot and burying a wrist shot over
an awed Cheveldae.  An assist was credited to Noonan.  Ruuttu continued
his hot streak, scoring next (Graham).  Gilbert rounded out the first
period scoring (Kravchuk, Ruuttu), his first of two on the night.  The
Hawks had dominated over the first 20 minutes, then the bottom fell out.

Detroit scored twice in the second, the first only 1:24 into the period
on the power play by Sheppard, the second at the 8:08 mark by the
much-hated Dino Cicarelli.  Gilbert scored his second goal at 10:24
on a breakaway after some nice work in the Hawks' end to get the
puck to him by Dykhuis.  He and Ruuttu were given assists on the play,
and the scoring for the second ended there with the Hawks still up 4-2.

For the third period, Kerry Fraser let the boys play, especially the
ones in white jerseys.  Dino scored again, this time on the power play
(a questionable call against Christian) to cut the lead to one.  Then
at 6:08, Fraser made the no-call of the season so far.  Probert brutally
cross-checked Roenick in the Detroit zone, then passed it out to Lidstrom
who hit a streaking Yzerman right on the tape with a crisp pass.
Yzerman tied it up on a play that should have been whistled as soon as
big Bob touched the puck, but sometimes you don't get the calls.  Maybe
Fraser was trying to even things up after seeing some of the fortunate
calls the Hawks got in Minnesota.  Whatever, Burr scored the game
winner at 13:20.

You can't blame a collapse like this on the refs, of course, but you'd
like to at least even the playing field.  Detroit had seven power play
chances to Chicago's three.  Again, though, Belfour was unsteady, and
the five young defensemen (Dykhuis, Kravchuk, Kucera, Russell, and
Clueless Bryan Marchment) showed their collective inexperience in their
own zone.  Smith is expected to play tonight in Los Angeles, though.

Also expected back tonight is two game scratch Michel Goulet.  He and
Larmer have a combined ten goals so far, and Sutter is trying to figure
out what to do to get his veterans moving.  Larmer may be moved to
Ruuttu's line, and I'd expect some other shuffles.

The power play continues to be a trainwreck: the streak is now 0 for 23.
The Hawks are closing in on 24th place in the power play, so maybe it's
just as well that Fraser didn't make the calls.  Power play chances for
this team seem to be more of a liability than an asset.

-- 
John Scholvin                           |  "Sometimes I wish I was Catholic
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