Are his scratches number driven or is he still nursing the sore back. To close I felt that Middendorf did one of the more credible games of refereeing tonight. Although he missed a couple of calls he did let the players play and the game stayed in checked for the most part. Wish we could say that for all of the refs. Referee Middendorf finds his whistle in the third dishing out a total of seven power plays in the period.
Hawks score on three of their four in the period to pull away.