Hawks' Defense Collapses Late in Third, Lose 3-2 to Flyers

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Cristobal Huet can not catch a break this year. After playing a solid 60 minutes, the Hawks in front of him gave up a three on two rush with eight seconds left, leading to Flyers' winger, Chris Pronger, putting the puck in the net with 2.1 seconds left in the game. 

“We know we have enough talent in that room to score goals, from the back end up,” Andrew Ladd said on Thursday. “Not bearing down, really, has turned into a lot of goals against. It’s something we have to figure out and make a point of being really strong there.” 


 The Hawks had been practicing tighten down the defense to help goaltenders, Antti Niemi and Cristobal Huet. A mistake like the Hawks just committed today was not Huet's fault, but it doesn't help him in his bid to try to gain the starting goalie spot for the Hawks. 

"The goaltending was great tonight on both ends," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "They did their job. That's why it was a tough ending. It's a frustrating loss, but we're excited about tomorrow's game and we'll move ahead."

Antti Niemi will start Sunday morning against the Washington Capitals. Having Niemi start that game is a sign that Quennville is hoping Niemi can prove himself worthy of the starting position. 




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Bill Zeltman is the CEO and co-founder of MTRMedia.com. He writes about a variety of subjects but his passion is writing about the Philadelphia Phillies. Bill has been covering the Phillies for MTR since 2007 and has been a season ticket holder for over 30 years. He has been at many milestone games including Pete Rose breaking the N.L. all time hits record, Steve Carlton becoming the all time strikeout king, many great games in 1983 and 1993, June 8, 1989 when the team overcame a 10 run deficit to beat the Pirates with Steve Jeltz hitting a home run from both sides of the plate. Three games where the Phillies scored 20 or more runs. Kevin Millwood and Roy Halladay's no hitters. The 2008 NL East clinching game, and many great games from 2007 through today.

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