Blackhawks Back on Track – 4th Win in Row
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 | Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, Sports
The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night for their 4th straight win. After a rough stretch where the club won only 6 games in the month of March, they are now 3-0 in the month of April behind the hot goal-tending of Antti Niemi. The Blackhawks still trail the San JOse Sharks by 2 points for the top seed in the Western Conference, but they control their own destiny. If the Blackhawks win out (against the St. Louis Blue, Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings), they would finish with 112 points and earn the top spot over the Sharks because they would have more regular season wins than the Sharks. That scenario would also mean that the Hawks would probably not be facing the Red Wings – their bitter Central Division rivals and one of the hottest teams in all of hockey right now – in the 1st round of the playoffs. And that would be a good thing – no one wants to face the red-hot Red Wings right now.
In Tuesday night’s win in Dallas, Colin Fraser scored his 3rd and 4th goals of the season to lead the Hawks. Marian Hossa (24), Jonathan Toews (24) and Patrick Kane (30) each tallied goals as well. Niemi stopped 26 of 28 Stars’ shots on goal and looks oh so comfortable in front of the net right now. Niemi has started each of the Hawks last 4 wins and last night was the 1st night that he allowed more than 1 goal. Unbelievable…
Let’s hope Niemi keeps up his stellar play and that the Hawks offense keeps firing on all cylinders as the Blackhawks finish off a fine season for the Chicago squad…
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