Crawford Stonewalls Phoenix As Blackhawks Win In OT: Corey Crawford answered Chicago coach Joel Quenneville's call Saturday, allowing one goal as the Blackhawks won the series' fifth overtime game to stay alive in the first-round matchup. (Updated 04/22/2012)
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His job was a lot easier because of the smothering Chicago defense in front of him. He faced only 19 shots all night, while his counterpart, Phoenix's Mike Smith, saw double that number. (Updated 04/22/2012).
04/07/2012 15:53 Wings lose in SO, still clinch fifth seed
Patrick Kane scored the only goal of the shootout to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday in the final game of the regular season for both teams.
03/31/2012 23:09 Blackhawks secure playoff spot in West
Brent Seabrook scored at 8:19 of the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks clinched a playoff spot Saturday night, beating the Nashville Predators 5-4 after blowing a 4-0 lead.
03/27/2012 22:00 Devils increase lead for sixth in East
Travis Zajac and Patrik Elias scored in a shootout and Martin Brodeur made 37 saves and stopped four of five shooters to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.
The Blackhawks were not expecting this from Corey Crawford last season, but he fulfilled the expectations of many who felt he was the team's goalie of the future. Crawford was 33-18-6 with a 2.30 goals against average and he buried the one-year goalie Marty Turco on the bench. For the first time Crawford is pegged as the starter in the preseason. Some will feel that his numbers will not improve in 2011-12, but the team went out and got some help for him with some muscle and veteran presence in front. (Updated 10/4/11)
