Chicago Notes....
A suspension may be imminent for Hawks left wing Bob Probert. He received a
five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for elbowing Toronto's Gary Roberts in
the head late in the second period Saturday.The Hawks are still minus right wing Steve
Thomas, recovering from a broken ankle, and defenseman Jaroslav Spacek, out with a
broken finger. Instead of getting a replacement for Jaroslav Spacek, whose broken index
finger will be re-evaluated on Monday, they called up forward Jim Campbell from
Norfolk of the American Hockey League after the game The Hawks' biggest problems
during their slide have been a lack of scoring punch and poor penalty-killing. They have
only 19 goals in the last nine games.
Opponents have succeeded on 11-of-34 power-play attempts in those nine games, and the
Hawks now have the worst penalty-killing record in the Western Conference.The
penalty-killing perked up a bit in the back-to-back games with Toronto in which the Maple
Leafs were 1-for-7 on the power play. But take that with a grain of salt: Of the NHL's 30
teams, the Leafs rank 24th on the power play
Last season the Canadiens were 5-4 overtime winners in their only encounter Oct. 14 in
Montreal.It'll be interesting to see how Sutter uses Campbell tonight against the Canadiens at the Molson Centre. It's possible Campbell will replace Mike Peluso on the third line, or he could be used to inject some life (and offensive potential) into the struggling fourth line.
The fourth line of Peter White, Bob Probert and either Ryan VandenBussche or Aaron Downey has chipped in only 2 goals and is a combined minus-11.
[This message has been edited by wigs (edited 12-03-2001).]
A suspension may be imminent for Hawks left wing Bob Probert. He received a
five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for elbowing Toronto's Gary Roberts in
the head late in the second period Saturday.The Hawks are still minus right wing Steve
Thomas, recovering from a broken ankle, and defenseman Jaroslav Spacek, out with a
broken finger. Instead of getting a replacement for Jaroslav Spacek, whose broken index
finger will be re-evaluated on Monday, they called up forward Jim Campbell from
Norfolk of the American Hockey League after the game The Hawks' biggest problems
during their slide have been a lack of scoring punch and poor penalty-killing. They have
only 19 goals in the last nine games.
Opponents have succeeded on 11-of-34 power-play attempts in those nine games, and the
Hawks now have the worst penalty-killing record in the Western Conference.The
penalty-killing perked up a bit in the back-to-back games with Toronto in which the Maple
Leafs were 1-for-7 on the power play. But take that with a grain of salt: Of the NHL's 30
teams, the Leafs rank 24th on the power play
Last season the Canadiens were 5-4 overtime winners in their only encounter Oct. 14 in
Montreal.It'll be interesting to see how Sutter uses Campbell tonight against the Canadiens at the Molson Centre. It's possible Campbell will replace Mike Peluso on the third line, or he could be used to inject some life (and offensive potential) into the struggling fourth line.
The fourth line of Peter White, Bob Probert and either Ryan VandenBussche or Aaron Downey has chipped in only 2 goals and is a combined minus-11.
[This message has been edited by wigs (edited 12-03-2001).]
