All Entries Tagged With: "Pirri"
Bad Habits…Are Hawks A Victim Of Their Own Success?
On Monday night, the Blackhawks once again spotted the Coyotes a big lead, but this time they managed to capture one point. Last year the third period was a struggle, this season poor starts have been an issue. Of late is has been a habit for the Hawks to surrender the first goal of the [...]
Hawks Split As Quenneville Keeps Tinkering
We found out a couple of things about the Blackhawks this past weekend: There is room for improvement and Head Coach Joel Quenneville is not going to take a relaxed approach. Quenneville is known for almost constant line juggling, but he also opened this season with a couple of new roster wrinkles. For the most [...]
New Look Hawks Could Need Some Time
Although many faces have changed from the 2010-2011 Blackhawks to this season’s edition, there is one similarity both squads share. For the second year in a row the Hawks have turned over about 40% of the roster. Although optimism abounds Blackhawk faithful shouldn’t expect too much too soon. This summer general manager Stan Bowman’s mission [...]
Sharp Out…Pirri and Boynton In
The Blackhawks have recalled 19 year old center Brandon Pirri from Rockford. Pirri will replace Patrick Sharp who is out with an undisclosed injury. A tall task for Pirri but a great opportunity to show his stuff against the Red Wings. It appears defenseman Nick Boynton will be in the lineup and Jordan Hendry will [...]
Hawks Trim Roster…Beach Survives For Now
Kyle Beach had a less than average performance last night against the Red Wings which doesn’t bode well for him. Beach survived the latest round of roster cuts but there were a couple of interesting decsions concerning defensemen. Defenders Jonathan Carlsson and Ivan Vishnevskiy were assigned to Rockford as was forward Brandon Pirri who had a [...]
