Blackhawks Captain Finally Scores but the Team Needs A Little More

This past Saturday at the United Center, the Chciago Blackhawks hosted the Dallas Stars which prevailed in a loss. The Blackhawks fell behind 2-0 in the second period, goals were scored by Brenden Morrow (02:17 - 2nd) and Mike Ribeiro
(05:10 - 2nd). It looked like the Hawks were struggling to score a goal but that was before Troy Brouwer scored his first goal of the season to only trail by one(5:44- 2nd). Just minutes later, Dalls scored again to make the
score 3-1. The goal was scored by Toby Petersen (09:31 - 2nd) which was also his first goal of the season. Chicago was now trailing 3-1 and time was winding down in the 2nd period. Jonathan "Captain Serious" Toews scored his first goal of the season (16:24 - 2nd) to make the score 3-2 going into the 3rd period.

The Dallas Stars took the lead in the 3rd periond with a goal by
Stephane Robidas (10:27 - 3rd) which was also his first goal of the season. This goal brings me to the main point of this blog entery. Cristobal Huet has had his rough times in net but this is probably one of the worst goals he has let up. I just don't understand how a professional goaltender can let up a goal that easily.



Huet has played a total of 230 career games; he has 105 wins and 78 losses with only 20 shut outs. I personally think that the Blackhawks have all the tools they need to win a Stanley Cup except goaltending. If the Hawks are serious about bringing the Stanley Cup back to Chciago (not happened since the 1960-1961 series), I think our goaltenders need to get a lot tougher and stop letting the oppenents score on them so easily. There are times when the oppenents make our goaltenders look silly.
Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall, also known as "Mr. Goalie," is the best goaltender that Chciago ever had. The goaltender owns the National Hockey League record for consecutive games by a goalie (502) without ever wearing a facemask. That is seven seasons, every game, every minute. Hall was fearless in the nets, he was not afraid to sacrafice his body for the team.



I feel that the goaltenders today, not only on Chciago but in the NHL as a whole; do not play with the same swagger as Glenn Hall did. Hall is one of the best goaltenders to ever play the game and I believe that every goaltender should learn from him. If I were coaching pee wee hockey or even high school hockey, I would have my goaltenders watch and study how Glenn Hall played the game of hockey. The Chicago Blackhawks have so much potential this year and I truly believe that they can bring the Stanley Cup back to Chicago. I just think that Cristobal Huet needs to start playing like "Mr. Goalie" instead of "Mrs. Goalie."