So great to see Jujhar back on the ice today â¤ï¸ pic.twitter.com/jFQiDgqQXI
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 22, 2021
Possible lines with plenty of interchangeability:
DeBrincat - Strome - Kane Hagel - Toews - Borgstrom Kubalik - Dach - Kurashev Khaira - Carpenter - Entwistle
Reserves: Connolly, Gabriel
Brett Connolly wouldn't be eligible to return until the Avalanche game on January 4. However, who knows how COVID will continue to impact the NHL and the ability to resume the season with the schedule intact aside from the games that have already been postponed and need rescheduling.
Update on when the Blackhawks will hit the ice again for practice:
Here's the Blackhawks schedule for the next week, as of right now:
— Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) December 21, 2021
Today: Held practice
22nd-26th: Off
27th: Practice
28th: Game vs. Columbus
The NHL opened up the 26th as an available practice day to teams with the holiday break move, but the Hawks aren't going to take it.
IceHogs Game Summary
Back on the W train! 🚂#MILhockey | #MILvsRFD pic.twitter.com/yN5SuqO7P9
— Milwaukee Admirals (@mkeadmirals) December 22, 2021
Hardman - Reichel - Nylander Teply - McLaughlin - Busdeker Barratt - Slavin - Gicewicz Pour - Osipov
Phillips - I Mitchell Kalynuk - Regula Beaudin - Galvas Watson
Delia Soderblom
Scoring Recap
1st Goal (0-1): Schneider (Afanasyev, Farrance) PP 2nd Goal (0-2): Grimaldi (McLain, Donovan) EN
SOG For/Against: 29/28 PP: 0-for-3 PK: 3-for-4
Game Notes
* Even though Garrett Mitchell is always the captain, the alternate captains seem to be rotating every few games; last night Evan Barratt, Dylan McLaughlin, and Isaak Phillips wore the A's.
* At both ES and on the PP, McLaughlin doesn't waste time advancing the puck up ice and breaches the offensive zone with relative ease to set up or create his own chances.
* Alex Nylander had several prime scoring attempts from in close which is good to see him taking the puck to the net or crashing there and not staying on the outside.
* In his first game back in the AHL after a stint with the Blackhawks, Josiah Slavin played a sloppy 1st period but settled down with a fairly uneventful rest of the game.
* Just as Nicolas Beaudin is exhibiting a mean streak more and more, so is Wyatt Kalynuk yet he does need to pick his spots better so he doesn't get penalized as he has lately especially for retaliation.
* While Beaudin can generally keep his mean streak within the confines of regulating an opponent, he's been tagged twice this month including last night for game misconducts for altercations involving the referee.
Highlights
HIGHLIGHTS: Plenty of chances, but we couldn't get the bounce.
— Rockford IceHogs (@goicehogs) December 22, 2021
Admirals take this one, 2-0, in our last game before the Holiday break.https://t.co/SdVRPijZAf
Prospect Updates
Alex Vlasic + 🎤 = elite content pic.twitter.com/FCXR2wKcvM
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) December 21, 2021
The nickname Messo reminds me of the one and only Sergio Momesso:
1994. As the regular season was winding down and about 2 months before they would meet in the Stanley Cup Final, things between #NYR and the #Canucks got a little nasty near the end of a game. Here Sergio Momesso wants nothing to do with Joe Kocur. Can't say I blame him. pic.twitter.com/M4adWCdBIa
— The Hockey Samurai ä¾ (@hockey_samurai) December 21, 2021
World Junior Championships
Jake Sanderson has been named captain of the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team! @Matty_Beniers10, @Brockfaber14 and @slaggs_9 will serve as alternates. 🇺🇸 #WorldJuniors
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) December 21, 2021
--
Winter Olympics
No surprise, but #NHL + #NHLPA are in agreement that NHL players will not participate in #Beijing2022 Olympics. Once they notify IOC, an official announcement will come - perhaps as soon as today, maybe later this week.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 21, 2021
Now, question is: Will 2022 Olympics be postponed to 2023? https://t.co/8aR0aKmqNl
--
See you on the boards!