Corey Crawford has a Stanley Cup to his credit, and if it were not for one bad bounce in this year's playoffs, he might very well have two on his resume.
When the Blackhawks saw the Los Angeles Kings eliminate the New York Rangers in five games in the Stanley Cup Final, it had to hurt Joel Quenneville and Co. nearly as much as the defeat stung head coach Alain Vigneault and his Broadway Blueshirts.
That's because all the Blackhawks needed to get to the Stanley Cup Final was a goal at home in overtime of the seventh game of the Western Conference Final. Instead of getting that goal, the Blackhawks were victimized by some poor puck luck, as Kings defenseman Alec Martinez flipped a wrist shot that deflected off defenseman Nick Leddy and got by goalie Crawford for the decisive goal in the classic series.
Despite the funky nature of that goal, nobody was blaming Crawford for the defeat. He had played well throughout the majority of the playoffs, and when the Blackhawks needed him to come up with a series of saves or one crucial big play, he was solid against the St. Louis Blues, the Minnesot ...
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Article written by Steve Silverman