Big Chicago forward Dustin Byfuglien banged in a pair of power-play rebounds and completed his hat trick in the third period to lift the Blackhawks to a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks and a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series on Wednesday night. Kris Versteeg and Marian Hossa also scored, and Antti Niemi made 16 of his 31 saves in the first period. The Blackhawks picked up where they left off in Game 2 when they scored three goals in a third-period comeback win. Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows scored and Roberto Luongo made 30 saves for the Canucks, who will try to even the series when they host Game 4 on Friday night. To do it, Vancouver will have to do a better job on special teams and against Byfuglien. The Canucks were 0 for 4 on the power play and allowed two goals to Chicago in six times short-handed. Byfuglien played a big role after being moved up from defense to play on the top line with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews, who had three assists. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap;_ylt=AnyZoooHoOact0jqwtxWPCl7vLYF?gid=2010050522
Just about everyone in the stadium who had blue on hated Byfuglien. Every Canucks player and the fans that were throwing garbage at him. All I can say to that is eat shit. Burrows started wailing on Bolland(?) at the end of the game and they also went after Hossa. I don't think they sent the right message to the Hawks, because now our aggressive players will not skate away from hitting anyone now. Hell, Hossa has like 10 hits this series. And Toews got a good one last night. Game 4 is in Van. on Versus for the Chicagoland area.
