Morning Box Score

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 15, 2008 4:50PM

Blackhawks Stumble Against Blues
The Blackhawks dug themselves an early hole, allowing two goals in the first seven minutes and finding themselves down to St. Louis 3-1 just a hair over halfway through a fight-marred first period. They fought back and forced overtime, but the Blues pulled out the victory in overtime, 4-3. Down 3-1, Dave Bolland brought the 'Hawks back with a short-handed goal in the second period, and then the equalizer in the third, his first two goals of the season. But a controversial hooking penalty called on Bolland in overtime led to the game-winner from St. Louis' Andy McDonald. Coach Quenneville said, “It was a tough call there at the end. I don’t think [Bolland] did anything wrong on the play. It was just a hard play.” Jonathon Toews reflected on the 'Hawks stumble out of the gate: “I think we dug ourselves a hole tonight. We battled back and had a chance to win. We can’t blame anybody but us for the slow start and the penalties that we took. It’s pretty simple to see what we didn’t do tonight.” Nikolai Khabibulin was in goal, allowing all four goals out of 30 shots.

Cubs Pursuing Big Unit
As the Cubs cut Kerry Wood, try to re-sign Ryan Dempster, and continue to put together a trade for Jake Peavy, word from the Trib is that the team is now considering Randy Johnson. We understand his good history with Lou, who managed Randy in Seattle, and his place among the game's most dominant pitchers. But Randy's 45 and has had three back surgeries; do we really want another injury liability in the rotation? We can see the upside of having the lanky vet on the team, but that's a lot of money for a car with that much mileage on it.

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