Blackhawks at NorthStars

Shots
123OTT
Blackhawks 6 11 7 0 24
NorthStars 11 9 7 0 27
Goals
123OTT
Blackhawks 1 2 1 0 4
NorthStars 2 3 2 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. NORTHSTARS, THORNTON 12 (ZELEPUKIN, SHEPPARD), 01:06
2. BLACKHAWKS, TUCKER 19 (RICHARDSON), 03:04
3. NORTHSTARS, ZELEPUKIN 9 (THORNTON, KUCERA) (PP), 08:22

PENALTIES: D. TUCKER CHI (BOARDING, Minor) 03:19, J. NORTON MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 03:19, M. BARNABY CHI (BOARDING, Major) 04:34, J. THORNTON MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:30, D. TUCKER CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:28, D. WARD CHI (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:17 (Served by Stephane Robidas), L. ODELEIN CHI (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:06

Period 2
4. BLACKHAWKS, STERN 8 (ROBIDAS, MCRAE), 02:48
5. NORTHSTARS, ZELEPUKIN 10 (THORNTON, KUCERA) (PP), 05:37
6. NORTHSTARS, KUCERA 5 (ZELEPUKIN) (PP), 08:32
7. BLACKHAWKS, LAPERRIERE 9 (MAY), 10:07
8. NORTHSTARS, THORNTON 13 (SHEPPARD, ZELEPUKIN), 19:52

PENALTIES: R. CIMETTA CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:34, I. LAPERRIERE CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:11, M. BARON CHI (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:21, V. ZELEPUKIN MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 10:21

Period 3
9. NORTHSTARS, ZETTERBERG 16 (SYKORA, DATSYUK), 01:22
10. NORTHSTARS, SHEPPARD 20 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 04:17
11. BLACKHAWKS, CIMETTA 12 (STERN, JOHNSSON), 18:41

PENALTIES: B. MAY CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:53, M. BARNABY CHI (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 04:54 (Served by Luke Richardson), J. DOWD CHI (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 14:47 (Served by Robert Cimetta), M. PIVONKA MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:47, B. WITT MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:50

Goalie Statistics

John Blue (CHI), 5 saves out of 7 shots
Norm Foster (CHI), 15 saves out of 20 shots, L, 10-27-2
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (MIN), 20 saves out of 24 shots, W, 15-18-1

Power Play Conversions

Blackhawks 0 for 2
NorthStars 4 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Valeri Zelepukin (MIN)
2 - Joe Thornton (MIN)
3 - Frantisek Kucera (MIN)

Player Statistics

Blackhawks

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Ken McRae             0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 11
Gerald Diduck         0  0  0    +1   0  0   1 15
Matthew Barnaby       0  0  0    -2  17  2   1 12
Kim Johnsson          0  1  1    -1   0  2   0 21
Robert Cimetta        1  0  1  Even   2  3   0 22
Ronnie Stern          1  1  2    +2   0  2   2 16
Brad May              0  1  1    +1   2  5   2 24
Darcy Tucker          1  0  1    +1   4  1   3 24
Luke Richardson       0  1  1    +1   0  0   4 24
Ian Laperriere        1  0  1    +1   2  3   3 20
Brad Miller           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  5
Jim Dowd              0  0  0    -2  12  3   3 18
Scott Hannan          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 10
Murray Baron          0  0  0    -1   2  0   3 19
Todd Harvey           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
Dixon Ward            0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  4
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0    +1   2  2   5 22
Stephane Robidas      0  1  1    +2   0  0   2 12
   
NorthStars

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Petr Sykora           0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 20
Brendan Witt          0  0  0  Even  12  1   6 21
Brian Benning         0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  6
Pavel Datsyuk         0  1  1  Even   0  2   1 22
Stan Drulia           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  8
Henrik Zetterberg     1  0  1  Even   0  1   0 16
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    -2   0  0   2 22
Willie Mitchell       0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 21
Jeff Norton           0  0  0    +1   2  3   3 26
Frantisek Kucera      1  2  3    +1   0  5   2 24
Joe Thornton          2  2  4    +1   2  2   0 20
Benoit Hogue          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 14
Ray Sheppard          1  2  3    +1   0  5   1 22
Bill Lindsay          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  8
Tommy Lehman          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  9
Yves Courteau         0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  5
Michal Pivonka        0  0  0    -1   2  2   0  9
Valeri Zelepukin      2  3  5    +1   2  3   3 22
   

Financial

Attendance: 9022
Net Profit: $682 063,00

Game Notes

Brian Benning injured at 15:17 of the 1st Period
Dixon Ward ejected at 15:17 of the 1st Period
John Blue enters game at 19:52 of 2nd period
Henrik Zetterberg injured at 04:54 of the 3rd Period
Matthew Barnaby ejected at 04:54 of the 3rd Period
Stan Drulia injured at 14:47 of the 3rd Period
Jim Dowd ejected at 14:47 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Milwaukee      1
Birmingham     6
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Brad Isbister 8 (Kristian Huselius, Ryan Johnson)

Nolan Baumgartner 6 (Alyn McCauley, Denis Hamel)
Dave Scatchard 9 (Lonnie Loach, Patrik Stefan)
Andre Roy 12 (David Sacco, Alexander Kharitonov)
Lonnie Loach 8 (Ronald Petrovicky, Craig Adams)
Alyn McCauley 11 (Brian Wesenberg, Shane Willis)
Sean Brown 2 (Jassen Cullimore, Ossi Vaananen)

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Goalies
Milwaukee: Stephane Beauregard
Birmingham: David Aebischer
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