So it’s official, Dave Bolland was activated from the injured reserve this afternoon. It’s been reported that Quenneville will line put him on the fourth line between Ben Eager and Tomas Kopecky. For at least one more game Andrew Ladd will play on the second line, and Patrick Sharp will lineup at center. Colin Fraser will ride the pine in tonight’s game vs. the Blues.
Quenneville said he will ease Bolland into action:
“He’ll start out with Bennie and Kopecky and we’ll see how it progresses from there. He’s going to have to grow and earn some of that quality ice time as we go along here.”
Starting in net –
Yesterday, Quenneville announced that Antti Niemi would get the start tonight, but he couldn’t practice this morning because he was feeling ill. Cristobal Huet will man the pipes instead. Joe Fallon was called up from Rockford to backup Huet tonight. It’s Fallon’s first trip to the show, but don’t expect him to see any ice-time unless the Blues somehow put six goals on the scoreboard – that will never happen. For the IceHogs, Fallon has a record of 13-9-1, a goals against average of 2.64 and a save percentage .911. Fallon will be reassigned to Rockford tomorrow.
According to Tim Sassone, Fallon was recalled over Corey Crawford because the Blackhawks wanted him to start in tonight’s game at home vs. the Grand Rapids Griffins. It probably has something more to do with contract size. Fallon is cheaper to have sit on the bench then Crawford for one game. Subsequently, the IceHogs recalled goaltender Alec Richards and defenseman Joe Charlebois for tonight’s game.
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