All six Blackhawk Olympians were in action yesterday. In the late game, Marian Hossa played a major role in the Slovakian 2-1 (SO) upset over the Russians. He scored the team’s lone goal in the third period to tie it up and take it to overtime. Hossa took part in the shootout as well, but couldn’t put one past Ilya Bryzgalov. In the seventh shootout round Pavol Demitra clinched the victory over the offensively potent Ruskies for the first upset of the Olympic tournament. This was the Slovak’s second game in as many days. Tomas Kopecky did nothing – surprised?

The Canadian team ran into Jonas Hiller in net for Switzerland. As ‘Hawks fans we know how good Hiller can be in net when the Ducks visited the United Center in January. Anyway, the Swiss goalie limited the Canadians to only two goals. Jonathan Toews tallied another assist (his second) yesterday, and Brent Seabrook is only seeing about eight minutes of playing time. The Swiss were able to get two past Martin Brodeur and took this game to a shootout as well – Toews was picked for the shootout but didn’t score. Canada avoided the upset when Sidney Crosby scored in the fourth round (his second attempt) of the shootout.

Norway didn’t provide much resistance for the United States in their 6-1 loss to the American squad. Patrick Kane scored his first Olympic goal. Tomorrow’s game vs. Team Canada should be a great one to watch. Ryan Miller will see a lot more shots then he did against the Norwegians (11 shots) – the Canadians had forty-seven shots on Hiller.

In the system –

Forward Adam Hobson was recalled to Rockford from Toledo yesterday. He’s been up and down a couple times in the last few weeks. In eleven games with the IceHogs, Hobson has two goals and one assist.

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