Adam Burish had not played a shift all season until last night. It took him all of eight seconds to make his presence felt.
Burish stepped on the ice for his first shift, headed to the net (naturally), and put a puck in front for Patrick Sharp, who buried it, giving the Hawks a 1-0 lead. Moments later, he would drop the gloves with Rich Clune, and the legend of Adam DeRosa Rowand Burish would grow.
If the Hawks skaters have had one problem lately, it's been their penchant for sleepwalking through games. They're good and they're tired. That's a bad combo at this point in the season. The combination of Burish's intensity and fresh legs could be a very good thing for the Hawks. He's an energy player. If everyone else is sleeping, he won't be.
He's far from the difference between winning and losing the Cup, but with teammates feeling mentally and physically drained, he could be just the boost needed to sustain the Hawks' winning ways.
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Agree with you on the Derosarowand comparison, Burish should provide exactly what you said, some energy and mucking that they need right now. That being said, last night shouldve been a shutout, once again the goalie lets in 2 softies, a far side wraparound for christ sakes, and being beat from the faceoff circle with a not so great angle and no screen, shouldnt happen. This is going to be the Hawks Achilles heel in the playoffs, just pray they really tighten things up and take their shots sgainst down to around 18 a game.
badrogue: I don't know if they were soft. A little fluky I think. It seems the book on Niemi is wraparounds though. The kings tried 4-5 of them. thanks for reading!