CHICAGO - His Blackhawks teammates did their best to deflect some of the heat from their oft-maligned goaltender on Sunday afternoon.
And no, they don’t believe that Corey Crawford is “going straight to hell,” as NBC analyst Mike Milbury suggested after a particularly gruesome goal he allowed to Tampa’s Tyler Johnson in the second period of Saturday’s 4-3 loss in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final.
“(Crawford) always takes more than his fair share of the blame,” said Hawks centre Jonathan Toews, doing what good captains do. “Maybe he let in a few goals he wasn’t happy with (on Saturday).