Corey Crawford will be back between the pipes Thursday for the first time since suffering a concussion last December. Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville said Crawford will start Thursday against the Coyotes (1-4) at the United Center.
Crawford, 33, tried to come back in February, but was shut down after participating in a morning skate with the team in Arizona. Quenneville and other members of the Blackhawks brass continued to stay quiet and offer little updates on Crawford’s conditions until the netminder himself said he wasn’t 100 percent in July at the team’s fan convention.