Blackhawks goalie Crawford medically cleared

Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford has been medically cleared to play, coach Joel Quenneville announced on Monday.

Crawford will accompany the team on its season-opening trip to Ottawa and St. Louis, though Quenneville told reporters in Chicago not to "read too much into that."

Quenneville said last week that it "might be stretching it" for Crawford to play in the Oct. 4 opener against the Senators.

The 33-year-old Crawford last played in a game on Dec. 23. He was placed on injury reserve with a concussion on Dec. 27. He hadn't practiced with the team since Feb. 12 until Monday, when he took shots from teammates at practice. Prior to Monday, Crawford's training camp mostly consisted of…