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Goals by McDavid, Draisaitl lead Oilers past Blackhawks 5-2
Alex DeBrincat had a pair of goals for the Blackhawks (5-10-2), who had won four straight games. Interim coach Derek King was handed his first loss since taking over.
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Alex DeBrincat had a pair of goals for the Blackhawks (5-10-2), who had won four straight games. Interim coach Derek King was handed his first loss since taking over.
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Kane and DeBrincat scored, Seth Jones also scored to extend his points streak to seven games, and Jake McCabe added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks to seal the win. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots, including 16 in the second period.
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Dylan Strome scored the tiebreaker, Alex DeBrincat also scored, and Patrick Kane had two assists as Chicago won its third straight since Derek King became head coach last Saturday.
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King took over after Jeremy Colliton was fired Saturday following a 1-9-2 start. King said he wanted the Blackhawks to have more fun, and they responded with dramatic victories in each of his first two games.
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Colliton went 87-92-26 with Chicago. He was dismissed exactly three years after he got the job.
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TSN was the first to report that Aldrich's name had been covered. A message was left Wednesday seeking comment from the Blackhawks.
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Kane was sidelined for the previous four games because of the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. He practiced Monday morning, and then convinced coach Jeremy Colliton he was ready to go.
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The announcement was made shortly after Quenneville met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in New York to discuss his role in what happened in Chicago during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, when a player named Kyle Beach said he was sexually assaulted by then-Blackhawks assistant Brad Aldrich.
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USA Hockey announced the move Tuesday, saying a replacement would be named in the near future.
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The news comes after an independent review in response to two lawsuits filed against the franchise: one alleging sexual assault by then-assistant coach Brad Aldrich during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010, another was filed by a former student whom Aldrich was convicted of assaulting in Michigan.
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It was the first time Marc-Andre Fleury gave up four first-period goals since March 29, 2017, as a member of the Penguins during a 5-1 loss to the Blackhawks.
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It's been a tough year and, for some Chicago sports fans, it just got a lot worse.