Thank goodness we’re getting back to hockey, right Chicago Blackhawks fans?
After Monday’s Training Camp Festival game, which was attended by Blackhawk Up’s Sean Fitzgerald, the Blackhawks today will host the rival Detroit Red Wings in the preseason opener for both sides. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m., and the game can be seen on WGN and heard on WGN Radio 720-AM.
You probably won’t be surprised to know neither team is sending out its regular starting lineup for tonight’s tilt at the United Center. A look at the teams’ rosters, starting with that of the Blackhawks:
Forwards: Andrew Desjardins, Artem Anisimov, Jonathan Toews, Ryan Garbutt, Daniel Paille, Kyle Baun, Marko Dano, Ryan Haggerty, Dennis Rasmussen, Marian Hossa, Teuvo Teravainen, Patrick Kane
Defensemen: David Rundblad, Trevor Daley, Brent Seabrook, Jan Hejda, Viktor Svedberg, Lubomir Visnovsky
Goaltenders: Scott Darling, Mark Visentin
Looking a little deeper, we have potential forward lines for tonight, courtesy the Chicago Sun-Times’ Mark Lazerus:
- Dano-Toews-Hossa
- Teravainen-Anisimov-Kane
- Paille-Rasmussen-Haggerty
- Garbutt-Desjardins-Baun
Now, on to the Red Wings’ roster/lineup for tonight’s action:
Forwards
Andy Miele–Riley Sheahan–Luke Glendening
Anthony Mantha-Dylan Larkin-Teemu Pulkkinen
Drew Miller–Joakim Andersson–Landon Ferraro
Todd Bertuzzi-Andreas Athanasiou-Evgeny Svechnikov
Defensemen
Brendan Smith–Alexey Marchenko
Xavier Ouellet-Nick Jensen
Goaltenders
Tom McCollum
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I can’t even begin to tell you how many Red Wings players I had to Google off the above lineup card.