Today marked the opening session of the Chicago Blackhawks preseason training camp. Pierre-Cedric Labrie scored the first goal, assisted by Jake Dowell. In five days, the Blackhawks will play their first preseason game, at home against Pittsburgh.
The quickest bit of news to come from the first day of camp at Johnny’s IceHouse West was that defenseman Duncan Keith was not in attendance.
The former Norris Trophy and Conn Smythe winner skipped the World Cup of Hockey to further recover from knee surgery he had last season, and there was speculation he’d miss the start of the Blackhawks’ regular season due to that same thing.