Each day for the rest of the year, Second City Hockey will countdown the top 10 Blackhawks stories of 2018.
No injury was more significant to the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018 than the concussion and subsequent symptoms that afflicted No. 1 goaltender Corey Crawford for the first 10 months of 2018. And, in a cruel recurrence of events, 2018 is likely going to end the way it started: with Crawford on injured reserve due to a concussion.
It all started on Dec. 23, 2017, when Crawford was pulled from a start against the New Jersey Devils after allowing three goals on seven shots during a 4-1 loss.