My Hawks played their first game last night. I was at church and missed most of it, but caught the last 7 minutes and then watched the highlights. We didn't have any core players in this game except for Schmaltz, but he scored a goal.
The young blue liners played very well too, including Rutta and Forsling. And even though Franson scored a goal, I'm not impressed with his speed. He's slow and looks to shoot first, play defense second. Not what we need. Jokiharu looks like he's going to be good.
And what a night in net for Forsberg! This guy looked amazing from what I saw and heard after the game. He stopped 38 out of 40 shots and one of the goals he gave up was short handed. He looks like everything I was hoping for in a backup to Crow.