They say it's your birthday.

Happy 22nd birthday to Patrick Kane!

Hopefully he can get the 250th point of his regular season tonight against the Flames. It would make him the 2nd youngest Blackhawk to ever do so behind Denis Savard.

Tonight the Blackhawks keep on rolling with the same lineup as they used in Calgary. Hendry & Scott as the two scratches.
_________________________________________________________________

Not so Super: Team WHL lost 5-2 to Team Russia in the final game of the Subway Super Series. Team WHL lost both games to Team Russia with losing in a shootout Wednesday night in Kamloops and then the 5-2 loss Thursday in Prince George. With the win Team Russia won the series with a record of 4-1-1, the first time this has happened in the 8 years of the event.
Team OHL was the only league of the WHL & QMJHL to win both games against Team Russia. Before this year Team Russia had only won 6 games of 42.

Hawks prospect & Everett Silvertips Kent Simpson played in net for Team WHL on Thursday in the 7-6 shootout loss. Fellow Hawks prospect Byron Froese & Simpson's teammate with the Tips Ryan Murray also played Thursday. The Chiefs Jared Cowen was Team WHL captain on Thursday.

I remember in years past that people had complained that the series was pointless in that the CHL teams were blowing out Team Russia who wouldn't send over their best prospects to play in the series.

Guess you can't complain about it now with Team Russia turning the tables on the CHL teams this year. To be honest I'm a bit upset with Team WHL's less than stellar results but hey what can you do?

Link to the Super Series site if you want to learn more here.
___________________________________________________________________

On a more serious note, rest in peace Pat Burns who passed away after battling cancer at age 58.

He won a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the Devils. Also he won 3 Jack Adams awards the first NHL coach ever to do so.
Here are the links to the NHL & CBC's reports.

Though I really never watched Pat Burns coach, the outpouring of love by the hockey community shows just how much Burns meant to hockey and speaks to the type of person he was.

My heartfelt condolences to the Burns family.