{"id":39053,"date":"2018-12-17T00:26:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T05:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39053"},"modified":"2018-12-17T00:26:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T05:26:46","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-goaltender-corey-crawford-out-with-another-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/17\/chicago-blackhawks-goaltender-corey-crawford-out-with-another-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks Goaltender Corey Crawford Out With Another Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>\u00a0announced after tonight&#8217;s game, that goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Crawford<\/a> <\/strong>has been diagnosed with a concussion. Crawford&#8217;s injury was confirmed by his coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Corey Crawford has a concussion, per Jeremy Colliton.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkLazerus\/status\/1074500123399467008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Crawford<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>The injury occurred Sunday night against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>, where teammate<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stromdy01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Strome<\/a> <\/strong>collided into Crawford, who subsequently\u00a0hit his head on the goal post. It was noted that Sharks forward<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kaneev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evander Kane<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0assisted in this collision, and received\u00a0a goalie interference\u00a0penalty.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a run of similar injuries for Crawford, who missed 52 games last season because of a concussion. And was still finding his stride with a .902 save percentage and a 2.86 Goals against average\u00a0in 22 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Over his extensive 12-year NHL career, Crawford has remained loyal to the Blackhawks. Where during this time he has achieved a .918SV% and a 2.41GAA in 431 career games. The Canadian native was originally drafted by the Hawks in the second round, 52 overall in the 2003 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1074507701030391808\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cGreat goaltender, great guy, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1074507701030391808\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an important part of the team,\u201d<\/a> said coach<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/collije01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Colliton<\/a>,<\/strong> who confirmed the\u00a0diagnosis. \u201cWe\u2019ll see. We hope for a quick recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>This injury raises further concerns for the Blackhawks, who are currently fighting with the Los Angeles Kings for the bottom spot in the league. Back up goaltender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wardca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Ward<\/a> is the only other goalie on the active roster currently. It is now likely the Hawks will call up <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/forsban01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Forsberg<\/a><\/strong> or<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/deliaco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Collin Delia<\/a> <\/strong>from <strong>Rockford IceHogs<\/strong> to fill the void.<\/p>\n<p>What may be more concerning though, is the 33-year-olds future prospects. Although no further information on injury timescale at present. It does pose a difficult debate regarding the Jennings Trophy winner long-term health. It may be time for the Star goalie to consider retirement.<\/p>\n<p>What began as a promising start to the season is now fast becoming another disappointing one. The Blackhawks will play the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville Predators<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/10\/505427506.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO, IL &#8211; JANUARY 17: Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks follows the action against the Montreal Canadiens at the United Center on January 17, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks\u00a0announced after tonight&#8217;s game, that goaltender Corey Crawford has been diagnosed with a concussion. Crawford&#8217;s injury was confirmed by his coach. Corey Crawford has a concussion, per Jeremy Colliton. &mdash; Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) December 17, 2018 Corey Crawford Injured The injury occurred Sunday night against the San Jose Sharks, where teammate\u00a0Dylan Strome collided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2344,"featured_media":18097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2,34],"tags":[1752,276,246,3156,822,171,726,3788,117],"class_list":["post-39053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blackhawks","category-featured","category-news","tag-anton-forsberg","tag-cam-ward","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-collin-delia","tag-corey-crawford","tag-dylan-strome","tag-evander-kane","tag-jeremy-colliton","tag-san-jose-sharks"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}