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CHICAGO -- If Corey Crawford is feeling the pressure of being in his first Stanley Cup final, he isnt showing it. The Chicago Blackhawks goaltender cracked jokes about his glove hand and already seemed to be over his roughest start of these playoffs, when he was beaten five times on 33 shots by the Boston Bruins. He quipped that during the Western Conference final there was criticism of his blocker side so "both sides are bad, I guess." And even though a weakness was exposed, Crawfords confidence isnt shaken going into Game 5 Saturday night. "I think its something you have to learn from," Crawford said. "If that wouldve happened in junior, I think I wouldve been pretty deflated, and my confidence wouldve been pretty low. I think its something you build over time and something you learn from." It was no secret the Bruins kept shting glove-side Wednesday, and the 26-year-old deflected the notion that he has a weakness that could derail Chicagos championship hopes. Crawford also acknowledged that adjustments might be necessary. Even this late in a run, its possible that he and goaltending coach Stephane Waite fix some mechanics before Crawford goes back in net. "Sometimes you need your goalie coach to lk and see," Crawford said. "As a goalie, its tough sometimes to really know if youre fine, if theres nothing to change or if theres something to change. Sometimes you need that extra set of eyes to figure that out for you." His teammates tested him out at practice Friday. "I tried today and he stopped me glove side, so hopefully hes got it all figured out," left-winger Patrick Sharp said. "I dont know if that was the game plan or if thats something they did on purpose and they were successful at it, but I like Corey in there." So does coach Joel Quenneville, who insisted he was not considering replacing Crawford with backup Ray Emery, who hasnt played in almost two months. Crawford is the man for the Blackhawks. "In our rm he hasnt taken any heat, so I dont know whats being said out there," defenceman Duncan Keith said. "You lk at the job hes done all season for us, hes been great all year long. I thought we let in five, and they let in six. I mean, we won the game and well move on." Crawford moved on almost immediately. Rather than dissect how he gave up five goals in Game 4, he was "thrilled" about the victory and defenceman Brent Seabrks game-winner. From the Bruins, there were plenty of denials that they solved Crawford. "I know were not skating down the ice thinking, Oh my God, if we dont go glove-side were not going to score. Nothing like that," forward Shawn Thornton said. "I think its just a bit of coincidence. Were trying to get pucks on net from everywhere and create traffic and wherever that rebound pops out, Im sure youre trying to put it in." That the Bruins put the puck in five times could make Crawford think a lot about last game. Instead, hes trying to keep excess worrying to a minimum. "Theres times when you think about a game more than others," he said. "But at this point, I really dont want to be thinking t much about the last game, whether it was gd or bad." The last game wasnt gd. But it was gd enough to help Chicago tie the series at 2. Of course that did not mean Crawford was immune from criticism. "I think that the scrutiny of goaltending at any stage of the season is at a different level of any other player, and I guess its even more out there now that youre in the final," Quenneville said. "But Corey just seems to move forward whatever the challenge is, the next shot, the next game. Hes excited about the opportunity. Were excited about what he accomplished. He won a big game for us, and thats where were at." Crawford is there, t. Experience, he said, helped him realize that he cant let one bad performance affect his psyche. "Situations youve gone through -- a similar situation like that where you just collapse and you probably lose the game -- you just learn from that and dont feel like its the end of the world," he said. It could be the end of the line for the Blackhawks if the Bruins manage to light him up in the same fashion for the rest of the series. "I think you can score on other areas, hopefully, on Corey Crawford, than just the glove," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "At the end of the day youre lking to find ways to score goals, whether its cross passes, tips, screens or whatever, it doesnt really matter." As much as the Bruins had success beating Crawford in Game 4, one knows yet whether that will have a carry-over effect. "Thats the thing: Everyone thinks (theyre) going to sht to the glove," Sharp said. "Its not like Corey can start cheating glove side, because those guys are such gd shters they can pick him apart. Who knows if thats a once-in-a-lifetime type of game of if theyve figured something out." Cheap NCAA Jerseys Ftball . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. Cheap NCAA Jerseys Online . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. http://www.cheapncaajerseys.net/ . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Discount NCAA Jerseys . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. Cheap NCAA Jerseys From China . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. Kim Hughes v West Indies, 1981 The MCG wicket in the 1980s is a nightmare. A short-pitched ball is as likely to hit you in the ankle as a fuller delivery on the head. And West Indies have all these awesome bowlers: the elongated Joel Garner, the divine Michael Holding, the malicious Andy Roberts and the malevolent Colin Croft, who is possibly the most difficult of them all. The top order has crumbled, Greg Chappell makes a duck, the score is 8 for 3 when Graeme Wd departs and Kim Hughes comes to the wicket.He bats like a man possessed. The meanest bowling attack in the world on a deck bordering on the unplayable and he doesnt care. He cuts, he pulls, he slays demons. His father-in-law is dying, watching with a week to live. Hughes is aware of this. It is context. His innings continues for three sessions. Terry Alderman arrives and says he isnt staying out here long, but hangs in for the best part of an hour, and sees his Western Australia skipper bring up 100 before he has had enough. Ian Chappell said it was the bravest innings he ever saw.Dennis Lillee bowls Viv Richards, 1981 This is from the same Test but is a highlight that deserves its own stage. A pause for the innings break, before Dennis Lillee and Terry Alderman return the favour and tear through the top order. Faoud Bacchus is first to go, then Desmond Haynes. Colin Croft is sent in as nightwatchman but cant keep Lillee out and the visitors are 6 for 3. The noise is deafening but the best is yet to come.You have to remember West Indies are nearing invincibility. They have arrived unbeaten in 15 Tests (though with just four wins), and anyway here comes Viv. He swaggers to the crease and settles things down for a moment or two. Its going to be all right, man. Then Lillee comes in to bowl the last delivery of the day, the crowd urging him to the crease with the chant: Lillee! Lillee! Lillee!He pitches it full and outside off, and Richards aims a lse-limbed drive toward the covers but the ball swings late, catches the inside edge and cannons into the stumps. West Indies are 10 for 4. The team rushes for the dressing rms but the ground has erupted like never before. Nobody wants to leave.Virus first day, 2003 Lk, Ricky Pontings 257 in reply was something. But there was something else altogether about Virender Sehwags 195 on that first day. Sure it was a tame pitch and the Australian bowling wasnt that flash, but Sehwag was extraordinary.He redefined the way you went about it at the top of the order. Without him there is no David Warner. He only faced 233 balls, but what he did was simply scintillating. He was hit on the helmet twice and survived a run-out chance in the fifth over thanks to an Adam Gilchrist fumble.dddddddddddd After that he seemed to figure he had nothing to lose.In all, he hit 25 fours and five sixes and struck the ball so hard at times, you were sure it would come back to the bowler flattened by the power of his blade. He should have got the double but the Australians put every man on the boundary and Simon Katich had him caught there off a full toss.Hair calls Murali, 1995 A lowlight more than a highlight, it was one of the worst moments ever witnessed in a Test match and it came completely out of the blue. I was at my parents in the country for Christmas and watching the match on television, lying on the flr in front of the box.Muttiah Muralitharan was just 23 and bowling on the first day, Australia two wickets down when umpire Darrell Hair called no-ball. It wasnt a big deal at first, but then he called him again. And again. And again. Seven times in all, in three overs. Why? Hed been bowling earlier in the day. Listening back now you can hear the confusion from the commentators. Tony Greig cant understand whats going on; they can see his front ft is not over the line and his back ft is fine. Hes called him for chucking, I said to my father. Bill Lawry thought the same thing. I was horrified. Shocked. The hair on my arms std up. This was just not on. Hair had humiliated Murali in front of the world. Some 55,000 people were watching live and there was this strange buzz coming from the ground. Im still sorry it happened.Shane Warnes hat-trick, 1994 Australia are in total command as the game limps into a fifth day. England, dejected, are 91 for 6 and on their way to a massive defeat and Shane Warne doesnt even have a wicket in the second innings.He rights that situation by trapping Phil DeFreitas in front with the fourth ball of his 13th over. DeFreitas has played back, been hurried a little by a ball that didnt really turn. No big deal in the scheme of things. Darren Gough comes out - hes always gd for a few runs, but he nicks off the first ball. Its a gd delivery, one that bounces and turns. A gd catch by Ian Healy t and now theres a little bit of interest. Two wickets, two balls. He couldnt, could he?Of course he could, hes Shane Warne. Fielders encircle Devon Malcolm. Warne sucks in a few deep breaths and bowls a topspinner. It catches glove and squirts low and fast to short leg. Its wide of David Bn but somehow he dives to his right and pulls off a classic catch. ' ' '

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