Hawks bounce back from ugly loss in Calgary

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Blackhawks returned to the scene of some of their greatest triumphs Saturday night.

As it turned out, taking on the rival Vancouver Canucks in a building in which they love to play was the best thing for the Hawks coming off their miserable performance in Friday's 7-2 loss at Calgary.

In a flashback to the playoffs, when they won three games here, the Hawks took it to the Canucks in a 7-1 rout at Rogers Arena, chasing goalie Roberto Luongo in the process.

The Hawks broke open a scoreless game with 4 goals in the second period, sending Luongo to the bench after Patrick Sharp's goal at 15:35. It was the Hawks' fourth goal on 20 shots.

Coach Joel Quenneville urged his team to “get mad” after the loss at Calgary and the Hawks came at the Canucks from all angles. Thirteen Hawks had at least 1 point.

“We had a pretty good meeting this morning and to say ‘Q' was extremely unhappy with us is probably an understatement,” said Troy Brouwer, who had 1 of the second-period goals. “We know we're a better team than that. Last night we didn't even belong in the NHL. We wanted to have a better effort tonight.”

It was scoreless after an even first period, but the Hawks dished out 7 hits, which were 4 more than their entire output at Calgary.

“It was a great response,” Quenneville said. “It's amazing what the turnaround was, but I think everybody was embarrassed, disappointed, frustrated, but that's exactly what we were hoping for.”

The Hawks scored the first 7 goals of the game before Mikael Samuelsson scored late on a power play.

There's already plenty of bad blood between the two teams and Canucks coach Alain Vigneault might have thrown a little more fuel on the fire after the game when he complained about Quenneville having his top players on the ice during a 5-on-3 power play in the third period when it was 6-0.

“It's 6-0 and they have their best players out there,” Vigneault said. “They had every right to do it and they did it.”

Quenneville shrugged off Vigneault's complaining.

“It's tough to comment because I don't know what he's talking about,” Quenneville said. “I was rolling four lines, I don't know if that was an insult or not an insult, but I was worrying about playing everybody. I think I was probably doing it for the opposite reason.”

Corey Crawford started in goal and was strong with 27 saves. He stopped Alex Burrows on a short-handed 3-on-1 rush early in the second period when it was still scoreless.

Fernanco Pisani added 2 goals while Patrick Kane had a goal and 2 assists. Kane's first point was his 250th career point making him the second-fastest in team history to reach 250 after Denis Savard.