Hawks goalie Turco wants to forget 7-2 loss

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-- Marty Turco's night off Saturday was planned and had nothing to do with him allowing 7 goals in Friday's loss at Calgary.

Nevertheless, Turco wasn't happy with his performance in the lopsided loss.

“I was far from perfect,” Turco said. “When pucks start going through me like they did (Friday), it's an awful feeling. No matter what's going on out on the ice, pucks through you, you've got to do your job. It's one you want to forget about.”

Turco admitted he was fighting the puck much of the night.

“I wasn't seeing them at all,” he said. “You try to be big and square and tight and when pucks go through you it (stinks). It doesn't matter if you're not picking them up or can't see them initially you still have to be air tight out there. I have some work to do.”

Turco's save percentage dipped to .906 while his goals-against average rose to 2.83.

The last time Turco had a poor game, on Oct. 29 when he was pulled after one period against Edmonton in a 7-4 loss, he rebounded with a win at Minnesota the next night.

“He came back the last time when we pulled him and he was fine the next game,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

Upon further review:

Joel Quenneville didn't dispute the 3 hits credited his team in the loss at Calgary.

“I saw that stat and it got my attention,” Quenneville said. “When I looked back at the tape, you can count other ones, but they weren't lying too much. Definitely the message was there.”

Quenneville was upset by the last of a response once the game got out of hand.

“I think with the score being the way it was, I think we should have had a higher number than that just based on the score,” Quenneville said.

Tip-ins:

Troy Brouwer's father, Dan, watched his son play in person Saturday for the first time since suffering a brain aneurysm on April 4. ... The Hawks flew to Las Vegas after the game for a two-day break in the trip. They won't practice again until Tuesday in San Jose.