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player ready...Murray Craven’s season in a nutshell:
The Blackhawks center busts his tail to try to screen Colorado goaltender Patrick Roy or be in position for a rebound. He turns to see where the puck is. And Eric Weinrich’s slap shot is about an inch from crushing the side of his face.
Broken jaw. Season over.
“That’s what Murray said,” Tony Amonte said Saturday when asked if Friday night’s incident capsulized Craven’s season.
“I feel awful,” said Weinrich, whose own jaw was broken a couple of years ago when he was struck by a puck.
Statistically–eight goals, 27 assists–this was the worst of Craven’s 13 full NHL seasons. But he filled every role coach Craig Hartsburg asked of him, playing a lot of center though he’s a natural left wing.
Besides playing with back pain, Craven endured a bruised knee, a bruised shoulder and a stiff neck.
“He has (worked) his butt off all year,” said Hartsburg. “We switched him back and forth between wing and center because we had to and he never complained, just went about his business. You can’t say he didn’t try to do everything he could.”