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				<title><![CDATA[Kane, Toews help Blackhawks advance]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By RICK GANO
AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO(AP) -- The kids made sure the Blackhawks are moving on.

Patrick Kane had his first hat trick and Jonathan Toews scored
the go-ahead goal in a wild third period Monday night as Chicago
advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time
since 1995 by beating the Vancouver Canucks 7-5.

"It's about time I got the first hat trick. I've been waiting
two years. I guess it can't come in a better game than this,"
the 20-year-old Kane said.

In the thunderous United Center, the Blackhawks rallied from a
one-goal deficit twice in the third period and put up four
scores against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo to win the series
4-2. Next up is either Detroit or Anaheim.

"It's awesome. We didn't want to go back to Vancouver," the
21-year-old Toews said. "Nobody knew what was going to happen.
It was unbelievable. ... We've found ways to come back,
especially late in games."

Even the usually unemotional Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was
shaking his head over the final period, when he said it was so
loud he had trouble making line calls.

"I don't think anybody anticipated the craziness of the third
period. The turns and swings were gigantic," Quenneville said.

"How it unraveled and unfolded, it was an amazing ending."

When Chicago's Troy Brouwer was called for goaltender
interference with just under 8 minutes remaining, Daniel Sedin
scored quickly with a shot from the left circle that put the
Canucks ahead 5-4.

Kane responded. He got a puck from behind the net and then
maneuvered to the side and put a shot under Luongo to tie the
game at 5.

Then, 49 seconds later on a power play, Toews worked around the
side and tried to pass across the crease to Patrick Sharp. But
the puck deflected in off Vancouver's Alexander Edler with 6:11
left.

Kane capped his hat trick with a hard back-hander past Luongo
with 3:43 remaining, sort of an insurance score.

"I just picked up the puck in the middle, saw I had a
one-on-one, made a move through the defenseman's stick and
shot," Kane said.

Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin made 33 saves and Luongo 23.

" We had some chances early and I made some saves, but the rest
of the way I didn't help my teammates out," said Luongo, who was
near tears in the Canucks' locker room. "When you let in seven
goals, I don't think that's a very good performance."

Sedin had a pair of goals for Vancouver, which lost the final
three games of the series in a crushing end to what the Canucks
hoped would be a run to the Stanley Cup.

"We had a chance to go a long way," Sedin said. "That's the most
disappointing thing. This was a great opportunity."

Vancouver's Mats Sundin scored to put the Canucks up 4-3 early
in the third period, but Adam Burish countered on a nice
centering pass from Patrick Sharp to tie the game.

The Blackhawks took a 3-1 lead in the second period on
power-play goals by Kris Versteeg and Toews. The Canucks came
charging back to tie on scores from Sedin and Shane O'Brien to
momentarily quiet the frenzied crowd.

Mason Raymond gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the first period on
a wrist shot from the right circle with Vancouver's Ryan Kesler
standing in the crease. But Kane answered 2 minutes later with
his first goal of the game, skating around Mattias Ohlund near
the boards and, with Luongo apparently screened by a teammate,
driving the puck past the goalie's glove.

Versteeg's goal broke the tie in the second period and came
after Vancouver's Rick Rypien drove Chicago's Ben Eagler into
the bench door for a cross-checking penalty. The play came soon
after Chicago's Andrew Ladd crashed into Kesler, shaking him up
and drawing blood from his face.

Toews got his first goal of the series on a rebound of his own
shot to give the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead midway in the second
period. But Sedin scored on a high wrist shot from the left
circle. It was the first goal of the series for Sedin, whose 31
goals led the Canucks in the regular season.

The Canucks tied it on O'Brien's first playoff goal, a shot from
just outside the left circle that came with Kyle Wellwood
screening Khabibulin.

Notes: Combining regular season and six playoff games, the
Blackhawks announced they had drawn 1,006,920 fans so far this
season.]]></description>
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