The Chicago Blackhawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the midway point of the second period and coasted to a 4-2 win in Game Two against the Los Angeles Kings, taking a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Final. When Michal Handzus buried Chicagos fourth goal, on 17 shots, giving the Blackhawks a 4-0 lead, Quick gave way to backup Jonathan Bernier. Quick has been spectacular in both this years and last years playoffs, going 34 straight games without giving up more than three goals, so for the Blackhawks to get four in less than half a game was stunning. Not only did the Blackhawks jump out to that 4-0 lead, but they did so on goals from Andrew Shaw, Brent Seabrook, Bryan Bickell and Michal Handzus. Its one thing to have complementary scorers supporting the big guns in the postseason, but when the complementary guys are doing all the scoring, thats a bonus. All of those players have been valuable contributors to Chicagos playoff run, but Shaw (7 PTS, plus-3 in 14 GP) and Bickell (6 G, 8 PTS, plus-2 in 14 GP) are standing out as secondary contributors for the Blackhawks. Patrick Sharp had a couple of assists for the Blackhawks, giving him a team-leading 14 points in 14 playoff games. The Blackhawks took advantage of their early lead to spread the ice time around, RW Patrick Kane played 15:25, his lowest total since December 5, 2010, when he suffered an ankle injury on his first shift of a game against Calgary. Kings C Mike Richards, out with an upper body injury suffered on a hit by David Bolland late in Game One, didnt play in Game Two leaving Jeff Carter to center Dustin Penner and Tyler Toffoli on the Kings second line. It turned out that the trio was the Kings best of the night, with Carter and Toffoli scoring the Kings goals. Toffoli also assisted on Carters goal. Shifting to centre wasnt a problem for Carter. He was 11-for-15 (73.3%) on faceoffs and he recorded a team-high five shots on goal. D Slava Voynov assisted on both Kings goals, giving him nine points in 15 playoff games. He also had six hits, tying LW Kyle Clifford (who did it in 7:55) for the team lead in Game Two. If the Kings want to take any positives from this game, they did actually play well in the first period, despite falling behind 2-0, and they did score on the power play. It was the first time the Blackhawks had surrendered a power play goal at home this postseason. The Kings have been much better at home in the postseason, so all is not lost just because they dropped the first two games in Chicago, but they will obviously need to come out with a big effort when they return to L.A. for Game Three. From the Blackhawks perspective, they can keep on keeping on, as theyve played well in five straight wins, but three of Chicagos four losses in the postseason have come on the road, so the odds naturally shift depending on location. Thats hardly unusual, but worth noting before there is too much doom and gloom from the on one side and a temptation to look ahead on the other. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Cheap Padres Jerseys China . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Cheap Tony Gwynn Jersey . 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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi State didnt have to look far to find its new athletics director, hiring Bulldogs baseball coach John Cohen on Friday.Cohen has coached college baseball for more than two decades and has been Mississippi States coach since 2009. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native has never been an athletics director, but was named associate athletics director at Mississippi State when his baseball contract was extended during the summer.The 50-year-old Cohen will replace Scott Stricklin, who left to become the athletics director at Florida in September.Cohen said hes grateful for the opportunity and has wanted to be an athletics director for a long time. He called Stricklin a really an incredible person who helped him get ready for the job.I just kept finding myself gravitating toward those athletic directors, those guys who would share information and talk about the future of intercollegiate athletics, Cohen said. I have to admit to you, I got hooked.Terms of Cohens new deal as athletics director were not released.Cohen led Mississippi State to the College World Series championship series in 2013 before the Bulldogs fell to UCLA. He also played baseball at Mississippi State from 1988-90.Coheen isnt the only athletics director in the Southeastern Conference who comes from a baseball background.dddddddddddd South Carolinas Ray Tanner coached the Gamecocks to back-to-back national titles in 2010 and 11 before becoming the schools athletics director in 2012.Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum said that the school hired a search firm to assist with finding Stricklins replacement, but that they kept coming back to Cohen as the best candidate for the job.We identified a number of truly outstanding collegiate athletic directors and senior associate directors from across the nation, Keenum said. It was a very exhaustive process and it led up to this past weekend. But we kept coming back to John Cohen. More than just leading our baseball program with great success, hes also been very involved in helping lead the entire department.Cohens first task will be hiring a new baseball coach to replace himself.I told our team, `You are not going to get a coach as good as John Cohen, you are going to get one that is better than John Cohen, Cohen said. We are on that job now. ' ' '