On Monday afternoon, the Rockford IceHogs announced they had signed two-time Stanley Cup Champion Kris Versteeg to a one-year, AHL contract through the 2019–20 season. Versteeg won two Cups with… Read more »
Chicago 6, Cedar Rapids 3 Center Nick Abruzzese registered five points in a 6–3 victory over the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup. Abruzzese… Read more »
On Friday afternoon, the Chicago Blackhawks signed forward Jacob Nilsson to a one-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season. Nilsson played two games for the Blackhawks and 61 games for… Read more »
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (best-of-five) GAME 1 – CEDAR RAPIDS AT CHICAGO Saturday, April 20, at 7:05 p.m. GAME 2 – CEDAR RAPIDS AT CHICAGO Sunday, April 21, at 5:05 p.m…. Read more »
Ian Mitchell has decided he will not turn pro and will return to Denver to play another season with the Pioneers. In an announcement from the Denver Pioneers website today,… Read more »
The Rockford IceHogs’ 2018–19 season, their 20th anniversary of professional hockey in Rockford, came to an end much earlier than last season. No Calder Cup Playoffs run this spring means… Read more »
Chicago Steel defenseman Uula Ruikka has been a welcome addition to the team’s defensive unit after playing his first regular season in the USHL. The Oulu, Finland, native registered 12… Read more »
Sunday night, the Rockford IceHogs put a cap on their 2018–19 season with a 3–2 loss to the Milwaukee Admirals on Fan Appreciation night at the BMO Harris Bank Center… Read more »
On Monday morning, USA Hockey announced that Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane would serve as the captain of Team USA for the upcoming IIHF World Championships in Slovakia. The tournament… Read more »
Chicago 6, Central Illinois 5 The Chicago Steel scored three goals in a span of 1:40 of the third period and held off a late push by the Central Illinois… Read more »
The Rockford IceHogs entered Saturday night’s contest against the Iowa Wild with little more than a hope and a prayer to keep their Calder Cup Playoff hopes alive, needing a… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts “Gatekeeper” and “JJ” are joined by staff writers Mario Tirabassi, Eric Andrews, Ray Napientek to talk about the end of the Blackhawks season. The Blackhawks moved up from 12th to… Read more »
Chicago Steel first-year head coach Greg Moore will guide his team into the Clark Cup Playoffs next week. With one weekend left in the regular season, Moore and his team… Read more »
With their Calder Cup Playoff lives on the line, the Rockford IceHogs overcame a 3–1 deficit in the second period to top the Admirals on the road in overtime, 4–3…. Read more »
It really happened, Blackhawks fans! We all woke up this morning, rubbed our eyes and came to the realization that the NHL Draft Lottery last night was not a dream…. Read more »
The Blackhawks were (potentially unwilling) participants in the NHL Draft Lottery tonight. They came into the annual event in the 12th spot after a late-season faux playoff run which did… Read more »
The Rockford IceHogs lost total control of their Calder Cup Playoff destinies over the weekend, splitting a weekend series against the Texas Stars with a regulation loss on Friday night… Read more »
Chicago 3, Waterloo 1 The Chicago Steel kept up with their opponents chasing them for second place in the Eastern Conference beating the Waterloo Black Hawks 3–1. Steel goaltender Reilly… Read more »
After much speculation following his dismissal in Chicago and after firing their former head coach the day before, the Florida Panthers announced this morning that they hired Joel Quenneville as… Read more »
The Blackhawks played their season finale game with the Predators after a decisive 6–1 win versus the Dallas Stars on Friday. Patrick Kane looked to tie his season-high in goals,… Read more »
Nashville Predators (46–29–6) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (36–33–12) 7 p.m. CST Bridgestone Arena TV/Radio: NBCSCH/WGN PROJECTED STARTERS Chicago – Cam Ward (16–11–4, save percentage: .896, goals against average: 3.68) Nashville –… Read more »
The Blackhawks hosted the Dallas Stars Friday night, in game No. 81 of their season. All that was left was a couple of cups of pride as Blackhawks were eliminated… Read more »
Dallas Stars (42–31–7) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (35–33–12) 7:30 p.m. CST United Center TV/Radio: NBCSCH/WGN PROJECTED STARTERS Chicago – Corey Crawford (14–18–5, save percentage: .907, goals against average: 2.96) Dallas –… Read more »
As I posted on Twitter yesterday morning, after the Blackhawks had been officially eliminated from the postseason the night before, being “negative” became being “realistic.” Because this never was… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by NBC Chicago’s Charlie Roumeliotis to talk about this dead-man-walking week for the Blackhawks. Mario Tirabassi has a lengthy #Warpigs report… Read more »