Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Avalanche Game Recap
The upstart Colorado Avalanche visited the UC last night—with the home team Blackhawks trying desperately these days to figure out how to actually win a hockey game. The Hawks’ lines… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks Prospect Pool Making Positive Strides
Photo courtesy of JJ Seaward The Blackhawks have taken a step back at the NHL level, but their prospect pool is filling out nicely With the amount of recent success… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Colorado Avalanche Preview & Game Thread
Chicago Blackhawks (30-34-9) vs Colorado Avalanche (39-25-8) 7:30 PM Central / 8:30 PM Eastern RADIO: WGN 720 TV: NBCSCH, ALT PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (9-15-3 W-L | 3.04 GAA… Read more »
Recap: Blues Down Blackhawks in OT, 5-4
Looking to break out of their recent doldrums, the Blackhawks entertained longtime rival St. Louis last night at the UC. The Blues were scuffling for every last point as they… Read more »
IceHogs Continue Point-Streak, Close Gap In Central Division
Over the weekend, the Rockford IceHogs were able to continue their current point-streak and close the gap in the AHL Central Division as the race for the Calder Cup Playoffs… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues Preview & Game Thread
St. Louis Blues (38-28-5) @ Chicago Blackhawks (30-34-8) 6:30PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (9-15-3, 3.04 GAA, .905 Save%) St. Louis: Jake Allen (22-21-2, 2.77 GAA,… Read more »
Eight Blackhawks Prospects Earn Bids To NCAA Frozen Four Tournament
The NCAA Hockey Season is coming to an end as the calendar turns to Spring. But before the book can be closed on the 2017-18 season, there is the Frozen… Read more »
Recap: Sabres Down Blackhawks, 5-3
The Blackhawks rebounded a bit this afternoon in Buffalo, after an embarrassingly bad outing in Winnipeg Thursday night. Yet, they couldn’t put 60 minutes of winning hockey together, and fell… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres Preview & Game Thread
Chicago Blackhawks (30-33-8) @ Buffalo Sabres (22-36-12) 12:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: WGN, MSGB PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Jean-Francois Berube (2-3-0 W-L | 3.47 GAA | 0.904 SV% | 0… Read more »
Winnipeg Jets Over Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 Recap
Last night’s road contest in Winnipeg started off well for the Hawks, but it didn’t last long, with the Jets racking up 5 goals in a miserable first period for… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks at Winnipeg Jets Preview & Game Thread
Chicago Blackhawks (30-32-8) @ Winnipeg Jets (41-19-10) 7:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: TSN3, NBCSCH PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (9-14-3, 2.94 GAA, .908 Save%) Winnipeg: Connor Hellebuyck (35-11-9, 2.36… Read more »
IceHogs Complete Comeback Win In Overtime Against Wild
On Tuesday night, the Rockford IceHogs continued their successful, albeit tense, march toward the Calder Cup Playoffs with a 3-2 overtime win over the Iowa Wild. With the win, the… Read more »
REPORT: Blackhawks Sign German Forward Dominik Kahun
A report surfaced from hockeyweb.de this afternoon that the Blackhawks had signed 22 year old Dominik Kahun to a two-year entry level deal, worth a reported $940,000 per season. Kahun is a… Read more »
4 Ways The Blackhawks Can Improve This Offseason
While armchair Blackhawk GMs across the twitters have been posting their hypothetical 2018-19 lineups of late, I’m going to leave that to those actually paid to do it. Instead, in… Read more »
IceHogs Earn Three Of Four Points, Continue Push For Playoffs
In a weekend that started a 10-game stretch of games against the AHL Central Division, the Rockford IceHogs were able to take three of four points on the road with… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins Game Recap
Sunday morning, the Blackhawks wrapped up the bottom half of their matinee home-and-home series with the Boston Bruins. Joel Quenneville had few options as far as lineup juggling, so John… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins Preview & Game Thread
Chicago Blackhawks (29-32-8) at Boston Bruins (43-15-8) 11:30 Central RADIO: WGN 720 NBC PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (8-14-3 W-L | 3.02 GAA | 0.906 SV% | 0 SO) Boston:… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins Game Recap
In a bit of a schedule wrinkle the Blackhawks were in Boston to face the Bruins in a matinee game, Saturday. This game was the top half of a very… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks at Boston Bruins: Preview & Game Thread
Chicago Blackhawks (29-31-8) at Boston Bruins (42-15-8) Noon Central RADIO: WGN 720 NBC Sports Chicago, NESN PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: JF Berube (2-2-0, 3.11 GAA, .911 SV%) Boston: Tuukka Rask… Read more »
IceHogs: Calder Cup Playoff Hopes Remain In Rockford’s Hands
The Rockford IceHogs are coming down to the wire in the 2017-18 season with just 17 games remaining, currently looking from the outside of the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs. The… Read more »
Revisiting Blackhawks Goaltending – Seven Months Later
Last summer, at my previous website, I took some time to examine (what I consider to be) my area of expertise… To the surprise of many, that expertise is not… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks’ Evan Barratt and Penn State Can Pull Upset at Notre Dame
Blackhawks prospect Evan Barratt enters the Big Ten tournament semifinal game against Notre Dame on a roll In the NHL, players always fear the team that barely makes it in… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Carolina Hurricanes Recap
Following a “feel good” win two nights previous, the Blackhawks faced off against the Carolina Hurricanes, on Wednesday. The Hurricanes came in with a nice point total of 69. With… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks vs Carolina Hurricanes: Preview & Game Thread
Carolina Hurricanes (29-27-11) at Chicago Blackhawks (29-30-8) 7:30PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 NBC Sports Chicago, Fox Sports Carolina PROJECTED GOALIES: Carolina: Scott Darling (10-16-7, 3.09 GAA, .889 SV%)… Read more »
Blackhawks Re-Sign Jan Rutta for 2018-19
The Chicago Blackhawks announced this morning that they had re-signed Czech defenseman Jan Rutta to contract for the 2018-19 season at a reported annual cap hit of $2.25 million. Rutta… Read more »