Scott Powers scooped the Blackhawks by noticing that Swedish defenseman Gustav Forsling had been mentioned in the AHL transaction notices as being sent to Rockford. Shortly after, the Blackhawks made… Read more »
Photo Courtesy of DenverPioneers.com The-Rink.com caught up with Blackhawks prospect Fredrik Olofsson this weekend when his Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks took on the Denver Pioneers DENVER– Although it wasn’t the most impressive… Read more »
The winter break ended for the Blackhawks on Saturday evening against the New York Islanders. After a five day break, the team had to regroup without goaltender Corey Crawford who,… Read more »
The Hawks look to get back on track tonight as they return to the ice versus former teammate Nick Leddy and the New York Islanders. New York Islanders (23-20-4)… Read more »
With the Blackhawks playoff chances hanging in the balance, it seems prospects may be safe this trade deadline For the last decade or so, the Chicago Blackhawks have been cup… Read more »
2018 is the year of The-Rink.com, Rinkrats. We are all really proud of what the website and podcast are becoming and the sky is the limit. It is time to… Read more »
On Wednesday night, the Rockford IceHogs began a three-game road stretch of their January schedule taking on the Cleveland Monsters in Cleveland. The game marked the fourth of six road… Read more »
On Thursday, the American Hockey League announced replacements for Vince Hinostroza and Erik Gustafsson in the AHL All-Star Game. Rookie forward Matthew Highmore and defenseman Carl Dahlstrom will represent the… Read more »
The Corey Crawford saga took another step in the X-Files direction last night, when Sun-Times Blackhawks beat writer Mark Lazerus reported that he had heard from three sources that Crawford… Read more »
After the first 45 games of the 2017-18 season, the current state of the Chicago Blackhawks is troubling to say the least. In recent years, we have seen small signs… Read more »
Before Sunday’s game the Blackhawks honored former player Eric Daze with a One Last Shift video and celebration. Unfortunately for everyone not in attendance, the rest of the fans were… Read more »
I’ve heard whispers since February of 2015 that the Blackhawks might want to deal Corey Crawford. They didn’t make total sense, until possibly now. Since I started blogging in… Read more »
With a five-day break looming, the Blackhawks looked to take advantage of their old original six rival, the Detroit Red Wings, in the infamous Sunday matinee game. The Red Wings… Read more »
Facing a tough month of January, the Rockford IceHogs have responded to the middle-season grind in a positive fashion. Going 3-2-2 over the first seven games of the month, the… Read more »
Old rivals Detroit come to the UC for a Sunday matinee. Talk the game in real time with the rest of The-Rink staff and Rinkrats on the comment thread on… Read more »
Though it’s only halfway through the season, the race for the Vezina has begun, and there are already some early front runners. Andrei Vasilevskiy currently leads the Vezina Race, with… Read more »
The Blackhawks and their brand new left-wing faced the red hot, Central division leading Winnipeg Jets, winners of three straight, Friday night. Anthony Duclair, or DUKE as I will refer… Read more »
The Blackhawks look to redeem themselves tonight at the UC, against another divisional foe, after losing 2-1 on home ice to Minnesota Wednesday night. Winnipeg Jets (26-11-7) at… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by author, occasional Colorado Avalanche emergency backup goalie, and head honcho over at The Goalie Guild, Justin Goldman for… Read more »
On Wednesday night, the Rockford IceHogs began a six-game road stretch of their schedule that sees them with three games against the AHL Pacific Division before returning to the Midwest… Read more »
Blackhawk GM Stan Bowman traded one talented but unproductive player for another yesterday—swapping Richard Panik for Anthony Duclair. Why? The ‘positive’ spin on this deal was provided last night… Read more »
The Blackhawks made quite a splash yesterday afternoon, prior to the game, announcing that they had traded Richard Panik and Laurent Dauphin to the Arizona Coyotes for Anthony Duclair and… Read more »
The Blackhawks started fast last night, but seemed to run out of gas in the latter two periods of the second game of a road/home back-to-back. The Chicago Blackhawks… Read more »
Join the rest of the staff and Rinkrats at The-Rink.com for this home game tonight. Minnesota Wild (22-17-4) at Chicago Blackhawks (21-15-6) 7:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 PROJECTED… Read more »
After ending a very inconsistent first half of the season with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, the Blackhawks made some fairly significant roster moves Monday afternoon. They sent… Read more »