The Rockford IceHogs completed their second three-games-in-three-days stretch of the season on Saturday night with a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals to salvage two points in the standings after… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks blow a 4-1 lead last night at home and fall to New Jersey, 7-5, setting the team’s overall record at 8-8-2 after 18 games this season…. Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by The-Rink.com feature writer Bob Rose Jr. to take you through this week in Chicago Blackhawks hockey and… Read more »
Looking for consistency, and coming off a big OT road win last night, the Blackhawks host New Jersey tonight at the UC. New Jersey Devils (10-4-2) at Chicago… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks, led by rookie Alex DeBrincat, came back from a late 3-1 deficit to win a big road game last night. Back in the heady days of… Read more »
After yet another disappointing and uninspired Blackhawks game, Thursday night, I sat down and asked myself if the Blackhawks are really as bad as we FEEL like they are. It… Read more »
Hinsdale’s Kevin Fitzgerald is on cloud nine playing for the top-ranked college hockey team in the country When you’re a college hockey program in Minnesota, you generally don’t have to… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks (7-7-2) at Carolina Hurricanes (6-5-3) 7PM Eastern/6PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: WGN/Fox Sports CAR GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (0-1-2, 4.26 GAA, .895 save%) Carolina: Scott… Read more »
At 7-7-2, can the Blackhawks’ record be defended anymore? Or can patience still be urged with a roster that doesn’t seem to be working? What follows is a matter… Read more »
Photo courtesy of the NHL.com Tweet to Gatekeeper The Blackhawks strolled into Philadelphia, Thursday night, to face the Flyers in a battle of the middling teams with identical records. Both… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks (7-6-2) at Philadelphia Flyers (7-6-2) 7PM Eastern/6PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: NBC Sports Chicago/NBCS Philadelphia PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Corey Crawford (7-5-0, 1.77 GAA, .945 save%)… Read more »
The Rockford IceHogs are coming off of their first back-to-back losses of the season and are welcomed by a three games in three days stretch of their schedule. This marks… Read more »
Follow @jaeckel Good morning RinkRats. Just a quick update today on the-rink, an “off day” for the Blackhawks, and one week out from our official launch last week. Upcoming… Read more »
Follow @jaeckel The 2017-18 NHL season is basically 1/5th over. The Hawks are essentially a .500 team. And per reports out of practice this AM, not surprisingly, the line… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are joined by The-Rink.com Rockford Icehogs expert Mario Tirabassi to take you through this week in Chicago Blackhawks and Rockford… Read more »
Follow @jaeckel To be fair, the Hawks have played well over their last three games. It wasn’t until the third period last night when the coach (not Joel Quenneville)… Read more »
Photo courtesy of the NHL.com Alex DeBrincat – Jonathan Toews– Richard Panik Brandon Saad – Nick Schmaltz – Patrick Kane Patrick Sharp – Artem Anisimov – John Hayden Lance Bouma… Read more »
Follow @jaeckel Montreal Canadiens (5-8-1) at Chicago Blackhawks (7-5-2) 7PM Eastern/6 Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: NBC Sports Chicago PROJECTED GOALIES: Montreal: Carey Price (3-7-1, 3.77… Read more »
Follow @jaeckel Make no mistake, the first star, if you will, of the Blackhawks’ 2017-18 season thus far has been goaltender Corey Crawford. Delivering his second straight shutout last… Read more »
How can the Blackhawks be more effective in the offensive zone slot? Let’s take a page from NHLers past and present who developed a specific move or moves that… Read more »
A late second period goal from Vladislav Kamenev was enough for the Milwaukee Admirals to get past the Rockford IceHogs on Friday night as they came away with the win,… Read more »
Follow: @jaeckel Chicago Blackhawks (6-5-2) at Minnesota Wild (5-4-2) 7PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: WGN, Fox Sports North PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Corey Crawford (6-4-0, 1.91 GAA, .941 save%)… Read more »
Tonight, the Rockford IceHogs travel North to take on the Milwaukee Admirals. It’ll be the fourth meeting between the teams in their first dozen games. The matchup pits the top… Read more »
Photo courtesy of NCAA.com The Chicago Blackhawks’ College Hockey prospects are off to a great start this season led by Northeastern University’s Dylan Sikura The Chicago Blackhawks have seen a… Read more »
When the IceHogs landed in Rockford in 1999 as part of the United Hockey League, they jumped into a community that would grow to embrace them wholeheartedly. It would return… Read more »