Blackhawks-Rangers: The ‘Other Team’ Showed Up
The Blackhawks played well for 40 minutes of last night’s 6-3 win over the Rangers. But they’ve had good stretches this year—do you trust last night’s play? After 20… Read more »
Preview: Rangers at Blackhawks
The 8-8-2 Blackhawks host the New York Rangers in an Original 6 matchup tonight, as both teams look to improve less than stellar starts to 2017-2018 season. New York… Read more »
A Spineless Team?
3 key contributors from the 2016-17 Blackhawks are gone—none of them named Panarin—and the impact is perhaps more dramatic than might be immediately evident. In an interview at the… Read more »
College Hockey Worth the Wait for Blackhawks’ Ian Mitchell and Family
Chicago Blackhawks prospect and current Denver Pioneer Ian Mitchell took a pass on the USHL and WHL with his education in mind The road to professional hockey is unique to… Read more »
NCAA: Dylan Gambrell Knows St. Cloud State Will Be Back For More After Sweep
The Denver Pioneers defeated the top-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies to complete the sweep after a very physical series DENVER, CO– 56 penalty minutes is a statistic that is a… Read more »
Recap: Ice Hogs Drop 2 of 3, Keep Pace In Division
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 »
Recap: No Defense For New Jersey Loss
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 Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 3
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 »
Preview: Devils at Blackhawks
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 »
Recap: Blackhawks Come Back In Carolina
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 »
Are The Blackhawks This Bad?
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 »
NCAA: Away At College, Hinsdale-Native Kevin Fitzgerald Loving Every Minute of It
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 »
Preview: Blackhawks at Hurricanes
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 »
Shake Up Time For The Blackhawks?
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 »
Recap: Blackhawks at Flyers
3-1 Loss
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 »
Preview: Blackhawks at Flyers
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 »
Preview: IceHogs Prepare For 3 Games In 3-Day Stretch
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 »
What’s Next On The-Rink
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 »
Q Rearranges The Deck Chairs
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 Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 2
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 »
7-6-2 Smells Like .500
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 »
Recap: Blackhawks vs Canadiens
2-0 Shutout Loss
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 »
Preview: Canadiens at Blackhawks
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 »
Another Crawford Tour De Force
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 the Slot is Won
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 »