Rockford IceHogs 2018-19 Season Preview
It’s finally opening night. The 2018-19 Rockford IceHogs season is upon us. After one of the most successful years in franchise AHL history, the IceHogs hit the ice with high… Read more »
Category Archives: CHICAGO
Season Opening Recap: Blackhawks beat Senators 4-3 in OT
After some panic and goalie drama earlier in the day, the Blackhawks visited the much maligned Ottawa Senators to open the regular season. Cam Ward got his first official Chicago… Read more »
REPORT: Forsberg Hurt at Morning Skate, Delia Recalled
According to reports from the beat writers travelling with the team, the Blackhawks were participating in their usual game day morning skate when backup goaltender Anton Forsberg left the ice… Read more »
The-Rink NHL Predictions for ’18-19
Last night, on the latest Blackhawks Rinkcast, we teased predictions for this upcoming season. Now is a great time to give a more robust set of NHL predictions, from the… Read more »
Preview: Blackhawks at Senators
Chicago Blackhawks (0-0-0) at Ottawa Senators (0-0-0) 8:30 Eastern/7:30 Central Canadian Tire Centre TV/Radio: WGN/WGN Goalies: Chicago Cam Ward (.000 save%, 0.00 GAA) Ottawa Craig Anderson (.000 save%,… Read more »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 31 – Season Preview
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the Blackhawks pending start of the regular season with Rink Rockford Icehogs writer Mario Tirabassi . Blackhawks finish the preseason The Corey Crawford saga continues The… Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: Collin Delia ’18/19 Blackhawks Mask Reveal
In the first part of this series, we brought you the masks for “most” of the goalies in the Blackhawks organization. Rockford Icehogs fans might have thought that we left… Read more »
Blackhawks Goalies Masks for ’18/19 – Part 1
One of the most anticipated reveals for goaltenders and fans are the player’s new custom painted masks. The reveals have been enhanced even more by specialty mask reveals, such as… Read more »
Preseason Recap: Blackhawks beat Blue Jackets 4-1
The United Center was buzzing (sort of) Saturday night, with the young, fast Columbus Blue Jackets visiting for the last exhibition game before hockey gets real this Thursday. Blackhawks goalie… Read more »
Despite what some “experts” say, face-offs really matter
On a couple of higher profile Blackhawk podcasts recently, hosts have suggested that faceoffs really don’t matter that much in hockey, that their importance is “overrated.” This has been stated… Read more »
Are Prospects and Draft Picks Overvalued?
The bloated love affair with organizational prospects and potential draft picks has led to a supernova of internet outrage that needs to be reeled in. One of the more common… Read more »
Rockford IceHogs Kick-Off 2018-19 Season At Fan Fest
The Rockford IceHogs 20th Professional season kicked off on Friday night with their Fan Fest and inter-squad scrimmage. This season starts with a huge amount of optimism surrounding the IceHogs… Read more »
Preseason Recap: Blackhawks Fall To Senators, 2-1
On Thursday night, the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Ottawa Senators for their fifth game of the preseason, second home game of the preseason, and second time playing the Senators this… Read more »
Blackhawks Announce Brandon Davidson Signing
Blackhawks terminate professional tryout agreement and sign veteran defenseman to one year deal This morning right as practice began, the Blackhawks snuck out a press release announcing that they had… Read more »
Blackhawks Assign Highmore, Fortin, Ejdsell to IceHogs
On Wednesday morning, following an 8-6 loss against the Detroit Red Wings in the first preseason game at the United Center, the Chicago Blackhawks made another round of training camp… Read more »
Preseason Recap: Blackhawks Fall to Red Wings 8-6
Chicago scores six, but defense and goal-tending yielding eight goals to the Detroit Red Wings in Tuesday night’s loss. First Period From the opening puck drop, chants of “Detroit sucks”… Read more »
Blackhawks Assign Carl Dahlstrom and Joni Tuulola
Blackhawks assignments push the team one step closer to opening night roster. Prior to the Blackhawks preseason opener, the organization made some minor training camps moves. Defensemen Carl Dahlstrom and… Read more »
Rockford IceHogs Announce Training Camp Roster
On Friday morning, the Rockford IceHogs announced their initial training camp roster ahead of the opening day of camp on Sunday. The roster includes nine players under AHL contracts with… Read more »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 30 – Season 2 Begins
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the Blackhawks start to training camp and first preseason game with Rink prospect writer Aaron Goldschmidt . Blackhawks lose to Columbus with a very young… Read more »
Connor Murphy Could Miss More Time After Back Surgery
It was less than a week ago that the Chicago Blackhawks announced their intentions to be more transparent with injuries in the future. On Wednesday morning, they continued that practice… Read more »
Lukewarm takes: Blackhawks fall to Columbus in exhibition opener
The Chicago Blackhawks sent a roster that’s likely more representative of the Rockford Ice Hogs and/or the London Knights to Columbus last night to kick off the preseason. The… Read more »
Corey Crawford Battling Concussion Issues, Not Cleared Yet
On Friday morning, Corey Crawford returned to the ice for the Chicago Blackhawks for the first time in nearly seven months. Having missed half of the regular season last year,… Read more »
33 Potential IceHogs At Chicago Blackhawks Training Camp
Today opens Chicago Blackhawks training camp at the MB Ice Arena in Chicago. Yes, real hockey is almost here. The Blackhawks open camp with a plethora of questions to answer… Read more »
When “no easy answer” means “no answer”
Those of you who’ve been following my posts this summer will recognize a familiar theme here—but events continue to unfold (or not unfold) that seem to keep me and… Read more »
Blackhawks Traverse City Tournament Notes
The Blackhawks rookies took part in the Traverse City 2018 Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup this past weekend. The rookies went 2-2 and lost in the third place game last night…. Read more »