In a stark contrast to where the Chicago Blackhawks organization found itself a year ago today, the Rockford IceHogs find themselves in the middle of a hunt for the Calder… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Blackhawks returned home from a brutal road trip to meet the Colorado Avalanche, Tuesday night. In a bit of a role reversal, it was the Blackhawks that were the… Read more »