Following an impressive win against the Pittsburgh Penguins this past Saturday night, the Blackhawks travelled to Tampa, Florida to face their 2015 Stanley Cup opponent, the Lightning. While the Blackhawks… Read more »
The Blackhawks take a two-game win streak into Tampa tonight—facing arguably the NHL’s best team this season, the Lightning. Is Chicago up to the challenge? Chicago Blackhawks… Read more »
I met him at a local rink near Princeton, New Jersey. An old warrior whose life was etched in deep crevices across his face. Bumping into him during a puck… Read more »
A recent “Vezina Contenders” graphic appearing on the NHL Network highlights goalies with award-winning credentials—with a notable exception: Corey Crawford. I don’t know. I have only a casual… Read more »
The Penguins hosted the Blackhawks, Saturday night, for a rematch of the Hawks regular season opening game. A game in which the Blackhawks smashed the Pens 10-1. The chances that… Read more »
After 20 games, and coming off a huge road win against the Penguins, what have we learned about the re-engineered, younger, less proven 2017-18 Blackhawks? The mood in… Read more »
The Blackhawks are in Pittsburgh tonight. Chicago beat the Penguins 10-1 in their season opener. However, both teams’ fortunes have changed somewhat since. Chicago Blackhawks (9-8-2) at Pittsburgh… Read more »
What separates pure goal scorers from everyday NHL players? Let’s follow their Ten-Fold Path: Mindset: Every prolific NHL goal scorer begins each shift with the idea that, “It is possible… Read more »
Thursday night seemed like the beginning of the rest of our lives, in Blackhawks land. They were coming off a pretty brutal 7-5 loss, Sunday night, to the upstart New… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »