The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “JJ” Jaeckel reconvene after John’s bout with the black plague. They are joined by lead The-Rink.com Rockford Icehogs writer Mario Tirabassi to talk… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks (24-20-7) at Calgary Flames (25-18-8) 10:00PM Eastern/9:00 Central RADIO: WGN 720 TV: SN, NBCSCH PROJECTED GOALIES: Calgary: Mike Smith (20-15-6 | 2.50 GAA | 0.922 SV% | 2… Read more »
Is the Blackhawk coaching staff mishandling Anton Forsberg—and the overall goaltending situation—in the absence of Corey Crawford? It’s just a choice between two essentially backup goaltenders for a road game… Read more »
The Blackhawks headed way west, Thursday night, to face the Vancouver Canucks for “one of those great nine o’clock starts.” Before facing the Stars in a week, the Blackhawks play… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks (22-17-6) at Vancouver Canucks (20-24-6) 9:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (5-7-3, 2.86 GAA, .915 Save%) Vancouver: Jacob Markstrom (14-16-5, 2.75 GAA, .908 Save%)… Read more »
The-Rink.com host Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn rolls solo for this micro episode with John under the weather. He is joined, though, by newest The-Rink.com writer Tyler Majewski and friend of the… Read more »
Music City Mode A gritty 2-1 Hawks victory Tuesday night in Nashville came complete with some depth scoring and phenomenal goaltending. How about this Tomas Jurco / Vince Hinostroza /… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks (22-17-6) at Nashville Predators (29-11-7) 7:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Anton Forsberg (4-7-3, 3.00 GAA, .909 Save%) Nashville: Pekka Rinne (24-8-3, 2.35 GAA, .927 Save%)… Read more »
This was an article I put together at Puckin Hostile before the preseason began, regarding some under the radar players to watch. I thought the midway point of the season… Read more »
The-Rink.com Prospect Guru Bill “Wiz” Placzek gives a taste of things to come with a quick breakdown on two Blackhawk defensive prospects playing at Denver University. I spent the… Read more »
The Cat Gets a Hat Despite improved play over the last two games, the Blackhawks entered Thursday night losers in their last four games. The first loss in that losing… Read more »
The second of a 2-part series on the sad state of the Blackhawks. Yesterday, we examined the causes. Today we look at potential solutions. What follows is not… Read more »
The Blackhawks lick their wounds from last night’s disappointing OT loss to the Leafs, and take the short trip to Detroit to face the Red Wings. Chicago Blackhawks (22-19-7)… Read more »
The season in the abyss trudged on for the Blackhawks against the young fast Toronto Maple Leafs, Wednesday night. After a disappointing loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning, this Blackhawks… Read more »
Toronto Maple Leafs (26-18-5) at Chicago Blackhawks (22-19-6) 7:00PM Central RADIO: WGN 720 PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago: Jeff Glass (3-3-3, 3.17 GAA, .909 Save%) Toronto: Frederik Anderson (23-14-4, 2.69 GAA, .920… Read more »
This is the first of a 2-part series on the sad state of the Blackhawks. Today, we look at how the Hawks got to this point. Next, where they might… Read more »
As the season seemed to be slowly slipping away from the Blackhawks, they were back at the United Center to face off with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Contrary to their… Read more »
Arguably the best team in the NHL this year, Tampa Bay brings their fast, yet disciplined game to the UC tonight to face the struggling Blackhawks. Tampa Bay Lightning… Read more »
Scott Powers scooped the Blackhawks by noticing that Swedish defenseman Gustav Forsling had been mentioned in the AHL transaction notices as being sent to Rockford. Shortly after, the Blackhawks made… Read more »
The winter break ended for the Blackhawks on Saturday evening against the New York Islanders. After a five day break, the team had to regroup without goaltender Corey Crawford who,… Read more »
The Hawks look to get back on track tonight as they return to the ice versus former teammate Nick Leddy and the New York Islanders. New York Islanders (23-20-4)… Read more »
2018 is the year of The-Rink.com, Rinkrats. We are all really proud of what the website and podcast are becoming and the sky is the limit. It is time to… Read more »
The Corey Crawford saga took another step in the X-Files direction last night, when Sun-Times Blackhawks beat writer Mark Lazerus reported that he had heard from three sources that Crawford… Read more »
After the first 45 games of the 2017-18 season, the current state of the Chicago Blackhawks is troubling to say the least. In recent years, we have seen small signs… Read more »
Before Sunday’s game the Blackhawks honored former player Eric Daze with a One Last Shift video and celebration. Unfortunately for everyone not in attendance, the rest of the fans were… Read more »