The Blackhawks recalled defenseman Ville Pokka from Rockford, this morning. They also announced that Cody Franson had been put on injured reserve retroactive to December 9th. With Jordan Oesterle already… Read more »
After beating two teams they, quite frankly, should beat nine out of ten times, the Blackhawks were home at the United Center facing another team they should beat most nights,… Read more »
Introducing the new writing intern at The-Rink, Dan Newman, a senior at UW Madison, who breaks down the improvement in the Blackhawks fourth line in 2017-18. I’m a pretty… Read more »
The Blackhawks continue their homestand, hosting the Florida Panthers tonight at the UC—their third straight game against a “beatable” opponent on home ice. Florida Panthers (12-14-4) at Chicago… Read more »
Rockford Icehogs won the game but lost the battle, Saturday, when starting goaltender Jean-Francois Berube was injured in the Icehogs 7-2 rout of the defending Calder Cup Champs, Grand Rapid… Read more »
You have all asked, and we intend to deliver. There are a few new features that have already been implemented and there is a big set of features coming soon… Read more »
Over the weekend, the Rockford IceHogs faced the Grand Rapids Griffins in a home-and-home series and came away with wins in both games over the defending Calder Cup champions. On… Read more »
In 2 months, Blackhawk GM Stan Bowman faces perhaps the biggest trade deadline of his career, or at least a momentous choice on which way to take his team. … Read more »
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have won 13 games in a row, with help from Blackhawks prospect Dennis Gilbert It wasn’t clear how Notre Dame would return this season after… Read more »
Well, After narrowly beating one of the two worst teams in the NHL, Friday night, the Blackhawks welcomed the Arizona Coyotes to Chicago for another attempt at bum slaying. The… Read more »
The pickings get perhaps easier tonight, as the Blackhawks host Arizona, who are on the 2nd game of a road back-to-back, losing 1-0 last night in Columbus. Arizona… Read more »
The much beleaguered Chicago Blackhawks picked up a much-needed 2 points last night in an overtime win at the United Center versus the lowly Buffalo Sabres. Watching Jonathan Toews offer… Read more »
The Rockford IceHogs and Grand Rapids Griffins square-off Friday night in Grand Rapids to begin a home-and-home weekend series between the teams. The IceHogs have been out of action since… Read more »
The ragtag Buffalo Sabres bring their 7-17-4 record into the UC tonight—which can only be viewed as great news for the reeling and on the ropes Blackhawks. Buffalo Sabres… Read more »
On Friday, the Chicago Blackhawks recalled winger Vince Hinostroza from the Rockford IceHogs after Tanner Kero had cleared waivers. Kero has been assigned to the IceHogs. The move comes hours… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John “Double J” Jaeckel are eventually joined by staff writer Aaron Goldschmidt and they are all fired up about this latest Blackhawks slump. This… Read more »
The IIHF World Junior Championships take place Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Buffalo, New York and the Chicago Blackhawks have a chance to be well represented at the tournament. Ten Countries… Read more »
On Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks placed centerman Tanner Kero on waivers. After being a healthy-scratch for the last ten games, Kero could be on his way to the AHL Rockford… Read more »
The Blackhawks are now proving on a near nightly basis they aren’t a very good team. Everyone has ‘solutions.’ But is the answer more than just a quick fix?… Read more »
The Blackhawks were in Washington DC Wednesday night to face the eastern conference powerhouse known as the Capitals and league goal scoring leader, Alex Ovechkin. Backup Anton Forsberg took the… Read more »
Yesterday, Joel Quenneville (or as I call him, Coach Wizzo) dumped some rancid muck out from his blender that were supposed to resemble productive NHL lines. As will happen when… Read more »
The Blackhawks take a shaky record and psyche—along with some wacky, freshly-blended lines—to Washington tonight where they face the Capitals. Chicago Blackhawks (12-10-5) at Washington Capitals (16-11-1) 8:00 PM… Read more »
After suffering an 8-1 loss on Tuesday night, the Rockford IceHogs needed a bounce back performance over the weekend and produced just that. With a win over the Chicago Wolves… Read more »
Well, Anton Forsberg looked comfortable and played very well tonight. Unfortunately, aside from that fact, there isn’t much good news to be spread about the ‘Hawks’ performance tonight at home…. Read more »
Given the individual skill of Hawk power play units, why does the Blackhawks power play often struggle? Year after year, it continues to be one of the mysteries that no… Read more »