The hype was strong! Nearly 8,000 fans were allowed back into Ball Arena to watch this first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Colorado Avalanche received some good pregame… Read more »
While a great picture published by the Colorado Avalanche on May 15 showed a happy Bowen Byram and Liam O’Brien together, what was of note was the tinted visor on… Read more »
At the start of the season, more than one Colorado Avalanche player talked about the fact that they all wanted to win the Western Division so they had home ice… Read more »
Alex Newhook was given a shot to prove himself in the NHL, perhaps earlier than many expected. Six games later, we are now on the eve of the playoffs for… Read more »
The Colorado Avalanche rounded out their regular season by winning the Presidents’ Trophy on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Collectively as a team, the Avs managed to get… Read more »
The Avalanche came into Thursday night’s game with the intention of securing the No. 1 spot and the Presidents Trophy. Fortunately, Colorado was able to pull out all the stops… Read more »
With 78 points and a 5-1-0 record against the Los Angeles Kings, the Avalanche are looking forward to clinching that President’s Trophy and the Number 1 seed in the Honda… Read more »
Following their final payment to the NHL 12 days previous, the Seattle Kraken made history today by signing their first-ever player. Sure to be a trivia answer for years to… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Jeff Osborn, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell and surprise guest Aaron Goldschmidt from the Rink Colorado talk about the end of the Blackhawks season…. Read more »
It certainly wasn’t pretty, but when you’re chasing down the Presidents’ Trophy in a playoff style hockey game, it doesn’t need to be. The Avs recorded a 2-1 win over… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks’ 2020–21 season ended last night, with a tease and ultimately a whimper, in a 5–4 overtime loss to the Dallas Stars. And, if you look at their… Read more »
With five games left in the regular season, the Avalanche have some work to do if they want home ice through the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs…. Read more »
It is hard to find any positives for current state of the Chicago Blackhawks. Despite decent efforts from an inadequate roster, the Hawks have lost their last six games, culminating… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell reconvene to talk about the Blackhawks’ latest news and their fading playoff hopes. The state of the Blackhawks…. Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw announced his retirement on social media today. Doctors strongly advised Shaw, 29, to stop playing due to his health and history of concussions. This was… Read more »
Entering this past week, the Chicago Blackhawks were still in the hunt for the playoffs. With three vital games against the Nashville Predators, the Hawks needed to capture six points… Read more »
Coming into the 2021 season, the Chicago Blackhawks had no answers at the goaltending position, only questions. This aligned with the rest of the team that was going into a… Read more »
To his credit, Chicago Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman fared well with his trade deadline moves. One-year contractual players such as Mattias Janmark and Carl Soderberg were dealt, among others,… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Sean Fitzgerald and Andy Campbell let the dust settle and talk bout a busy trade deadline for Stan Bowman and the Chicago Blackhawks. Watch… Read more »
To quote Stuart MacKenzie, the Lyndon Larouche-following dad character from the 90s cult classic film ‘So I Married An Axe Murderer’: “Ehhhh . . . it could have been worse.” Chicago… Read more »
The-Rink.com will be updating any Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs or Columbus Blue Jackets deadline moves in real-time, right here. Make sure to bookmark this page and come back… Read more »
The streak is over for the Colorado Avalanche; 15 games of picking up points, winning 13 of them, but the run is no more. The cynical people out there will… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell reconvene to talk about the Blackhawks trades and the upcoming deadline. Analysis of the big trade (Lucas Wallmark,… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward Brett Connolly, defenseman Riley Stillman, forward prospect Henrik Borgstrom and a seventh-round draft pick from the Florida Panthers in exchange for forward Lucas Wallmark… Read more »
This morning, Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz and several others announced that the Blackhawks were unanimously approved to buy the Rockford… Read more »