BREAKING: Blackhawks Reveal Winter Classic Sweaters
Just hours before new head coach Jeremy Colliton was set to coach his first National Hockey League game, Blackhawks fans gathered in the United Center Atrium for a first look… Read more »
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ANALYSIS: Resist The Urge to Blame Jeremy Colliton
Since the organization smacked us all in the face on Tuesday morning with the announcement of Joel Quenneville’s firing, the move has been met with (mostly) anger and cynicism. Regardless,… Read more »
BREAKING: Blackhawks Relieve Quenneville, Colliton Takes Over
The Chicago Blackhawks surprised everyone this morning by announcing that long time coach and three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville was relieved of his coaching duties. In addition to Quenneville,… Read more »
RECAP: Blackhawks Lose 5-3 in Calgary
The Blackhawks took a short trip across Alberta from Edmonton, where they dropped a goose egg Thursday night, to nearby Calgary for a Saturday night game against the Flames. The… Read more »
Preview/Game Thread: Blackhawks vs. Oilers
Chicago Blackhawks (6-4-3) at Edmonton Oilers (6-4-1) 8:00pm Central, 7:00pm Mountain Rogers Place TV/Radio: NBCSCH/WGN PROJECTED GOALIES: Chicago – Cam Ward (3-1-3 W-L, 3.91 GAA, .889 SV%) Edmonton – Mikko Koskinen (1-0-0… Read more »
RECAP: Blackhawks Steal a Win in Columbus
After suffering their first regulation loss (in their first actual regulation finish) Thursday night, the Blackhawks traveled to Columbus, Ohio to face the Blue Jackets. Both teams came into this… Read more »
BREAKING: Crawford Activated, Johnson Reassigned
In preparation for the return of Corey Crawford, tonight, forward Luke Johnson was reassigned to the Rockford Icehogs. As first reported by Scott Powers of The Athletic from the optional… Read more »
Home Opener Recap: Leafs Beat The Blackhawks 7-6 in OT
No rest for the wicked, as the Chicago Blackhawks had no time to celebrate their exciting overtime win in St. Louis, the previous night. The team travelled home to meet… Read more »
Season Opening Recap: Blackhawks beat Senators 4-3 in OT
After some panic and goalie drama earlier in the day, the Blackhawks visited the much maligned Ottawa Senators to open the regular season. Cam Ward got his first official Chicago… Read more »
REPORT: Forsberg Hurt at Morning Skate, Delia Recalled
According to reports from the beat writers travelling with the team, the Blackhawks were participating in their usual game day morning skate when backup goaltender Anton Forsberg left the ice… Read more »
The-Rink NHL Predictions for ’18-19
Last night, on the latest Blackhawks Rinkcast, we teased predictions for this upcoming season. Now is a great time to give a more robust set of NHL predictions, from the… Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: Collin Delia ’18/19 Blackhawks Mask Reveal
In the first part of this series, we brought you the masks for “most” of the goalies in the Blackhawks organization. Rockford Icehogs fans might have thought that we left… Read more »
Blackhawks Goalies Masks for ’18/19 – Part 1
One of the most anticipated reveals for goaltenders and fans are the player’s new custom painted masks. The reveals have been enhanced even more by specialty mask reveals, such as… Read more »
Preseason Recap: Blackhawks beat Blue Jackets 4-1
The United Center was buzzing (sort of) Saturday night, with the young, fast Columbus Blue Jackets visiting for the last exhibition game before hockey gets real this Thursday. Blackhawks goalie… Read more »
Are Prospects and Draft Picks Overvalued?
The bloated love affair with organizational prospects and potential draft picks has led to a supernova of internet outrage that needs to be reeled in. One of the more common… Read more »
Blackhawks Announce Brandon Davidson Signing
Blackhawks terminate professional tryout agreement and sign veteran defenseman to one year deal This morning right as practice began, the Blackhawks snuck out a press release announcing that they had… Read more »
Blackhawks Assign Carl Dahlstrom and Joni Tuulola
Blackhawks assignments push the team one step closer to opening night roster. Prior to the Blackhawks preseason opener, the organization made some minor training camps moves. Defensemen Carl Dahlstrom and… Read more »
Blackhawks Traverse City Tournament Notes
The Blackhawks rookies took part in the Traverse City 2018 Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup this past weekend. The rookies went 2-2 and lost in the third place game last night…. Read more »
Blackhawks 2018 Training Camp Roster Released
The Blackhawks officially released their 2018 training camp roster this afternoon and there were no big surprised added. The only non roster player invited to camp is defenseman Brandon Davidson,… Read more »
Blackhawks Lose Out On Potential Trade Target
Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman crossed another potential rumored trade target off his list early Monday morning when the Montreal Canadiens and Vegas Golden Knights announced that they had completed… Read more »
AHL Announces New Streaming Platform
The American Hockey League announced a brand new streaming service and feature structure called AHLTV, on Wednesday. According to TheAHL.com, they have partnered up with Ontario based HockeyTech to bring… Read more »
Blackhawks and Bruins Winter Classic Sweater Concepts Leaked
Tuesday, the fine folks at IceThetics unveiled what is now believed to be the concept sweaters for the 2019 Winter Classic. The Blackhawks sweater is built off the modernized logo… Read more »
Blackhawks Tease 2019 Winter Classic Logo
The Blackhawks teased fans, this morning, with the logo they plan to use for the Winter Classic on January 1 2019 against the Boston Bruins at Notre Dame stadium. The… Read more »
Former First Overall Pick and Blackhawks Star Joe Murphy Now Homeless
In February of 1993 Blackhawks General Manager Bob Pulford made a trade for former first overall draft pick and (now) Stanley Cup champion Joe Murphy. He was holding out for… Read more »
NHL Network Ranks Blackhawks’ Kane Fourth Among Wings
The NHL Network continued their ranking of players by position, this weekend, after Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith were left out of the top 20 players of their respective positions… Read more »