With the 2021–22 season upon us, the Chicago Blackhawks are in preparation to get back into playoff contention. Chicago was gifted the 24th seed in the shortened 2019–20 season and… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks announced their training camp roster this evening before the beginning of their training camp, which is set to begin on Thursday at the Fifth Third Arena at… Read more »
General Manager Stan Bowman made an obvious decision that size was an important part of Chicago’s philosophy in the recent 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Chicago made selections that shocked many… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Jeff Osborn, Sean Fitzgerald, Andy Campbell, Ray Napientek, Andy Campbell, Eric Andrews, Aaron Goldschmidt from the Rink Colorado, and special guest, Gate’s ol buddy… Read more »
The Vegas Golden Knights tied the West Division final at two games each after a dominating 5–1 victory in front of a ruckus 18,081 Golden Knights fans. The Colorado Avalanche… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Ray Napientek, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell reconvene to talk about the Blackhawks and some more broad NHL topics. Blackhawks have some success vs… Read more »
The Chicago Blackhawks entered their pair of games against the Florida Panthers having lost three straight games and looked to right the ship. With only a three-point lead for the… Read more »
The “Jekyll and Hyde” Chicago Blackhawks stormed into Dallas this past week looking like a playoff team in their three-game series against last season’s Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning,… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Jeff Osborn, Sean Fitzgerald, Ray Napientek and Andy Campbell get together with Lauren Wilner, the creator of Chicago-sports-themed merch site Snark Buehrle. Can the Blackhawks… Read more »
Lukas Reichel, the Chicago Blackhawks’ first-round draft pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, has shown success this season with six goals and 11 assists in 20 games played in… Read more »
The Chicago Steel managed two victories this past weekend after defeating the Youngstown Phantoms 5–4, while splitting with Team USA, winning 4–3 and losing 5–4. With the pair of overtime… Read more »
The Chicago Steel swept the Green Bay Gamblers this past weekend with two victories in Wisconsin. On Friday, Chicago stormed out to an early lead and then poured it on… Read more »
The Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Ray Napientek, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell take a look at the Blackhawks after the 1/4 mile mark of a strange season. Watch the… Read more »
The Chicago Steel (16–4–2–0) won two games this past weekend against the Youngstown Phantoms (5–13–1–1), led by defenseman Ryan Ufko’s two goals on Friday and a hat trick by forward… Read more »
The Chicago Steel (14–3–2–0) defeated the Waterloo Black Hawks (6–11–0–0) 5–1 on Saturday behind a 25-save performance by Chicago Steel goaltender Nicholas Haas. With the victory, Chicago extended their current… Read more »
The-Rink.com host Jeff Osborn is joined by Rink staffer Ray Napientek as well as Hart from Puckpedia to talk about the start of the season, expansion and, salary cap implications…. Read more »
The Chicago Steel opened up the new year this past weekend with a home 6–4 victory over the Green Bay Gamblers at Fox Valley Ice Arena. Forward Mackie Samoskevich led… Read more »
If the Chicago Blackhawks have shown anything over the past half decade, it is a good eye for overseas talent and acquisitions. President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Stan… Read more »
In this final podcast of season 3, the Rink staff members John Jaeckel, Ray Napientek, Sean Fitzgerald, and Andy Campbell to talk about the Blackhawks moves. Kirby Dach fractures his… Read more »
The Chicago Steel swept a three-game series against the Youngstown Phantoms this past weekend, extending the Steel’s winning streak to seven games. Chicago scored 17 goals in three games to… Read more »
The Chicago Steel won both contests against the Green Bay Gamblers this past weekend, besting the visitors 7–3 on Friday and 4–3 on Saturday in a shootout. With the victories,… Read more »
The long-awaited Chicago Steel regular season opener Saturday night was an offensive explosion, as the visiting Muskegon Lumberjacks bested the home team 10–8. The Lumberjacks were led by forwards Danil… Read more »
The-Rink.com co-host Jeff Osborn , Rink prospect writer Ray Napientek and The Rink Colorado‘s Aaron Goldschmidt wrap up the Blackhawks first day of the NHL draft. The Stan Bowman and… Read more »
Chicago stole Game Four from the Vegas Golden Knights after Corey Crawford showed why he is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, stopping 48 shots and giving Chicago one more game… Read more »
After goaltender Robin Lehner was traded to Vegas from Chicago at the trade deadline in February, not many Blackhawks fans expected to face off against the Swedish native during the… Read more »