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 »
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff Osborn, John Jaeckel, are joined by Rink writer Ray Napientek to wrap up the Blackhawks exhibition win and preview the play-in series vs the Edmonton Oilers Corey Crawford… Read more »
The-Rink.com writers led by RHL (Rink Hockey League) Commissioner Mario Tirabassi and RHL General Managers Jeff Osborn (1st overall), Ron Luce (2nd), Eric Andrews (3rd), Aaron Goldschmidt (4th), John Jaeckel… Read more »
The Chicago Steel added 10 players during Phase I of the 2020 USHL Draft on Monday. General Manager Ryan Hardy was prepared and was pleased with the result. “We had… Read more »
The Chicago Steel were running away with the regular season in USHL and were all set to continue to break team records with weeks left in the regular season. But,… Read more »
Chicago Blackhawks prospect Alec Regula has been named the Ontario Hockey League Defenseman of the Month. In February, Regula totaled 18 points while recording his first OHL hat trick. The… Read more »
Evan Barratt played a solid game overall against the University of Wisconsin Badgers, in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday. Barratt, a third-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the… Read more »
The Chicago Steel beat the Madison Capitols 4–0 behind the stellar goaltending by Victor Ostman on Friday only to fall to the Des Moines Buccaneers 7–6 the following night. Jimmy… Read more »
The Chicago Steel dropped both games in Cedar Rapids this past weekend, snapping their 13-game winning streak. With the losses, Chicago found themselves on the wrong side of the scoresheet… Read more »