Chicago Steel to Host Benefit For Young Cancer Patients
On Friday, November 30th, the Chicago Steel will host a first-in-nation Crazy Hat Night vs the Central Illinois Flying Aces, presented by The School of Art, to benefit the Alyssa… Read more »
Category Archives: Jeff Osborn
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 36 – Colliton Away
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel get together to chat about the first six games of the Jeremy Colliton era. BREAKING: The-Rink will be covering the Chicago Steel of the USHL!… Read more »
BREAKING: Blackhawks Ink Beaudin to Entry Level Deal
The Blackhawks announced this afternoon that they had signed the second of this summer’s first round draft picks, Nicolas Beaudin, to a max three-year entry level deal at $1,166,700 per season…. Read more »
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 »
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 »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 35 – Quenneville Fired
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel get together with The Rink Rockford Icehogs Head Writer Mario Tirabassi to talk about the Blackhawks firing Joel Quenneville and his assistants, then promoting Jeremy… 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 »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 34 w/ Pappy Hour
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel get “very dude” and discuss the Blackhawks success, and their failures with Rink staff writer Marc-Louis Paprzyca. The Blackhawks go 2-2. Impressive wins vs Columbus… 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 »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 33 w/ PuckPedia
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the unexpected Blackhawks success, and discuss the newest, most robust NHL salary cap website, PuckPedia, with its founder, Hart Levine. The Blackhawks lose to… Read more »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 32 – Parade Planning
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the start to the Blackhawks regular season. A new podcast review from JDofNations 2-0-1 is about as good as it gets for the start… 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 »
The Blackhawks Rinkcast – Episode 31 – Season Preview
The-Rink.com co-hosts Jeff “Gatekeeper” Osborn and John Jaeckel discuss the Blackhawks pending start of the regular season with Rink Rockford Icehogs writer Mario Tirabassi . Blackhawks finish the preseason The Corey Crawford saga continues 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 »