Chicago Blackhawks

In an attempt to get some of the great Chicago Blackhawks writers some B/R-wide exposure, I have decided to do a Blackhawks round-table discussion.

By John Dooley Wednesday night the Blackhawks take on the Boston Bruins. We will be retiring the jersey of the greatest defenseman in Chicago Blackhawk history, Pierre Pilote. Then, apparently, we will be retiring Keith Magnuson's name on the same jersey. Not sure why, but hey, at this point, who cares?

By Michael Wagner 1. Patrick Kane 3. Jonathan Toews The next game for the Chicago Blackhawks will be on Wednesday at home against the Boston Bruins. The Chicago Blackhawks will also retire the number three to commemorate the careers of Pierre Pilote and Keith Magnuson. Chicago Blackhawks Game Notes

By Carter . 8. Montreal Canadiens (8-2-2, Last Week: No. 3) 9. Pittsburgh Penguins (8-4-2, Last Week: No. 9) 17. Chicago Blackhawks (6-3-3, Last Week: No. 13) 19. Tampa Bay Lightning (5-4-4, Last Week: No. 19) 20. Nashville Predators (6-7-1, Last Week: No. 12) 27. Philadelphia Flyers (4-6-3, Last Week: No. 17)

By Michael Wagner Well, it has been almost a week, Chicago Blackhawks fans, but Sunday night, the 'Hawks will hit the ice versus the Calgary Flames at the United Center (tickets still avalible). The 'Hawks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Monday and now have had a week off to begin to learn more about Jo...

By Mark Jones San Jose Sharks (24 pts, 12-2-0)Detroit Red Wings (18 pts, 8-2-2)Montreal Canadiens (18 pts, 8-1-2)New York Rangers (23 pts, 11-4-1)Minnesota Wild (17 pts, 8-3-1)Boston Bruins (17 pts, 7-3-3)Pittsburgh Penguins (16 pts, 7-4-2)Carolina Hurricanes (18 pts, 8-4-2)Buffalo Sabres (...

By Ken Armer It’s amazing how things can change in a week. Last Friday the Dallas Stars were having their tails handed to them by the Chicago Blackhawks and last night the Stars showed the Anaheim Ducks a team’s record has nothing to do with its talent.

By Jim Neveau Last year, in fact, was the first time in his young NHL career that he actually scored a goal. He took 69 shots and connected on four of them. If you would like to read more of Adam Burish's thoughts on fighting, and on hockey in general, check out his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times Web site.

By Craig Kanalley The Central Division standings currently have Detroit first with 18 points and Chicago second with 15 with both having played 12 games.  The Wings need to watch out because the Hawks are quickly gaining up on them and in their only match-up so far this year, Chicago (under Quenneville) nar...

By Jack Porter 21 Peter Forsberg - Colorado Avalanche 23 Bob Gainey - Montreal Canadians 24 Chris Chelios - Chicago Blackhawks 25 Dave Andreychuk - Buffalo Sabres 27 Frank Mahovlich - Toronto Maple Leafs 28 Steve Larmer - Chicago Blackhawks 29 Ken Dryden - Montreal Canadians

By Jim Neveau This is part three of a three part series profiling the 10 greatest Blackhawks of all time. The previous seven are: 10. Keith Magnuson, 9. Bill Mosienko, 8. Doug Bentley, 7. Denis Savard, 6. Pierre Pilote, 5. Tommy Ivan, and 4. Glenn Hall. 3. Tony Esposito, G 2. Bobby Hull, LW 1. Stan Mikita, C

By Michael Wagner In my game preview I stated that the 'Hawks needed to take advantage of the Avalanche's poor goal-tending and the 'Hawks did just that by putting six pucks past Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj. 3. Troy Brouwer (1 Goal, First Career Goal) Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks Game Notes

By Jim Neveau 6. Pierre Pilote D Pilote played 14 NHL seasons, 13 of which were with the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored 80 goals in his career, and added 418 assists. He was also the captain of the team from 1961-1968. 5. Tommy Ivan, Coach/GM 4. Glenn Hall G

By Michael Wagner Projected Chicago Blackhawks Lineup Versteeg-Toews-Kane Brouwer-Sharp-Havlat Campbell-Johnson Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin (Subject to Change) TV: CSN-Chicago+ (HD) Radio: WGN News/Talk 720 Chicago: D James Wisniewski (knee) is out.

By Lukas Boston Bruins: Manny Fernandez Chicago Blackhawks: Cirstobal Huet Detroit Red Wings: Ty Conklin Nashville Predators: Pekka Rinne Ottawa Senators: Alex Auld Pittsburgh Penguins: Dany Sabourin Tampa Bay Lightning: Olaf Kolzig Toronto Maple Leafs: Curtis Joseph

By Carter . 5. Pittsburgh Penguins (5-2-2, Last Week: No. 12) 6. Montreal Canadiens (5-1-1, Last Week: No. 3) 17. Nashville Predators (4-4-0, Last Week: No. 21) 23. Philadelphia Flyers (2-3-3, Last Week: No. 29) Edmonton Oilers (15 spots), Ottawa Senators (12 spots), Atlanta Thrashers (six spots)

By Michael Wagner If the Detroit Red Wings are the true measuring stick for teams in the NHL, then it seems as though the Chicago Blackhawks have measured up. The 'Hawks were the better team for 40 minutes—but it was the third period that showed why the Detroit Red Wings are the defending Stanley Cup champions.

By Jack Porter 11. Mark Messier – Edmonton Oilers 12. Dickie Moore – Montreal Canadiens 13. Mats Sundin – Toronto Maple Leafs 15. Dany Heatley – Ottawa Senators 17. Wendel Clark – Toronto Maple Leafs 18. Denis Savard – Chicago Blackhawks 19. Steve Yzerman – Detroit Red Wings

By Michael Wagner Chicago Blackhawks Line-Up*: Versteeg-Toews-Kane Campbell-Johnson Goaltender: Nikolai Khabibulin Chicago Blackhawks News and Notes: The Blackhawks will unveil their jerseys for the Winter Classic this Saturday at the United Center before their game versus Detroit. 

By Josh Kyrzakos Chicago has openly been shopping him since training camp. Teams know that if they want him, they will have to make the first offer, because the Blackhawks will take anything they can get. Chicago has two NHL-capable goaltenders in Rockford. They’ll move Khabibulin to a team that will play hi...

By Melissa Grissom WESTERN CONFERENCE 1. Detroit Red Wings: No. 1 in the western conference, No. 1 in the Central Division 7. Chicago Blackhawks: No. 7 in the western conference, No. 2 in the Central Division 9. Nashville Predators: No. 9 in the western conference, No. 4 in the Central Division

By Michael Wagner This season was going to be different for Kontiola.  He was going to compete with Dave Bolland for the third-line center spot with the Blackhawks and was even going to spend the entire offseason in Chicago to improve his American game.

By Joe Spencer When unpopular Chicago Blackhawks owner William Wirtz died, his son inherited the team and knew he had to make some changes. The Hawks then went on a public relations campaign, and worked to mend relationships with past Blackhawks superstars who had turned their back on the organizatio...

By Michael Wagner When I got to ESPN, I noticed the Chicago Blackhawks were in the news, and I was shocked—why would ESPN have news about the Chicago Blackhawks? I then found out that the Chicago Blackhawks have fired coach Denis Savard, and replaced him with Joel Quenneville.

By Steve Harnden Another issue that became a concern was Savard’s use of the Blackhawks two highly-paid goaltenders, Cristobal Huet and Nikolai Khabibulin. It was apparent that the bigwigs in Chicago (GM Dale Tallon, Team President John McDonough, Owner Rocky Wirtz, and Sr. Advisor of Hockey Operation...

By Rafal Ladysz Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Montreal Canadiens Nashville Predators New York Rangers Ottawa Senators Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix Coyotes Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple L...

By MJ Kasprzak This was a tough call for me. The Avs definitely are not as strong in the league's most important position (goalie) and many of the core players are getting old. But their schedule will be easier than that of the Phoenix Coyotes, the Nashville Predators have lost too much, and the Vancouver Ca...

By Keith Shelton The Wings' defense of the Stanley Cup starts on October 9. They will raise their 11th Stanley Cup banner and the puck will drop on a new season—and it will be against a familiar opponent, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Chris Chelios thinks its ridiculous, saying that a band isn't necessary to get pe...

By Ken Armer 1.        Detroit Red Wings 2.      San Jose Sharks 4.      Montreal Canadiens  5.      Calgary Flames 6.      Pittsburgh Penguins 7.      Philadelphia Flyers 8.      New York Rangers 9.      Chicago Blackhawks  18.  Nashville Predators  20.  Tampa Bay Lightning 26.  Toronto Maple Leafs 

By Ken Armer On Thursday night the Dallas Stars dropped a 4-3 Shootout to the Chicago Blackhawks, keeping the Stars with only one win so far this preseason. Dallas outshot Chicago all three periods including the overtime, with a final shots-on-goal count of 38-22.

By Michael Wagner Wagner: Can Huet and Khabibulin coexist in Chicago? Or do the Blackhawks need to move Khabibulin, whether that be via trade or waiving him? Wagner: Is this team good enough to compete with the Red Wings for the Central Division? Len Ziehm of the the Chicago Sun-Times

By TAB BAMFORD Brian Campbell noted that the reason he came to Chicago (other than the ungodly amount of money he got) was because the roar is back. The top free agent goaltender, Cristobal Huet, also came to Chicago to be part of "something special."

By Alex Chidester Here is what I'm excited to see from the Western Conference teams: Calgary Flames Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks St Louis Blues Vancouver Canucks

 CA - Jun 29, 2008 season with the dynamic-rookie-duo of Jonathan Toews and rookie of the year Patrick Kane the future looks extremely bright for one of the Blackhawks. ...