Blackhawks force Game 7 Wednesday at the UC, drop Red Wings with 3 third...
By Brad Vadenberk Saturday night at the UC showed how a resilient Hawks team can play and dominate a hockey game if they seem so fit to do so. The word elimination is still lingering around as the...
View ArticleHawks get two by Quick, take 1-0 series lead on LA
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks opened the Western Conference finals Saturday afternoon with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. A pair of second period goals by Patrick Sharp and Marian...
View ArticleHawks take 2-0 series lead; Chase Quick in route to 4-2 victory at United Center
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks responded on a rare playoff back-to-back, taking a 2-0 series lead over the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference finals with a 4-2 victory. The Blackhawks...
View ArticleKeith-less Hawks stuff LA’s home winning streak; Kings face elimination...
By Brad Vandenberk Game 4 of the Western Conference gifted us with nothing but story lines before the puck was even dropped. Duncan Keith was assessed a 1-game suspension for an uncontrolled high...
View ArticleHawks can’t sustain stunning dominance of Bruins in 1st period, Boston...
By Brad Gardner After playing 112 minutes of hockey in Game 1, the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks returned to overtime in Game 2. The Bruins took the decision on a Daniel Paille goal at the 13:48...
View ArticleBlackhawks tie Finals series 2-2 in wild 6-5 overtime win at Boston
By Brad Gardner Entering the game trailing the Bruins 2-1 in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals series, the Chicago Blackhawks were desperate for a win on Wednesday night in Boston. The ‘Hawks...
View ArticlePuckChatter~Radio; e.132, Prospect Camp and Free Agency review
By Chris Block On this edition of PuckChatter~Radio, I’m joined by Brad Gardner of HockeysFuture.com and frequent contributor to TheThirdManIn.com to review all the Blackhawks news of the past two...
View ArticleNordstrom Nets 1st NHL goal as Hawks Handle Isles
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks gave up an early 2-0 lead in the last minute of the first period but rebounded to defeat the New York Islanders 3-2 at the United Center Friday night. Michal Handzus...
View ArticleHawks escape from Carolina with 3-2 shootout win
By Brad Vandenberk After a weekend of beating two Eastern Conference teams in the Islanders and Sabres, the Blackhawks sent off to Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday to take on the Hurricanes. The last...
View ArticleHawks quick to chase Dubnyk, win 5-1 in Edmonton
By Brad Vandenberk After beating the Canucks with two goals over just 9 seconds on Saturday night, the Blackhawks were off to Edmonton to continue the western Canadian leg of their circus road trip....
View ArticleRaanta leads Hawks to victory in first NHL start
By Michael Calvert In Wednesday night’s game against the rather lowly Calgary Flames, Coach Q decided to put Michal Handzus back into the 2nd center spot and move Brandon Pirri down to the 3rd. The...
View ArticleHawks special teams near perfect in Dylan Olsen and Jimmy Hayes’ return to...
Corey Crawford leaves game in 1st period with “lower body” injury By Brad Vandenberk After losing a close affair against the Ducks on Friday, it was time for the Hawks to play their final eastern...
View ArticleHawks 2nd period explosion key to 7-2 rout of Flyers
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks were held out of the net for over 20 minutes Wednesday night. At that point, the Hawks offense shook off a sloppy first period, scorched the Philadelphia Flyers for...
View ArticleBlackhawks lose game, Captain in Pittsburgh; Quenneville says Toews not serious
By Brad Vandenberk With over 40 family and friends attending the Consol Energy Center, Brandon Saad better hope his game is better than his outing in Ottawa where he posted a minus-3. Sunday was...
View ArticleHawks back in series as Crawford blanks Blues
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks rode the back of goalie Corey Crawford Monday night in Game 3 of their Western Conference first-round series with St. Louis. Needing a big performance in net,...
View ArticleSeries Even as Hawks fall to Minny 4-2 in Game 4
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks were unable to hand Minnesota its first home loss of the postseason Friday night. The Wild evened up the Western Conference second-round series with the Blackhawks,...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: On Walls We Must Climb
On Walls We Must Climb “The people, they were singing I could hear them from the street My feelings, they were stinging I was submerged in my defeat But I smiled for a second And for that second, I...
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