Saturday, May 4, 2024

Hawks to honor Chelios and play him on third line tonight against Detroit

Retired defenseman Chris Chelios will be honored by the Blackhawks tonight before they take the ice against the Red Wings, another of his former teams. In addition to honoring Chelios, the Blackhawks will add him to their third line for the foreseeable future.

Duncan Keith loses dentures while caroling

In 2010 Duncan Keith won a gold medal, a Norris Trophy and the Stanley Cup. In fact, the only thing he lost this past year was half his menacing grin. Now the dentures meant to replace those seven teeth may have been lost as well.

Quenneville’s mustache added to fourth line

Injuries and inconsistent play have caused Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville to juggle player lines more than usual this season. Everybody from rarely-deployed defenseman Jordan Hendry to a seemingly random stream of Rockford Ice Hogs has made an appearance at forward for the Hawks.

Blackhawks blogger starting to think he’s not getting a day with Stanley Cup after...

Blackhawks blogger Jay Syzmanski -- founder of the blog Blackhawk Backtawk -- had an epiphany while writing his wrap-up of the championship flag-raising ceremony last weekend.

Bandwagon fans overstimulated for two hours Tuesday night

With three sports running simultaneously in Chicago, fans were treated to three games (plus an inning) on Tuesday that all began around seven.

Hawks switch to bubble hockey goalie for playoffs

'Just keep him moving back and forth,' Quenneville tells controller

Unsure of the Antti Niemi and Cristobal Huet duo at goaltender, the Blackhawks may have struck gold in their search for stability at the position heading into the postseason.

‘Shirtless John Madden scandal’ not nearly as disgusting as America feared

When news out of Canada broke that John Madden was involved in a shirtless photo scandal, many around the country braced for nausea. They were relieved to learn the John Madden in question was the Chicago Blackhawks forward rather than the morbidly obese retired football announcer and coach.