The Rockford IceHogs season came to a quiet close a little over a week ago. What started as a middling season gradually slipped into the IceHogs trending downward for most of the year. They never found a stretch of sustained consistency and each attempt to stabilize things seemed to be followed by another dip. Rockford finished dead last in the Central Division with just 61 points, posting a 28-39-3-2 record.
This marked the first time the IceHogs have missed the playoffs since the 2018-1...
The show's final look back at the 2025-26 Blackhawks season.
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BLACKHAWKS
How confident Blackhawks fans are in rebuild, Wirtz, Davidson and more survey results ( Athletic )
Blackhawks NCAA/USHL prospect update, 4/27: Boisvert goes pro; Nestrasil, Mustard finish strong ( SCH )
Inside Sam Rinzel’s plan to continue gaining weight this summer ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks’ 2026-27 roster: Who stays, who goes? ( Athletic )
Comparing the Blackhawks’ youth movement to the “y...
On April 29th in 1982, Vancouver Canucks head coach Roger Neilson surrendered to referee Bob Myers during Game 2 of the Campbell Conference Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks in protest of poor officiating.
Stymied by seemingly unjustified penalties, Tiger Williams suggested throwing all of the sticks on the ice. Coach Neilson replied, "No, I've done that before, let's surrender". And with
A dark cloud has been hovering over this Minnesota Wild team for a while now. They have suffered nine straight first-round exits. The last time they were able to win a playoff round was back in 2015, and then they promptly got swept by the Chicago Blackhawks as the reward for it. Whether it was batt...
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks NCAA/USHL prospect update, 4/27: Boisvert goes pro; Nestrasil, Mustard finish strong ( SCH )
Inside Sam Rinzel’s plan to continue gaining weight this summer ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks’ 2026-27 roster: Who stays, who goes? ( Athletic )
Comparing the Blackhawks’ youth movement to the “young” teams in the playoffs ( SCH )
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best s...
The Hawks may be done but some of their prospects are not!
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
BLACKHAWKS
Inside Sam Rinzel’s plan to continue gaining weight this summer ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks’ 2026-27 roster: Who stays, who goes? ( Athletic )
Comparing the Blackhawks’ youth movement to the “young” teams in the playoffs ( SCH )
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a ...
With the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs nearing its end, a side discussion over at SCH HQ between LBR and myself seemed like it’d be good to bring to the people here, as it has some relevancy to the team watching from home (or some beachfront property) that’s being assembled over at 1901 W. Madison.
A couple of teams with rather young forward groups have grabbed early headlines, led by the Philadelphia Flyers, up 3-0 on their interstate rivals from Pittsburgh. An also young Montre...
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BLACKHAWKS
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a special honor” ( Tribune )
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26...
The Chicago Blackhawks were once again one of the worst teams in the NHL this season. This was not necessarily surprising, as they are still in the middle of a rebuild. With the Blackhawks having so many promising young forward prospects, it would not be surprising if they moved on from some of their veterans this offseason. Because of this, let's look at two forwards who could end up being traded this summer by Chicago. Teuvo Teravainen Teravainen could be a veteran forward to wat...
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BLACKHAWKS
Can Tyler Bertuzzi replicate the numbers from one of the best seasons of his career? ( SCH )
Captain Connor? Bedard says becoming Blackhawks’ 37th captain “would be a special honor” ( Tribune )
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26...
The Edmonton Oilers made two trades before the 2026 trade deadline. It’s already starting to pay off. Both of those trades were with the Chicago Blackhawks. On March 2nd, they sent a second-round pick for right-shot defenceman Connor Murphy at 50 per cent retention. The trade was lauded at the time, and deservingly so. The…
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BLACKHAWKS
Number Munchers, Part II: Searching for the road ahead ( SCH )
Blackhawks perfect offseason: Bedard, lottery luck, free agency ( Athletic )
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26 Blackhawks season ( SCH )
Blackhawks fan survey: When will Chicago return to the playoffs? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks player grades, Part 2: Bedard takes next step, Teravainen takes step back ( At...
I try not to be too cynical about hockey's hiring practices, but there are often times where it seems like certain people were hired just because someone wants to reward that person for loyalty. We can talk about the nepotism that exists with guys like Scotty and Stan Bowman working for the Blackhawks and Dick and Chris Patrick managing the Capitals, but there seems to be a lot of times where owners simply create a position out of the blue for a legendary player or loyal player who played for ...
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BLACKHAWKS
Number Munchers: Diving into the numbers behind the 2025-26 Blackhawks season ( SCH )
Blackhawks fan survey: When will Chicago return to the playoffs? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks player grades, Part 2: Bedard takes next step, Teravainen takes step back ( Athletic )
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will (Not) Be, 4/17: Caring ( SCH )
Musings on Madison, Episode 208 — Another Blackhawks season en...
The Chicago Blackhawks have been patient through their rebuild, stockpiling picks and prospects while waiting for the right moment to accelerate.
That moment may be coming.
NHL insider Frank Seravalli was asked on VICTORY+ whether Chicago might make an aggressive move this offseason by targeting a high-end young forward, specifically naming Toronto Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies and Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson as realistic options.
Seravalli did not dismiss either name.
He re...
Once again, we begin looking back at the last season with a deeper dive into some of the available numbers.
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
BLACKHAWKS
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will (Not) Be, 4/17: Caring ( SCH )
Musings on Madison, Episode 208 — Another Blackhawks season ends. So now what? ( SCH )
Blackhawks player grades, Part I: Spencer Knight proves himself, young defense develops ( Athletic )
Blackhawks players set playoffs as 2027 goal, but Kyle Davidson knows that’ll require enormous leap ( Sun-Times )
Updates from Blackhawk...
Chicago Blackhawks forward Ilya Mikheyev will be a player to watch now that the offseason is here for the Original Six club. The 31-year-old forward is a pending unrestricted free agent (UFA), and it will be interesting to see if the Blackhawks extend him. He has been a very good addition for them, but it would also make sense if he tested the market after his strong season. In 77 games this season, he had 18 goals and a career-high 36 points. If Mikheyev ends up becoming a UFA this year, look...
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here, which once again means it’s time for us Blackhawks to watch everyone else enjoy the experience of postseason hockey!
Hooray.
Anyway, we’ll continue our trends of posting two playoff game threads a week: one on Monday that covers the games through Thursday, and one on Friday for the weekend games.
Our predictions for the opening round are in this article and feel free to add your own in the comments of that article. There’s also time to join the...
It’s yet another postseason without the Blackhawks in it, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be watching! With the playoffs starting this weekend, the SCH crew gathered to offer some of their thoughts on it.
Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (No. 1 overall seed) vs. Los Angeles Kings (WC2)
Dave : I initially created this article about a week before the end of the season, when we still didn’t know who’d win the second wild card spot, inserting “who cares” as a placeholder. Even t...
I’ve been sitting on these thoughts since January and with the season completed, it’s time to get them on a screen. They aren’t so much about the Hawks as they are about this particular internet space.
I spend an incredible amount of time trying to figure out what to do with this website.
Much of that back-and-forth comes from a development four years ago, when we were contacted by Hawks PR and offered media credentials for a game for the first time. The Hawks won that night 3-1 over...
Yeah, we’re doing it again!
The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs start this weekend, so let’s do another postseason bracket challenge among the SCH community.
The link to the league is available here . Use the passcode “SCH2026” (shouldn’t be case sensitive)
If that doesn’t work, just follow the steps below:
Head to the NHL Bracket Challenge Dashboard by clicking this link
Click “Leagues” at the top of the page
Search for the league named “Second City Hockey”
Use ...
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