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Come join us at the Second City Hockey watch party on Tuesday night!
BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass ( Sun-Times )
Five players the Blackhawks could lean on in Connor Bedard’s absence ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( The Athletic ) ( Tribune )
Blackhawks’ offense needs a miracle to survive Connor Bedar...
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The Blackhawks didn’t do much of anything on offense while being shut out 4-0 by the Red Wings on Saturday night at the United Center.
On a night when the giveaway was a Chris Chelios bobblehead, perhaps there was no more fitting development early on than a pair of Hawks scoring the first two goals for Detroit. Alex DeBrincat was up first, tallying just 55 seconds into the game:
Detroit goal!
Scored by Alex DeBrincat with 19:05 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Andrew Copp a...
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After much internal discussion, we’ve finally settled on a time and place to get together with as many of the SCH commentariat is willing to venture to the South Loop on a school night.
Let’s get to the specifics:
Who?
The people reading this, hopefully.
What?
A Second City Hockey watch party! Didn’t you read the headline?
When?
Tuesday, Dec. 16 when the Blackhawks host the Maple Leafs at 6 p.m.
Where?
Flo & Santos, located at 1310 S. Wabash Avenue ...
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The Blackhawks return to the United Center on Saturday night to host the Detroit Red Wings about 24 hours after a miserable night in St. Louis was made significantly worse in the game’s closing seconds.
We’ll get to Detroit in a bit because the more pressing issues deal with the home team in this game. Chicago lost 3-2 to the Blues last night but — more importantly — lost Connor Bedard to an apparent shoulder injury in the game’s closing seconds. Word on the severity of his injury won’t c...
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The Chicago Blackhawks couldn’t complete the comeback Friday night, falling 3–2 to the St. Louis Blues in a loss that was made worse by Connor Bedard suffering an injury in the final seconds of the game.
The Blues struck first just 3:41 into the game, cashing in on a delayed penalty. Logan Mailloux picked off a pass at the point, drifted into the circle, and snapped a far-side shot to put the Blues up 1-0.
FIRST AS A BLUE FOR LOGAN MAILLOUX!! pic.twitter.com/lad3MGTqu7 — St. Lo...
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A weekend back-to-back for the Hawks starts on Friday night in St. Louis against the Blues.
A few months ago, these two teams met in the same building and Chicago handed St. Louis a thorough ass-kicking in an 8-3 game that may not have been as close as the already lopsided score indicated. What have the Blues been up to since then? Most recently, they were getting their asses handed to them by the Nashville Predators, losing 7-2 there on Thursday night before getting back into town late. ...
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 12/11: Lardis, Korchinski among Rockford’s early-season standouts ( SCH )
Blackhawks defenseman have their own blind-spot detection system: Spencer Knight’s voice ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Rangers 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Musings on Madison, Episode 198 — Blackhawks crash back to Earth ( SCH )
Blackhawks want top prospect...
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Checking in with the Blackhawks prospects playing up in Rockford.
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This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Blackhawks 3, Rangers 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Musings on Madison, Episode 198 — Blackhawks crash back to Earth ( SCH )
Blackhawks want top prospect Anton Frondell to prioritize himself in Sweden: “He can still dominate” ( Sun-Times )
From Rinzel’s development to lineup tweaks, Blackhawks take needed reset ( The Athletic )
The unique feat that Kyle Davids...
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The Chicago Blackhawks bounced back into the win column on Wednesday night with a 3-0 victory against the New York Rangers at the United Center.
After a scoreless opening frame, the Blackhawks struck first with a shorthanded tally about seven minutes into the second. Louis Crevier chased down a cleared puck and powered his way to the net to finish it off. Credit goes to Ilya Mikheyev, who forced the turnover that started it all, and Matt Grzelcyk, who launched the clearing pass that sprun...
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The Chicago Blackhawks welcome the New York Rangers to the United Center on Wednesday night, kicking off the first of their two matchups this season and with both teams looking to get back in the win column.
The Rangers’ season so far has been defined by uneven stretches and a standings picture that changes every other night. They’re currently on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoff race, but the Eastern Conference is so tightly packed that one good run — or one poorly time...
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Catching up after a rough weekend out west.
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This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks hoping Sam Rinzel can get “swagger” back in AHL ( Sun-Times )
Blackhawks impressed by Levshunov’s calmness in chaotic situations: “He’s never rushing” ( Sun-Times )
Are the Blackhawks better than the numbers suggest? A public vs. private analytics debate ( The Athletic )
Blackhawks Bits: Rinzel, Slaggert assigned to Rockford ( SCH )
Let’s pull this rig over to the soft shoulder (...
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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks Bits: Rinzel, Slaggert assigned to Rockford ( SCH )
Let’s pull this rig over to the soft shoulder ( Fels )
Blackhawks’ disastrous weekend leads to inflection point: Where is their season headed? ( Sun-Times )
Connor Bedard “wants to be” on Canada’s Olympic roster, but he knows others do, too ( Sun-Times )
RECAPS: Ducks 7, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athle...
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Following a dreadful pair of games over the weekend, the Blackhawks made a couple of roster moves that have seemed increasingly likely over the last few weeks.
On Monday, the Blackhawks announced that Landon Slaggert and Sam Rinzel have both been sent to the Rockford IceHogs.
The Blackhawks have sent Sam Rinzel and Landon Slaggert down to Rockford. Slaggert was expected. Rinzel wasn't. But this does feel like the right time for a confidence reset for him. — Ben Pope (@BenPopeCS...
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BLACKHAWKS
RECAPS: Ducks 7, Blackhawks 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
RECAPS: Kings 6, Blackhawks 0 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( The Athletic )
Can the Blackhawks keep defying analytics models with efficient scoring and goaltending? ( Sun-Times ) ( Editor’s note: quite the headline to have under those two game scores, isn’t it?)
Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson isn’t ready to say “I...
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The Blackhawks capped a terrible weekend in California by losing 7-1 to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night.
Let’s summarize the game thusly:
Arvid Söderblom has given up seven goals.
He's also made a career-high 46 saves. — Mark Lazerus ( @marklazerus.bsky.social ) December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No, we’re not going to look at any of the seven goals Anaheim scored. We will look at the one Chicago scored, which was from Tyler Bertuzzi but came long after the outcome had been d...
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A weeklong jaunt out west ends on Sunday night with the Blackhawks in the OC to face the Anaheim Ducks.
This game serves as the final piece of bread on a California-centric sandwich of games that had one in Vegas and a pair in LA on the inside of it. These two teams met last Sunday at the United Center, with a Connor Bedard Show taking over during a 5-3 Blackhawks victory . Anaheim’s had three more games since, picking up wins over St. Louis last Monday and over Washington on Friday but h...
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The Chicago Blackhawks were thoroughly steamrolled Saturday night, surrendering six goals to the LA Kings and being shutout while offering all the resistance of a revolving door. Gross.
Warren Foegele opened the scoring 1:55 into the second period, dropping to one knee and hammering home a one-timer set up by Trevor Moore. Tyler Bertuzzi coughed the puck up along the boards trying to kick it out of danger and too many other Blackhawks were puck watching, leaving Foegele wide open.
Mo...
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Game Preview
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The Chicago Blackhawks are once again in Los Angeles Saturday to take on the Kings. Considering this will be the second time the Blackhawks face the Kings in three days, nothing much has changed since our last preview except that the Blackhawks pulled off a 2-1 victory in the first meeting.
In that game, the Blackhawks and Kings played a tight, low-scoring game that didn’t see a breakthrough until the second period. After a scoreless first, Chicago finally opened things up on a power play...
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