Brandon Paul's record-setting night led Illinois to an upset of the fifth-ranked Buckeyes and pushed the Illini's Big ten record to 4-1. more ›

The Blackhawks play eight of their next nine games at the United Center and got off to a rousing start by defeating Columbus. more ›

The Blackhawks' power play drought lasted nearly as long as a Kardashian marriage, but they hopefully put it back on track last night. more ›

It was a big night in Chicago as Bulls continue to control the Eastern Conference in a win over the Pistons and the Blackhawks are hanging on to that last playoff spot in a shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Friday night. more ›

The Blackhawks have found themselves on thin ice as they are starting to fall back into a slump after losing to the Blue Jackets 4-3Friday night. more ›

Blackhawks 7, Blue Jackets 4: The Blackhawks returned from the All-Star break with a purpose in Columbus last night. But it took a Joel Quenneville timeout to do so. A Jonathan Toews short-handed goal shortly after that timeout started a four-goal deluge that erased a 3-2 deficit and provided Marty Turco with a cushion to seal the victory. The Blackhawks next travel to Vancouver for a Friday night battle with their arch-rival Canucks. more ›

Well, Blackhawks’ coach Joel Quenneville was right when he said he had expectations of Marian Hossa returning after Christmas, the day after to be exact. After missing ten games due to an upper body injury, Hossa will return as the Hawks host the Blue Jackets tonight. more ›

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Blackhawks 5, Blue Jackets 2: Patrick Sharp scored two second period goals and set an individual team record with 13 shots on goal as the Blackhawks, playing without Patrick Kane, easily outpaced Columbus. more ›

It's still sunny and warm outside, so it's hard to believe the NHL has taken the ice again in preparation for a new season. Last year, Chicagoist made our yearly mistake of getting excited about the offseason moves and preseason successes of the Blackhawks, only to be let down once again. So this year we have vowed not to analyze the preseason too carefully and instead to wait to see how the Blackhawks look when... more ›

Chicagoist is not advocating the mass quantity purchase of aluminum foil to build your own Stanley Cup just yet. We are, however, encouraged to see the Blackhawks start their regular season off on a positive note, building on a successful pre-season by winning their season opener against a tough Nashville Predator team. ESPN calls the Predators "The Thinking Man's pick" to represent the Western Conference in this year's Stanley Cup. more ›

Over the weekend, the Blackhawks reduced their roster to 22 by sending seven players down to the AHL Norfolk Admirals in preparation for the start of the 2007 regular season. The 22-player roster includes 14 forwards, 6 defensemen and 2 net-minders. For those playing at home, the players shipped out were Michael Blunden (F), Brandon Bochenski (F), Dave Bolland (F), Jonas Nordqvist (F), Dustin Byfuglien (D), Danny Richmond (D), and James Wisniewski (D). more ›

Last year, the Blackhawks won just 26 games, ahead of only two teams in the NHL. Although it is just the preseason, Blackhawk fans have to feel good about the upcoming season. The Chicago Blackhawks have played five of their eight preseason games and are off to a perfect 5-0 start. The Blackhawks have not had troubles sounding the horn, scoring 19 goals for an average of 3.8 goals per game. In four of the... more ›