Here's another example of what can happen when someone takes sports too seriously. more ›

The stat that most stands out from this game is Detroit's 43-27 advantage in shots on goal. The Redwings held a 21-5 SOG advantage after twenty minutes of play. more ›

The Red Wings rallied from a 2-0 hole to beat the Blackhawks in overtime. DePaul is now 3-54 lifetime in Big East play. NIU capped a stellar season by winning the GoDaddy.com bowl. more ›

The Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 last night. more ›

The Bulls have been winning games recently they may have had no reason to be winning, getting off to sluggish starts and relying on Derrick Rose to will them back into games. That caught up with them last night in a 97-85 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at the United Center. Rose was 12-24 from the field for 31 points, but he also had 10 turnovers as the Sixers ran at the Bulls and attacked the basket all night. Sixers swingman Andre Iguodala was all over Luol Deng, holding Deng to 10 points. Iguodala scored 19 points. the Sixers were led by reserve guard Teddy Young's 21 points. more ›

You wouldn't have guessed the Blackhawks were coming off of an extended off-week by the way they played vs. the Red Wings, and the Bulls welcomed back one of their top scorers for a win over Cleveland. more ›

The Blackhawks are ready to face another goaltending controversy, but not in their net. Corey Crawford will get the start as they get ready to renew their rivalry with an injury-prone Detroit Red Wings. more ›

The Blackhawks played one of their best defensive games of the season after honoring one of the best defenesemen to ever play. The Hawks snapped their three-game losing streak on Chris Chelios Heritage night in a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings Friday night. more ›

Tonight's game between the Blackhawks and Detroit at the United Center takes on an added air of pomp and circumstance, as the Blackhawks honor former defenseman Chris Chelios before the game. more ›

As mentioned in today's Morning Box Score recap, the Blackhawks lost to the Red Wings 3-2. Prior to the game, however, the team went through what has become an annual tradition of walking the red carpet to the United Center prior to the game, followed by a much-anticipated raising of the championship banners to the UC rafters. more ›

Purdue 20, Northwestern 17: Poor special teams play sabotaged NU's chance to match its best start in 48 years. The Wildcats actually were ahead 17-13 in the fourth quarter when Purdue defensive tackle Kawann Short blocked Stefan Demos' 41-yard field-goal attempt. The Boilermakers then drove 68 yards for the final score, with fullback Dan Dierking scoring on a 7-yard run with 3:54 remaining. NU quarterback Dan Persa passed for 305 yards in the loss. more ›

With a final score well suited for the venue, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 in Thursday's Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic 2009. The Blackhawks, like the '08 Cubs so often did, jumped out to an early lead. Kris Versteeg put the first run on the board, and Martin Havlat's one timer sent the 'Hawks back in front after Detroit's Mikael Samuelsson tied the score at one apiece. In the final minute of the first period, Ben Eager lured Wing's goaltender Ty Conklin to his right from behind the net, then craftily switched directions and dumped a wrap-around into the left-hand void, making it 3-1 'Hawks. Despite Chicago's furious start, it was all Wings from then on. more ›

We're all getting over our excitement for the upcoming NHL Winter Classic on New Years Day. Blackhawks versus Red Wings at Wrigley? Hell yes, we say. But some of us are teeny bit more excited than others. For example, Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley. Quigley put together a resolution declaring January 1, 2009 as "Chicago Blackhawks Day" and designating Wrigleyville as an "Octopus-Free Zone." But our favorite part of the resolution? The clever Quigley tossed in a slam on the rival Red Wings by using red capital letters in the last line of the resolution that, when written out together, spell "DETROIT SUCKS." Buuuuurrrrrrn! Your move, Detroit. more ›

For the first time in a long while, Chicago is seeing success from both the Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) and the Chicago Wolves (AHL). The Wolves are off to a 13-1-1 start, giving them the best winning percentage in the league--which should come as no surprise to their faithful fans. On the other hand, it is a surprise that after a quarter of the season, the Blackhawks aren't breaking their fans' hearts. The Hawks have skated... more ›

The Chicago Blackhawks have released a schedule for home televised games for the 2007-2008 season that includes seven dates starting with Sunday's 6pm game against the Detroit Red Wings. more ›

The Blackhawks are three games into their 2007-2008 NHL Campaign, and so far it looks like it could be another tough year for hockey fans here in Chicago. They've yet to find a way to sound the horn on power plays--hell, they've have had trouble scoring at all, with just four goals in three games, none while having the man advantage. No surprise though as the Hawks have been the worst in the NHL on... more ›

Peter Bondra saw his first minutes with the Blackhawks and helped propel them to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Bondra, a sixteen-year veteran of the NHL, signed with the Blackhawks on Sunday and was suited up for Tuesday night's game. Chicagoist was excited to see his contract was based on performance. Bondra earns $500,000 for showing up but can earn an additional $1 million in performance-based incentives if he produces for the... more ›