Considering the amount of speculation about his return, then the disappointment that followed, it would seem that many believe Toews needs a game or two to get ready for playoff action. Not the case. more ›

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

DePaul improved on its best start in 12 seasons and the Blackhawks entered their holiday break with the best record in the National Hockey League. more ›

The new look Blackhawks looked a lot like last year's model in Dallas last night. more ›

They were a little rusty to start, but once the action got moving the Blackhawks showed the crowd they're prepared for another successful season. more ›

Former Blackhawks Alexander Karpovtsev and Igor Korolev, both 41, were assistant coaches for the Russian Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team that was wiped out in the crash. more ›

The Blackhawks took care of some in-house business by signing Patrick Sharp to a five-year contract extension yesterday. more ›

The Tribune does some digging into where Patrick Kane's Stanley Cup-clinching goal may have gone. more ›

The Blackhawks seem to have learned from letting Antti Niemi go last season and announced an agreement with goalie Corey Crawford on a three-year, $8 million contract. more ›

It was a fun run while it lasted, but an Alexandre Burrows slap shot 5:22 into overtime gave the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 overtime win over the Blackhawks in Game 7 of their first round Stanley Cup playoff series. It seemed fitting that this game should go to overtime and, in thee end, the better team won. But don't cry for the Blackhawks for long, people. They showed a lot of heart and determination in fighting back from a 3-0 deficit. In the process, the Blackhawks made some new stars and showed that there is some talent on the bench past the front line players. more ›

Un-freaking -believable. The Blackhawks, written for dead after three lackluster losses to the Vancouver Canucks in this Stanley Cup playoff series, could pull of that rarest of feats tomorrow night -- winning a series after digging a 3-0 hole -- with a win in Vancouver after last night's 4-3 overtime win over the Canucks at the United Center. more ›

We prefer a more wide open brand of hockey, but we also have to admit that since the Blackhawks decided to start hitting the Vancouver Canucks back, the momentum in their Stanley Cup playoff series has shifted. The Canucks have reverted back to the team that Daily Herald columnist Barry Rozner described as "gutless." The Hawks routed Vancouver 5-0 last night, cutting their deficit in the series to 3-2 and forcing Game 6 at the United Center Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. more ›

We were all set to write the Blackhawks' postmortem. We still might have to come Friday. But for one night, the Blackhawks backed up the talk in their locker room that Vancouver could be beaten, that they weren't playing to the level they're capable of playing, that they could make a series of this. Bryan Bickell set the tone for last night's 7-2 thrashing of the Canucks, beating Roberto Luongo 1:43 into the game. The Blackhawks got the puck past Luongo throughout the second period with goals from Brian Campbell, Duncan Keith, Michael Frolik and the returning Dave Bolland, who missed the previous 17 games recovering from a concussion. Patrick Sharp added two third-period goals to cap the offensive assault. Most important for the Hawks, they finally hit the Canucks back. Vancouver responded by drawing a series of major penalties, losing their composure for the first time all series. more ›

Roberto Luongo showed what an elite goaltender can do when staked to a quick lead, shutting out the Blackhawks 2-0 in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoff series. Luongo made certain that first period goals from Christopher Higgins and Jannik Hansen, then shut down the Blackhawks with a 33-save performance. Corey Crawford was stellar in being able to hold the Sedin twins scoreless and played marvelous in goal all game, but the Canucks were the deeper team all game and played with a purpose after being kicked out of the previous two Stanley Cup playoffs by this same, but markedly different, Blackhawks team. Game 2 is tomorrow night. more ›

It took the Minnesota Wild's 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars last night to punch the Blackhawks' playoff ticket. And though the Hawks begin defense of their Stanley Cup championship Wednesday night against a Canucks team with whom they split their regular season series at two game apiece, they come into the playoffs with some serious issues. more ›

The cliche goes, "you have to want it bad enough." After last night's 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the United Center, Blackhawks fans must be asking that of their team. They made Lightning backup goalie Mike Smith look like Grant Fuhr or Dominik Hasek. Smith posted his first shutout of the season with a 31-save performance. The Blackhawks dictated the tempo for much of the game, but couldn't solve Smith. more ›

The Blackhawks held on to their tenuous grasp of reaching the playoffs last night with a 4-0 shutout of the Florida Panthers at the United Center. Corey Crawford earned his fourth shutout of the season with a 23-save performance as the Blackhawks stuck to a defensive-minded game plan against the Panthers. Brent Seabrook, Viktor Stalberg, Patrick Kane and Tomas Kopecky all scored to give Crawford a comfort zone to work with. The win allowed the Hawks to stay in contention for a Western Conference playoff spot. But with three points separating the teams in contention from those looking to leapfrog them, there is no margin for error. more ›

Blackhawks 5, Blues 3: Well, whaddaya know? The Blackhawks win a game against a division rival on the road. More important, they came back from behind with a flurry of goals and tightened on the defense to hold on. more ›

Patrick Kane, recovered from his bout with the flu, got a forehand shot past Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury during a shootout round to lift the Blackhawks over the Penguins 3-2. Patrick Sharp scored off a Jonathan Toews pass in the first period for his team-leading 31st goal of the season. Bryan Bickell also scored for the Hawks, who earned two crucial points in their fight to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. But their chances don't bode well if they went to a shootout round against a Penguins squad that's missing stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. more ›

The Blackhawks have recently admitted that they an eye on the Western Conference standings. Currently in eleventh place in the standings and with only four points separating them from eighth-place Calgary for the final playoff spot, they need to focus on playing good hockey. Last night's 3-1 win over Minnesota was a good start. The Wild are just ahead of the Blackhawks in the standings in tenth place and every win versus an opponent above them in the standings can go a long way towards helping the Blackhawks earn the shot to defend the Stanley Cup. more ›

D-Rose and the Bulls went down to New Orleans to face CP3 and the Hornets, while the Blackhawks dragged themselves into the Desert for a game against Phoenix. more ›

last night's game against the Utah Jazz was a homecoming of sorts for current Bulls Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer, who all traded in the Jazz's colors for Chicago red during the offseason. Boozer wound up being outplayed by his replacement, Paul Millsap, but the Bulls corrected their defensive lapses of the previous two losses and avoided their first three-game losing streak of the season with a 91-86 victory. Derrick Rose scored 29 points and dished out 7 assists while being shadowed by the bigger Deron Williams on both ends of the court. Boozer added 14 points and 6 rebounds. 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 ›

The NHL hosted its All-Star game yesterday in Raleigh, NC. While Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith wound up on the winning side of the ledger in Team Lindstrom's 11-10 victory over Team Staal, it was Patrick Sharp who stood out over the rest. Sharp (goal, assist, plus-2 for the game), playing for Team Staal, was named the game's MVP. more ›

After the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelpia Flyers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals last year, it appears that people were too busy partying to pay attention to where the game-winning hockey puck went. Some people thought that an upset Flyers fan grabbed the puck before anyone else could get their hands on it, but it's unclear how the puck left the ice without a trace on that fateful night. more ›

Wild 4, Blackhawks 2: Last year at the All-Star break the Blackhawks were cruising to a 100-point season with an eye on a Stanley Cup championship. This year, they're struggling to keep pace in a loaded Western Conference. Last night's 4-2 loss to Minnesota didn't help matters any. If the playoffs were to start today, the Hawks would be the bottom seed facing the conference-leading Vancouver Canucks. more ›

The Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers met yesterday in their only regular season meeting, and the Flyers clearly showed why they gave the Blackhawks all they could handle in last season's Stanley Cup Finals. more ›

Every game the Blackhawks play right now can have playoff ramifications. A four goal third period was the difference against Nashville last night at the United Center. more ›

The Bulls came out flat again. The Hawks played with a sense of urgency against Colorado. Plus, college basketball scores. more ›

Nets 96, Bulls 94: The Bulls struggled most of the night against the lowly Nets. A tip-in by Sasha Vujacic with 5.3 seconds left provided the margin of victory for New Jersey after CJ Watson tied the game with two free throws. Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 21 points, but only had one assist. more ›