The Blackhawks returned from the NHL All-Star Break to lose their third straight, while Illinois weathered some sloppy play to snap a three-game losing streak. more ›

It was a team effort for the Blackhawks last night as Joel Quenneville won his 600th game as a head coach. more ›

The Bulls kicked off their preseason with a win, while the Blackhawks won their fourth straight. 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 ›

It's a sign that summer in Chicago won't last much longer. more ›

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

For the first 28 minutes of last night's game against the Blues, the Blackhawks seemed content to continue backing into the playoffs as the Western Conference's eighth seed. Then the Blackhawks were gifted a goal, changing the momentum in a 4-3 overtime victory at the United Center. 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 playoff tickets go on sale at 11 a.m., but the team needs to take care of business in their final 10 games to make sure they won't be refunding the ticket money. Last night's 2-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes was a good start. The Hawks got power play goals from Duncan Keith and Chris Campoli, who scored the game winner off a sweet cross-crease pass from Jonathan Toews. Corey Crawford, meanwhile, rebounded from some recent bad play in goal to notch 22 saves, including a strong stop of a near-breakaway by Phoenix's Adrian Aucoin. more ›

Before last night the Blackhawks were unable to break through against their former goalie Antti Niemi and the San Jose Sharks. But the offensive firepower that's been a part of the team's resurgence the past month finally got to Niemi. Marian Hossa scored twice on power plays and Patrick Kane scored the 100th goal of his career as the Blackhawks doubled up the Sharks 6-3 at the united Center. In the process, the Hawks avoided a regular season sweep by San Jose and vaulted back into fourth place in the tightly packed Western Conference. The Blackhawks next face the Dallas Stars Thursday. more ›

Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Washington Capitals have no room to mess around. Every move, every point, every goal is critical as they fight for a playoff spot. They may be battling in separate conferences, but every game is vital. The Capitals got the best of the Blackhawks Sunday afternoon, grabbing their eighth straight win and took down the Hawks 4-3. more ›

Add Michael Jordan to the growing list of current and former players proclaiming Derrick Rose NBA MVP. Jordan made his proclamation after the Bulls' 101-84 win over his Charlotte Bobcats. As for Rose, he had a workmanlike game with 20 points and six assists, but he hit four of his six three-point shots. The Bulls showed off their bench depth last night. Kyle Korver matched Rose with 20 points of his own, while Taj Gibson added 14 and Ronnie Brewer 10. Gibson might be back in a starting role, depending on the severity of Carlos Boozer's sprained ankle. Boozer was fouled hard going to the basket by the Bobcats' Kwame Brown last night, left the game and didn't return. more ›

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville returned to the bench after missing four games with a bleeding stomach ulcer. The team responded in kind with an emphatic 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Music City, USA. The Czechs, Tomas Kopecky and Marian Hossa, scored for the Hawks (Patrick Sharp added an empty netter late), and Corey Crawford continued his strong play in goal, stopping all 31 Predators shots on goal. 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 ›

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 ›

The Vancouver Canucks hold the best record in the NHL, but have had some trouble solving the Blackhawks being knocked out of the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. The Blackhawks five-game win streak over Vancouver ended last night with some bad calls and poor power play performances in a 4-3 loss. 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

Ducks 2, Blackhawks 1: With both the Blackhawks and Anaheim sitting their captains due to injury, goaltending decided last night's game at "the Pond." Anaheim's Jonas Hiller and the Hawks' Corey Crawford put on a clinic last night, but Hiller wound up winning this one, standing strong especially well during a third period in which Chicago had a staggering 19-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Blackhawks couldn't muster offense the entire game, losing to Anaheim 2-1. more ›

The Blackhawks took on San Jose without Jonathan Toews, while UIC and Loyola took to the hardcourt. more ›

The Blackhawks Stanley Cup title wasn't like the '85 Bears winning Super Bowl XX, or the Jordan-era Bulls. The latter was more a sense of inevitability, while the former had the talent to win three straight titles but only won one. When the Blackhawks kicked off the 2009-10 season, they knew from owner Rocky Wirtz to the last man on the bench that the salary cap issues they would have to answer in the offseason meant that it was Stanley Cup or bust. more ›

Marty Turco and Patrick Sharp led the Blackhawks in their fourth straight win while Carlos Boozer, Derrick Rose, and the Bulls held on for an overtime win in Detroit. 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 ›

The Bulls traveled to DC to take on the Wizards. The Blackhawks hosted Nashville. Illinois and Missouri fought for Braggin' Rights last night. more ›

The Blackhawks and Kings faced off at the United Center last night. more ›