It has been a difficult few months as it pertains to a couple of the best hockey broadcasters in the business. Dave Strader, most recently known for his play-by-play contributions to the Dallas Stars and NBC Sports, passed away on Oct. 1, 2017, in his New York home. Eddie Olczyk, a color analyst for the […]

The Chicago Blackhawks trounced the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday night at the United Center. The Blackhawks, following a longer-than-anticipated offseason, looked energized and intent to start the process of atoning for an abysmal first-round exit from the 2017 playoffs. The Penguins, on the other hand, looked like a team playing the […]

Make no mistake about it: Chicago is a Bears town. It has been for as long as I can remember. What about baseball? Sure, fans across the city have their allegiances. But they’re divided. Interest weighs towards the Cubs given the franchise’s recent and unprecedented success. The White Sox maintain their core fan base and, […]

The 2017 NHL offseason will treat hockey fans and challenge front offices with an uncommon aspect of modern-day professional sports: the expansion draft. Expansion drafts in the NHL occurred more frequently two decades ago, as the league underwent six between 1991 and 2000. In total, the NHL has conducted 12 expansion drafts in its 100-year […]

Welcome aboard, Ryan Johansen. You’re the newest member of the Ryan Kesler fan club — a growing list of NHL players that spend three hours opposing him only to come away agitated. It’s a script we’ve seen before. The two players spent much of the Anaheim Ducks‘ Game 2 victory on Sunday night in a back-and-forth jousting […]

The saying goes that ‘time heals all wounds’. That may be true. Unless, perhaps, your wound is the most embarrassing postseason effort that your franchise and fan base have endured over the past 25 years. The Chicago Blackhawks‘ swift exit from the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs was just that. Certainly, the four-game sweep at the […]

If you have even a limited knowledge of NHL history, I can probably guess what you’re thinking: No. Has this guy lost his mind? No sane individual with at least a modest appreciation for the game’s history would attempt to craft an argument that the venerable William Scott “Scotty” Bowman is not the greatest bench […]

The Chicago Blackhawks’ last decade of success has been fueled by a group of core players. Household names like Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Marian Hossa, and Niklas Hjalmarsson have anchored the Blackhawks’ three modern-day Stanley Cup championships. If the organization is to win its fourth in eight years, this “core” will no […]

NHL teams are jockeying for playoff position as we enter the final month of the 2016-17 regular season. While the playoff race will receive most of the hockey world’s attention, another fantastic race is quietly taking shape. Behold, the Art Ross Trophy. First awarded to Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens in 1948, the Trophy […]

In the chase for Western Conference supremacy, the Anaheim Ducks are a familiar foe for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Thursday night match-up at the United Center will come at a time when points are critical if the Blackhawks are to permanently supplant the Central Division and Western Conference leading Minnesota Wild. With the Ducks solidly […]