Almost all of the talk about the Red Wings and Blackhawks the last couple of days has surrounded the massive hit on Martin Havlat dished out by Niklas Kronwall of the Wings.  Hearing the Blackhawks and Red Wings react to the check, you’d think they watched two different plays.  The Wings say clean hit with [...]

That felt like one of the quickest hockey games I had ever watched.  One goal for Vancouver in the second period off a blocked shot provided the only scoring for the majority of the contest, but it seemed like time was running in that accelerated video game speed.
Part of that must have been the lack [...]

What an unbelievable start to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Blackhawks in their return to the postseason.  After a slow start the Hawks got it together in the second period and ended up beating the Flames in overtime to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
After the slow start, the Hawks managed to tie [...]

The weekend for the Chicago Blackhawks was so bad, I had to take a day to let it soak in before posting about it.  The Hawks were outscored by a total of 10-4 in losses to the Bruins and the Avalanche.
With the two losses, the Hawks have now lost six of eight games and are [...]

Martin Havlat scored a great game winner in overtime last night as the Blackhawks beat the Ducks 3-2.  After scoring two in the first and giving up two in the second, a scoreless third led to the extra period, where Havlat made a steal and held off a Ducks defender to score the winner.
Troy Brouwer [...]