Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 09, 2025
On Wednesday morning, the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) — of which I am a member — announced the 32 nominees for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The Chicago Blackhawks’ nominee for the 2024-25 season is forward Pat Maroon. Maroon, 36, is calling it a career when the Blackhawks’ season ends on Tuesday evening in Ottawa. To date, he has appeared in 846 regular-season games (plus another 163 in the postseason). Originally a sixth-round…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 09, 2025
The biggest news in the NHL on Tuesday afternoon came from Russia. Ivan Demidov, the fifth overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, was granted his wish to leave the KHL and signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the Montreal Canadiens. Lots of Blackhawks fans wanted Chicago to select Demidov second overall, where they opted to pick Artyom Levshunov. The Blackhawks reportedly tried to trade back into the top four…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 08, 2025
On Sunday night, the Blackhawks kept Sidney Crosby off the board (he was minus-three) and Spencer Knight came within about six minutes of a shutout. They weren’t as fortunate tonight. Kevin Korchinski got clipped for two penalties in the first period (the second of which was soft). Crosby scored six seconds into the second advantage — with 16 seconds remaining in the period — to give Pittsburgh a one-goal lead…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 08, 2025
If this feels redundant, it’s because it is. These two teams played each other on Sunday evening. They’re playing again tonight. Because why face each other in the first 76 games of the year when you can play twice in the final nine days of the regular season? Right? Broadcast Info Puck Drop: 6:00 PM CTTV / Streaming: WCIU, Chicago Sports Network (if/where available)Radio: WGN 720 AM The puck drops Tuesday night🏒💥Get in…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 08, 2025
The OHL playoffs continue this week with the second round beginning on Thursday evening. The good news: most of the Blackhawks’ prospects advanced to the next round. The bad news: at least one will go home after the second round; two teams with Hawks prospects will face each other in their upcoming series. Here’s the when and where for the remaining Blackhawks prospects in the second round of the OHL…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 08, 2025
I hate opening our bullets with sad news, but the hockey community is mourning. Greg Millen passed away. For our many Canadian hockey fans (and there are a lot of you based on what the Google Analytics tells me), he was part of the Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada crew for three decades. Last night, Sportsnet made the decision to air the Sharks’ home broadcast instead of trying to…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 08, 2025
Let’s start our morning with some appreciation for Ilya Mikheyev. On Sunday night against the same Penguins team the Blackhawks will face Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Mikheyev scored twice to reach the 20-goal plateau for the second time in his career. He also established a new career high with 35 points. I mentioned this when discussing Lukas Reichel sleeping thru his alarm the other day but did a little more digging…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 07, 2025
On Sunday night, Connor Bedard made a little history that got lost in the shuffle with between Alex Ovechkin breaking the record and the Blackhawks beating the Penguins. He became the 11th player — third active — in NHL history to have multiple 60-point seasons as a teenager. Here’s the full list of players who recorded multiple 60-point seasons as a teenager in NHL history: Patrik Laine – 2016-17 &…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 07, 2025
We’re now into the final ten days of the 2024-25 NHL regular season. Teams are clinching playoff berths and getting eliminated every day. For some teams, the hope of a run for a championship is alive and well. For others, the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery can’t come soon enough (it’s reportedly going to be the first week of May, Blackhawks fans). As we inch closer to the draft order/lottery odds…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 07, 2025
Before Sunday night’s game, I asked interim head coach Anders Sorensen about how he could keep his young players from having an awe experience when they took the ice against the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Alex Ovechkin and, on Sunday night, Sidney Crosby. Oliver Moore and Sam Rinzel have now faced those guys in the last three games — three of their first four in the league. All he could…
