Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 12, 2025
The Blackhawks hosted the team with the best record in the entire NHL for their home finale. The visitors had the likely runaway Vezina Trophy winner in net. Oh, and Alec Martinez returned to the lineup from injury… to skate in his final NHL game. So it made perfect sense that the Blackhawks would get out-shot 8-4 in the first period and take a 2-0 lead to the intermission. Oh,…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 12, 2025
Remember when Pat Maroon surprised us in St. Louis when he told Darren Pang that he was calling it a career at the end of the season? Well, not one to ever beg for attention, Alec Martinez has followed suit. This will be his final season — and game — in the NHL as well. He shared that with Panger during the pregame warm-up. Alec Martinez officially tells @Panger40 that…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 12, 2025
It’s the home finale for the Blackhawks for the 2024-25 season. More significantly, it is the final game in the fabulous career of Pat Maroon, who will not travel with the team for the final two games of the season. Maroon has enjoyed a wonderful career and I’m sure the fans at the United Center (and probably Jets players as well) will show him the appropriate love tonight. Broadcast Info…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 12, 2025
On Saturday morning, the Blackhawks announced the team has signed forward Aidan Thompson to a two-year, entry-level contract. The deal has a $895,000 salary cap hit. As was the case with defenseman Taige Harding, Thompson signed an PTO with Rockford for the rest of the 2024-25 season and his ELC will begin with the 2025-26 season. https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1911087221609803862 Thompson, 23, was originally a third-round pick by the Blackhawks (No. 90 overall)…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 12, 2025
Tonight is the final home game on the schedule for the Blackhawks this season. It is also the final game in the career of Pat Maroon, who won’t travel with the team to Montreal or Ottawa to close out the regular season. He leaves a legacy of teammates who loved him, opponents who respected him and three championship rings on his resume. I’m sure there will be all of the…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 11, 2025
On Saturday, Pat Maroon will play his 848th and final career NHL regular-season game. Originally a sixth-round pick (No. 161 overall) by Anaheim in the 2007 NHL Draft, he didn’t make an NHL roster full-time until 2013-14 season. Since then, Maroon has become a three-time Stanley Cup Champion and one of the most beloved players in the game. On March 22 before his final game in his hometown, Maroon told…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 11, 2025
And then there were three. Yes, three games remain in the 2024-25 regular season for the Chicago Blackhawks. Just one of those is at the United Center — tomorrow evening with the Winnipeg Jets visiting. Darren Pang opened the game last night with the news that Pat Maroon will play his final NHL game against the Jets; he will not travel with the Blackhawks to Montreal or Ottawa to close…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 10, 2025
The Blackhawks played a pretty solid opening 20 minutes. They out-shot the Bruins 11-10, won 52 percent of the faceoffs and had a few nice looks at the net. But a bad (dare I say dumb?) turnover by Philipp Kurashev found its way to the back of the net and the Hawks took a one-goal deficit to the room for the first intermission. In an incredibly rare moment in this…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 10, 2025
This will be the 600th game all-time between the Blackhawks and Bruins. Two teams that, for many hockey fans, were among the elite from 2009-19 in the entire NHL come into this evening’s game in second and fourth, respectively, in the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery odds. Yeah, this isn’t exactly Toews vs. Bergeron. But it’s still an Original Six matchup. So let’s get excited, eh? Broadcast Info Puck Drop: 6:00 PM…
Chicago Blackhawks
Tab Bamford
•Apr 10, 2025
Today is a VERY busy day for Blackhawks fans. The Frozen Four happens and the OHL’s second-round playoff series begin. Which is awesome and exciting and fun and all of the things. And those happen on the same day the Blackhawks play Game 79 of their 2024-25 regular season. Which means there are only four games — including tonight — left in the remarkable career of Pat Maroon. Yesterday, the…
