On Monday, Hockey Canada officially named the roster for its World Junior Championship training camp. As I mentioned in our Monday bullets, Marek Vanacker is not on the list. Vanacker, like his then-Brantford teammate Nick Lardis one year ago, is lef
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In his first 22 games as the Chicago Blackhawks head coach, Jeff Blashill has done a marvelous job of helping the franchise take it’s next step in their rebuild. With more and more of GM Kyle Davidson’s high-end draft picks finally arriving at th
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The Minnesota Wild take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. WILD (12-7-4) at BLACKHAWKS (10-8-4) 8:30 p.m.…
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The Chicago Blackhawks continue a four-game homestand Wednesday night, welcoming the red-hot Minnesota Wild to the United Center. The Wild looked like a mess early on, but they’ve been having a lot of success lately, riding a five-game winning s
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The Blackhawks continue a busy stretch of home games with another division rival visiting the United Center. Tonight’s matchup with the Wild brings one of the hottest teams in the entire NHL into town to face the Blackhawks. Make sure you’ve
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The Chicago Blackhawks (10-8-4) continue their four-game homestand to conclude November against the Minnesota Wild (12-7-4) on Wednesday night. Last time out, the Blackhawks were shut out for the first time this season, falling 1-0 to the Colorado Av
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While there was only one game on the NHL schedule on Tuesday, 30 of the league’s 32 clubs will be in action on Thanksgiving Eve. The Chicago Blackhawks play their second game of a four-game homestand to close out November, where they face the red-h
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We should be treated to a terrific goaltender matchup tonight. In the month of November, Minnesota’s Jesper Wallstedt is 5-0-0 with a .970 save percentage. The Wild’s other goaltender, Filip Gustavsson — who Michael Russo tweeted is expected to
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This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. BLACKHAWKS Laurent Brossoit explains injury journey from meniscus surgery to “aha moment” (Sun-Times) All the good — and bad — from the Blackhawks through the first quar
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Considering how Bedard is developing in his third NHL season and the increasing salary cap, there are plenty of reasons for intrigue.
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CBC Sports' daily newsletter checks in on some NHL trends at the quarter mark of the season, including a great start by some top Canadian players and a bad one for most Canadian teams.
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Thanksgiving in the US has become an unofficial benchmark on the NHL calendar for teams to assess their chances of making the postseason. With that, there start to be internal conversations about how to plan for potential adding or subtracting before
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In the summer of 2009, the Chicago Blackhawks signed Marian Hossa to a 12-year, $62.8 million contract. It was the best free agent signing in Blackhawks history and helped propel... Read more » The post ANALYSIS: NHL free agency is dead, how does it
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