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from The Hockey News, by Lyle Richardson,
The Detroit Red Wings suspend Dylan Larkin as he sits out awaiting a trade. Meanwhile, the Ottawa Senators are shopping around for a scoring forward, while the Chicago Blackhawks are among several clubs interested in little-used Washington Capitals winger Ivan Miroshnichenko.
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from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
The Chicago Blackhawks desperately needed two points in the final game of the long homestand on Tuesday, and they got ’em with a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings at the United Center.
After a shaky start in which they allowed the opening goal just 2:31 into the game and fell behind 8-0 in shots on goal through 4:04, the Blackhawks had their best 55-minute stretch of the season to snap the three-game losing streak.
from TSN,
CHICAGO (AP) — In Oliver Moore’s 70th NHL game, the promising forward made an ill-advised pass in Chicago’s offensive zone that led to a tying goal for Montreal.
In Moore’s 71st game, he was all over the ice in a big win for the Blackhawks.
from The Hockey News, by Adam Proteau,
The Chicago Blackhawks have been in rebuild for years now, but there's been no progress for Chicago fans to point to. Do head coach Jeff Blashill and GM Kyle Davidson have any legitimate solutions to fix this team?
from The Hockey News,
from Daily Faceoff, by Ryan Cuneo,
All signs pointed to this being the year the Chicago Blackhawks would begin to emerge from their rebuild. Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson made win-now moves over the offseason by trading the fourth overall pick for defenseman Bowen Byram and signing franchise legend Patrick Kane. Star center Connor Bedard appeared poised to announce himself as one of the game’s most dominant offensive players.
from The Hockey News, by Eric Cruikshank,
The injury bug has continued to make its way around the NHL. Catch up on the latest updates involving injury news around the league.
from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
The Chicago Blackhawks went toe-to-toe with the Florida Panthers and had chances to find a late game-winning goal on Sunday at the United Center. But much like their previous two games, getting the puck in the back of the net was a problem.
from Florida Hockey Now, by George Richards,
from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
Considering the circumstances, the Chicago Blackhawks should be vastly disappointed with Friday’s 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the United Center.
Coming off a five-day break and facing a Canadiens team without captain Nick Suzuki and rising-star winger Ivan Demidov , the Blackhawks had a prime opportunity to get back in the win column, but let two key points slip away on home ice.
from Sportsnet, by Eric Engels,
from Sportsnet,
Mike Matheson will return to the lineup on Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks, per Sportsnet's Eric Engels.
The defenceman has missed the past four games with a lower-body injury. Prior to his injury, Matheson led the team in time on ice and had one assist over five games played.
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from Daily Faceoff, by Ben Steiner,
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from Pittsburgh Hockey Now, by Dan Kingerski,
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from NHL.com,
CHICAGO -- Connor Bedard stood in the locker room sporting a backward baseball cap on his head and a sizeable vertical scar on his shoulder, the latter the souvenir of his surgery in July.
The 21-year-old toiled to get to this point. So many off- and on-ice training sessions, so much skating, so many shots to get back into the lineup several weeks before originally anticipated.
from Daily Faceoff, by Kyle Morton,
It’s been a rough start to a crucial year for the Chicago Blackhawks , who went 1-5-0 and cratered to last place in the Central Division in six games without new captain and franchise player Connor Bedard, who was out with a shoulder injury he sustained over the summer.
from The Hockey News, by Adam Proteau,
The Chicago Blackhawks gambled on defenseman Bowen Byram, and things haven't looked great early on.
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from NHL.com,
CHICAGO -- Connor Bedard was a full-contact practice participant for the first time this season Sunday and the Chicago Blackhawks captain is closer to returning from offseason shoulder injury.
“There's no real official date or anything, but obviously a good step today, getting to practice with the team and feel contact and be in battle drills, 5-on-5, stuff like that,” Bedard said. “I felt really good. I'll talk to the doctors here soon and find a game.”
from TSN,
Keep updated on all the injury news and roster updates from around the NHL with daily Ice Chips.
Sounds like Connor Bedard has been cleared for some practice contact, but not a full go just yet. pic.twitter.com/t7CKtsr1SD
from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
from ESPN,
Chicago Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday night for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders forward Bo Horvat on Thursday night.
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from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
With a much-needed 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, the Chicago Blackhawks calmed some of the early-season tension surrounding the team after a disastrous 0-3-0 opening road trip.
With a full house on hand at the United Center for the home opener, and perhaps more significantly, Patrick Kane’s first game back in Chicago, it was paramount for the Blackhawks to come away with two points for the first time this year, and they did precisely that with their best 60-minute performance of the season.
from NHL.com,
CHICAGO – Patrick Kane came out of the tunnel and skated onto the ice, splitting the illuminated No. 88 set up in his honor, the crowd roaring as “Rock You Like a Hurricane” by Scorpions blared from the speakers.
from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
It feels like there’s a mixed bag of emotions ahead of tonight’s home opener against the St. Louis Blues. On one hand, the Chicago Blackhawks are back at the United Center for the first regular-season game in six months, and that alone is exciting.
from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
This past weekend, the 2026-27 NCAA Men’s Division 1 ice hockey season officially got underway, with programs across the country playing their first games of the fall.
For the Chicago Blackhawks, it’s another year with several notable prospects developing in the NCAA, including their top two NHL draft selections from this past summer.
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from Chicago Hockey Now, by Jack Bushman,
With one of the most grotesque full-team performances in recent memory in Utah on Thursday, it wasn’t going to take much for the Chicago Blackhawks to improve in the road trip finale against the Buffalo Sabres.
from Daily Faceoff, by Hunter Crowther,
It’s been many years since the Chicago Blackhawks were a competitive team in the NHL, but the franchise is hoping the 2026-27 campaign is a step in the right direction after an offseason that saw them acquire Bowen Byram , re-acquire Patrick Kane and extend Connor Bedard to a long-term contract.
from Lyle Richardson of Spector's Hockey,
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