Cheryl Adams
@https://twitter.com/HockeyBroad
Cheryl grew up as a Hartford Whalers fan, and was introduced to the Blackhawks fandom in the late 1990s. She created the Hockey Broad website (www.hockeybroad.com), which is aimed at showcasing female fans' serious dedication to hockey. Her work has appeared on Puck Daddy, the LA Kings website, and TheHockeyWriters.com. Since she started writing about hockey in March 2010, the Blackhawks have won three Stanley Cups -- which may or may not be a coincidence.
Author's Posts
Blackhawks bust losing streak with a 4-2 win over Rangers
February 17th, 2012 Coming into Thursday night's game against the Blackhawks, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella acknowledged that they would be facing a "desperate" team. The sentiment around the league was that a team as good as the Blackhawks just couldn't go on losing forever; and talk about firing coach Joel Quenneville was reality-checked by other...
Oilers-Blackhawks close out season series with Sam Gagner's historic 8-point night
February 3rd, 2012 Sam Gagner, Blackhawks killer? Nobody would've predicted it. Ganger started the evening with just 5 goals and 17 assists for the entire season. Only one of those points, an assist, came against the Blackhawks in the past 3 match ups. Thursday night in Edmonton, however, Gagner scored no less than 4 goals and 4 assists - having...
Staring down the home stretch: examining the Blackhawks' defense
January 22nd, 2012 The Chicago Blackhawks went into Nashville on Saturday evening and took home a 2-5 loss against the Predators, a Central division rival. Goalie Corey Crawford gave up the first four goals, including a groaner of a goal from the red line that was the result of a quirky bounce, before getting pulled in favor of Ray Emery, who gave...
Midseason report card: Chicago Blackhawks
January 8th, 2012 Chicago hit the halfway mark on their season on Friday night, a frustrating 0-4 shut out against the surging Colorado Avalanche on home ice. As they begin the home stretch of the season, the Blackhawks sit comfortably at 52 points (which puts them on pace for 104). Although they have graced the top position in the league more than once...Blackhawks vs Red Wings: a Central rivalry renewed
It's startling to realize that the Blackhawks and Red Wings haven't faced each other since that fateful Sunday last April: how far both teams have come in nearly nine months. Although the Blackhawks won the 2010-2011 series with the Red Wings 4-2, it was the two particular games they lost at home against Detroit that stung the most....
Blackhawks warm up for holiday home stretch
December 18th, 2011 Chicago sits in one of the top spots in the league, but they haven't made it easy on themselves along the way. The Blackhawks took points out of 11 of the first 13 games on their schedule; two of those were determined in overtime; and four of those went to a shoot out. Chicago then went nearly a month with all games ending in...
