Posts About "Kirby Dach"
Blackhawks News & Rumors: Goaltending Situation, Dach & Caggiula
July 20th, 2020 The Chicago Blackhawks have been working hard at the Fifth Third Arena for a week now. As the days are ticking off the calendar and they are moving closer to playing games that matter, the roster still has some serious questions, especially between the pipes. One youngster is starting to look every bit like a high first-round draft...
Blackhawks' News & Rumors: Hub Cities, Dach, de Haan & More
July 3rd, 2020 Greetings Chicago Blackhawks’ fans! So much has been happening in the hockey world this past week! While July 1 is normally the first day of free agency, that was postponed this year due to the NHL pause and COVID-19. Instead we found out the two cities that will hopefully host the playoffs later this summer, as well as Collective...
Blackhawks' Roundtable: Favorite Player, Draft Lottery Decisions & More
June 29th, 2020 There are a lot of question marks around the National Hockey League right now. Who will get the 2020 NHL Draft first overall pick? Will play resume and the Stanley Cup be awarded? How many players will contract COVID-19? And of course, we here in Chicago are interested in how this will affect the Chicago Blackhawks. Today Brooke...
Best Blackhawks' Draft Picks: 2010 to Present
June 28th, 2020 This is the second piece in a two-part series looking back on the Chicago Blackhawks' best draft picks in the last two decades. The first column highlighted 10 players that were drafted from 2002 to 2009, with three different general managers calling the shots. But Stan Bowman took over in July of 2009, right after that year's draft....
Saskatoon Blades' 1st-Round NHL Draft Picks Since 2000
June 18th, 2020 Inspired by 2019 third-overall NHL Draft selection Kirby Dach, I thought we would take a retrospective look at each of the seven first-round draft selections that the Saskatoon Blades have produced in the new millennium. Saskatoon has a rich history dating back to the 1960s, so to make this story a bit more manageable in size and to...
Saskatoon Blades: Youth on Display in Retooling Season
June 6th, 2020 Call it a retooling season for the Saskatoon Blades, not rebuilding. Expectations were high for the Blades coming into the 2019-20 campaign, and rightly so, after they finished the 2018-19 season with 98 points and reached the second round of the playoffs, where they bowed out to the eventual league champion Prince Albert...
Top 10 Highlights From Blackhawks' 2019-20 Season
May 18th, 2020 Gosh, I miss hockey! While the NHL is looking at ways to finish out the NHL season and reward the Stanley Cup, we’ve all been without hockey for quite some time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chicago Blackhawks’ last contest was a 6-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Mar. 11. To that end, this seems like a perfect time to...
Blackhawks' Youth Movement Is Here
March 26th, 2020 If you haven’t noticed, the Chicago Blackhawks are getting younger and younger. Call it a soft rebuild if you’d like, or a retooling. While a small core group is still there, a new generation of younger blood is being built around them. Sure, the Blackhawks added some veteran depth pieces this past offseason to support their core....
Blackhawks in Playoff Push, but Face Challenges
February 8th, 2020 The Chicago Blackhawks had our hopes soaring last Saturday night with a 3-2 shootout thriller after their bye week. It was just what we wanted to see. They started on time, they had energy throughout the entire game, and picked up where they left off (five wins in the last six games before the break) with a victory and two points in the...
Blackhawks' Roundtable: Boqvist, Dach & Crappy Hockey
December 15th, 2019 Welcome back to The Hockey Writer’s Chicago Blackhawks’ roundtable, December edition! While it’s only the third month of the season, it’s become abundantly clear the Blackhawks are on the way to their third consecutive campaign without a playoff berth. It’s not fun when your team isn’t finding success, but the show must...
Dach Scores Shootout Winner, Blackhawks Beat Devils 2-1
December 6th, 2019 NEWARK, N.J. — Kirby Dach scored in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the New Jersey Devils 2-1 Friday night. Chicago won its second game in two nights. Corey Crawford preserved the victory by stopping Jack Hughes on the final shootout attempt to cap a night where he won his 250th game. He had 29...
Chicago Blackhawks: 5 Reasons to Be Thankful
November 27th, 2019 It seems like just yesterday we were anxiously counting down the days until the Chicago Blackhawks’ 2019-20 opening night. Now all the sudden we’re almost through the month of November, and 24 games into the season. Thanksgiving is upon us, and Christmas is right around the corner. Where does the time go? Past statistics indicate...
Blackhawks Stock Watch: Toews, Dach Up, Power Play Down
November 24th, 2019 Two steps forward, three steps back. That seems to be the trend of the 2019-20 season for the Chicago Blackhawks thus far, and that was the tale again this past week. After two huge wins against the Nashville Predators and the Buffalo Sabres, including a 7-2 statement game against Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne after he provided some...
