Over the first 3/5ths of the NHL season, stars in goal have stumbled while hidden talents have shined over the hockey world. It was expected that Philadelphia would finally have the goaltending…
We have survived many calamities this early fantasy hockey season but now comes the Valentine’s Week edition of “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can…
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Before this NHL season kicked off, one of the teams that pundits were talking about as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender was the Chicago Blackhawks.…
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,…
Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent Coming off of a season a year ago that saw them struggle with chemistry issues after an off-season of personnel flying out the door, the…
Blackhawks vs Vancouver, game 6 at the United Center, 4/24/11 (picture by Cheryl Adams) Tonight, the Chicago Blackhawks face off against one of their most heated rivals, the Vancouver Canucks,…
With the start of the NHL regular season approaching rapidly, much speculation has been doled out regarding what’s to come in the year ahead. While predicting the future is impossible,…
A year ago, the Chicago Blackhawks were winding down after spending the summer with Stanley, and the team had undergone a radical makeover as it attempted to squeeze under the…
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent After the frenzy that occurred on July 1st, a lot of the players who stood a great chance to make an immediate impact for their new…
3 — Dave Bolland, Chicago Blackhawks Call it curse, call it fear, but the series dynamic changed when Dave Bolland was inserted into the lineup in Game 4. Coming off…
When discussing candidates for the Calder Trophy, it’s always a little more challenging to compare goalies to skaters, because the stats are different, and the roles they play for their…
It’s easy, when looking at the stat sheets and thinking about who might be eligible for the current season’s Calder Memorial Trophy, to get lost in the dazzling stats of promising young forwards and D-men. Goalies tend to get less attention for the Calder, but Corey Crawford deserves serious attention this season.