Alexander Karpovtsev

I don’t know what the Blackhawks could get in trade for Patrick Kane, but they have to find out. I’m not saying they must trade their star forward just to trade him. I’m not saying they have to take a bad deal. This is not the Cubs&...

A heated confrontation in a Nashville bar nearly a week ago did something for the Blackhawks that its miserable on-ice performance couldn't: It returned the sputtering franchise to the spotlight. A published report on a confrontation between coach...

Hey, Bob, don't you think that blaming Alex Zhamnov and Alexander Karpovtsev in recent discussions is unfair and based on the simple fact that they are not North Americans? Zhamnov is the only world-class player in Chicago. Granted, he doesn't score too...

Say this for the Blackhawks, they are remarkably consistent. Their winless streak stretched to 10 Friday afternoon with a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on a goal by Sergei Fedorov midway through the third period. The loss spoiled another good...

Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter said the quality he most admired about his young team is that "we don't go away. We stay there and stay there." While the Hawks may not go away, they don't do a whole lot wherever they are. Their winless streak grew to nine...

This is what happens when the margin of error is reduced to zero. When the object is not to score more than the other team but to hope to just give up fewer. When the guys who can actually provide offense are sitting on the bench or playing with guys...

The Blackhawks had been in this position before—trying to hang on in the third period with chaos swirling around them. In the recent West Coast road trip, the Hawks faced that situation in every game. And three times, they had watched the lead...

Firing a puck into your own net four minutes into a four-game trip and falling two goals down after five minutes isn't exactly what the Blackhawks had in mind Thursday. Yet that's the situation they faced after defenseman Alexander Karpovtsev fired a...

Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter doesn't want to hear anything about facing a weakened Minnesota Wild team that was without its top two scorers from last season. "I'm not going to feel sorry for them," Sutter said. The season begins whether players are...

The entire Blackhawks season was encapsulated in their 4-4 tie Sunday with the Edmonton Oilers. For the first two-thirds of the game—and season—the Hawks were very good, only to suffer a catastrophic fall. The Hawks led 4-1 with 2 minutes 29 seconds left...

With 15 of their last 25 games at the United Center, the schedule was supposed to work in the Blackhawks' favor as they try to claim the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. It's not working out that way. The Hawks dropped their third straight...