Jimmy Hayes

There's no point assigning letter grades to the Blackhawks now that they've reached the halfway point in the truncated 48-game season. Straight A's across the board. Even the marketing team and virtual unknowns behind the scenes have performed at a...

For the Blachawks, it was their first game of the rest of the next month without Patrick Sharp. The sniper took his 20 goals to the injured list, leaving a big hole that was filled only by a question: Who would score those goals? You looked at the...

A one-game vacation could be in the works for some Blackhawks when they travel to St. Louis on Saturday to take on the Blues in the regular-season finale. Coach Joel Quenneville said before Friday's game against the Flames that he might rest players...

ST. LOUIS — After two consecutive seasons of scrambling for playoff positioning during the final game, the Blackhawks found themselves able to take a load off this time around. With the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and home-ice advantage...

Blackhawks goaltender Ray Emery and center Dave Bolland will miss the final two regular-season games of the season, including Friday’s meeting with the Flames at the United Center, coach Joel Quenneville said after a Friday morning skate. Emery...

Coach Joel Quenneville’s use of all four lines and all D-men is masterful, but with the compacted season is it smart to double-shift Patrick Kane? Kevin, Chicago With Marian Hossa sidelined with what a source said is a shoulder injury,...

|TV SPORTS|  College Men’s Basketball -- Big East Conference tournament, games at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (ESPN); 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (ESPN2)  Soccer -- UEFA Champions League, Porto at Malaga, 2:30 p.m. (FSN); UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Bayern...

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It didn't happen through 65 minutes, but the Wolves finally found a way to put some pucks behind Carter Hutton. The Wolves scored three times in the shootout to escape with a 1-0 victory over Rockford on Saturday night before a crowd of 14,505 at...

With an NHL lockout set to begin in a matter of hours, the Chicago Blackhawks made a series of roster moves Saturday to allow young players to keep playing. The Hawks assigned forwards Kyle Beach, Brandon Bollig, Terry Broadhurst, Rob Flick, Byron...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The comebacks keep coming for the never-say-die Blackhawks. Refusing to wilt not from the desert heat but from that of a suffocating Coyotes defense, the Hawks rallied to a 2-1 overtime victory in Game 5 of the Western...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Drexel at Cleveland State, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Marquette at Clemson, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Wichita State at Davidson, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Nevada-Las Vegas at New Mexico, Noon (CBS); Texas-El Paso at Memphis, Noon (FXSP)...