Steve Sullivan

Before boarding their charter for St. Louis on Tuesday, the Blackhawks will practice at the Staples Center, which proves true an old adage: Criminals always return to the scene of the crime. The Blackhawks—generating woefully little offense—stole a...

Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter said Tuesday morning that he will be able to enjoy Wednesday and Thursday—when the NHL shuts down for Christmas —if his team works hard and gets rewarded for it. It should be a happy holiday then for the Hawks, who...

Hey, Bob, who would want to come here? I mean we can offer all the money in the world but who will want to come to the third worst team in the NHL? I have been a Hawks fan since I could stand, and in the NHL winning brings winners so what talent can we...

The last time Brent Seabrook was in this city of non-stop country music, he was pulling a Blackhawks jersey over his head after being selected 14th in the first round of June's entry draft. A little more than three months later, Seabrook, 18, returned to...

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...

Eric Daze returned Friday night after missing the season's first 15 games because of back surgery. But with 1 minute 26 seconds to play in regulation, another Blackhawks left wing, Chris Simon, stole the show to keep his former team from stealing the...

For the Blackhawks, so much of this early season has been like the movie "Groundhog Day." Get a lead early in the game and play great for two periods, try to protect that lead in the third and inevitably give up the tying goal and lose in overtime....

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...

After a while it should sink in. If a team is having a hard time scoring goals, it had better do all it can not to make things harder on itself. For the first five games this season, the 1-4 Blackhawks have dug themselves one hole after another....

An old saying—the first game of a road trip is your last game at home—was making the rounds in the Blackhawks' locker room before Sunday night's game against the Rangers. If that's true, the next two weeks will be quite a ride for the Hawks. On the eve...

Considering the terrible defeat at Minnesota on Wednesday night, and the fact the Blackhawks were back at it Thursday, rookie goaltender Michael Leighton figured he would be a spectator when the Hawks played host to the Calgary Flames. Instead,...

Last week coach Trent Yawney was offended when the Blackhawks' power play was described by some as struggling. It was certainly an appropriate adjective for Thursday's effort, when they failed on nine power-play attempts and even gave up a short-handed...