McGuire: Blackhawks Need More Emotion
The Chicago Blackhawks will play game number 60 on Monday. And with the games dwindling, they'll have to quickly leap frog three teams to make the playoffs.
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The Chicago Blackhawks will play game number 60 on Monday. And with the games dwindling, they'll have to quickly leap frog three teams to make the playoffs.
The Blackhawks started strong with Patrick Sharp scoring twice in the first ten minutes of the game. Columbus exploded in the second period and held off the Hawks. Chicago rushed the Blue Jackets in the final seconds hoping to push the game into overtime, but fell short
The Chicago Blackhawks picked up two big points on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Wild. But if they want to reach the playoffs they'll have to have that same result again Friday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks lost to a three goal lead Friday night to Dallas in a shootout, now they dropped it again after coming back from a two point deficit facing the Coyotes.
The Chicago Blackhawks are under pressure to win games and acquire standings points. To try and do that against the third place Dallas Stars, the Blackhawks will turn to their veteran goalie.
On Wednesday night the Chicago Blackhawks got back where they needed to be, in the win column. The 4-1 victory over the dreadful Edmonton Oilers didn't put them back in the playoffs, but it was a must win game.
There might not be a better way for the Chicago Blackhawks to really jump start their push for the playoffs than traveling to Vancouver to take on one of their most bitter rivals.
Jonathan Toews had a short-handed goal and two assists and the Chicago Blackhawks started a grueling six-game, 12-day road trip by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-4 on Tuesday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks start a road trip that will have them play six games over the course of two weeks. The team is hoping to use the momentum from the All-Star weekend to boost them in the Western Conference.
Sunday afternoon, the NHL's top players took the ice for the All-Star game, including four Chicago Blackhawks. Among them are Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews on team Lidstrom and Patrick Sharp on Team Staal with coach Joel Quenneville.
The NHL All-Star fantasy draft took place Friday night and a lot of people were hoping to see Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane face each other Sunday. It began to look that way as Toews kept getting skipped over by both teams until Kane finally called his name.
Heading into the All-Star break, the Chicago Blackhawks are holding onto a playoff spot by a tread. Down the stretch they're going to need to capitalize on every opportunity for a standings point.
Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild have been playing good hockey as of late and are trying to rack up as many standing points as possible.
A potentially huge weekend for the Chicago Blackhawks, turned in to just a good weekend. The Blackhawks knocked off the rival Detroit Red Wings on Saturday but fell to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will play against the Minnesota Wild Tuesday despite missing Monday's practice.
The Predators held off the Blackhawks until the end of the first period, when Tomas Kopecky scored. The Blackhawks scored once more early in the second period and the Preds were scoreless. Nashville tied it up in the third and took the victory in a shootout.
It look as if Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith will have some company at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game. See full All-Star roster here.
It was an electric night at the United Center as the Ottawa Senators scored a late third period goal forcing overtime and shoot out.
The Blackhawks have their full roster available to them for one of the few times all season, last time it happened Jonathan Toews suffered a shoulder injury.
Jonathan Toews scored the winning goal off his own skate at 14:33 of the third period, giving the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
It's been an up and down season so far for the Chicago Blackhawks. After being on an up-swing, winning three games in a row and getting healthy, it appears the Blackhawks are coming down again.
Ty Conklin shut down a team that burned him for seven goals last month, stopping 25 shots in the St. Louis Blues' 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was injured in the first period against the St. Louis Blues and won't return to the game.
It seems as if the Blackhawks have figured everything out this season. The team is showing flashes of last year's brilliance, and they're going for their third straight victory.
The Hawks edged out another victory despite a depleted roster Sunday night--this time 3-2 over the Kings at the United center. It marks two in a row for the Hawks who have put together six periods of very solid hockey.
