Torres On Facing Blackhawks: Whatever Happens, Happens
Now, in just his third game back, Torres will face the Blackhawks in Phoenix on Thursday night.
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Now, in just his third game back, Torres will face the Blackhawks in Phoenix on Thursday night.
Chicago Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery turned in a performance that left everyone talking and had the Calgary Flames shaking their heads in disbelief.
Matt Cullen scored 90 seconds into the game and again in a shootout to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over Chicago on Wednesday, handing the Blackhawks their first loss in seven games this season.
The Chicago Blackhawks are off to a stirring start, putting them on the brink of their best in 40 years.
Backing up a stellar season opener, Marian Hossa scored two goals against the team that knocked him out of last year's playoffs and the Chicago Blackhawks spoiled another celebration by holding off the Phoenix Coyotes 6-4 Sunday night.
Marian Hossa has reportedly been medically cleared following recovery from the concussion he suffered in April.
Friday afternoon, Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog released the top rated Western Conference players in EA Sports' annual hockey game, NHL 13.
A published report says the Phoenix Coyotes' Raffi Torres could see his suspension reduced, more than two months after he delivered a hit on the Blackhawks' Marian Hossa that left the winger out for the rest of the teams' playoff series.
Raffi Torres, who is currently appealing a 25-game suspension, reached out to Marian Hossa about a week after he delivered the illegal hit that knocked the Blackhawks' winger out for the rest of the series.
Whether the captain was directing a telling postgame comment towards Stan Bowman or not, Blackhawks fans will hope the general manger catches wind of Toews' message and takes action.
Brendan Shanahan explains why Raffi Torres got a 25-game suspension for his hit on Marian Hossa.
Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres has been suspended 25 games for his hit Tuesday night on Marian Hossa that resulted in the Blackhawks winger getting carried off the ice on a stretcher.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman considers those complaints from various teams about their players receiving suspensions during the postseason as nothing more than "gamesmanship."
Chicago's top cop is weighing in on that savage hit taken by Blackhawks star Marian Hossa.
Blackhawks Coach Joel Quenneville criticized the game officials for failing to call a penalty on Raffi Torres after the Phoenix forward left his feet and hit Marian Hossa in the neck and head area in Game 3.
When the puck drops tonight at the United Center, the Blackhawks will be looking for a boost from an unlikely source.
Playoff hockey is supposed to be about speed, play-making and memorable goals.
The Blackhawks are hoping to even the score in more ways than one in Game 4 against the Phoenix Coyotes at the United Center Thursday night.
Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville did not have much of an update on Marian Hossa, but did rule him out of Thursday's Game 4 against the Coyotes.
Coyotes forward Raffi Torres has been suspended indefinitely for his hit on Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa Tuesday night.
Former Blackhawks player Jim Cummins joined The McNeil and Spiegel Show Wednesday morning to discuss Raffi Torres' hit on Marian Hossa.
Phoenix TV analyst Tyson Nash amazingly said "that is as clean of a hit as you are going to get." Then, after many replays, Nash reiterates, "I don't have a problem with this."
NHL punishment czar Brendan Shanahan caught so much flack for his soft, inexplicable non-suspension of Shea Weber, that I was worried he would overcompensate and hammer Andrew Shaw far worse than deserved.
The inconsistencies have left even non-hockey fans confused, but even worse, it has left the players on the ice confused.
This probably won't surprise anyone, but Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres doesn't think there was anything wrong with his hit on Marian Hossa.
