Silverman: As Contract Extension Shows, Quenneville Near The Top Of NHL Coaches
All Quenneville has done since he came aboard early in the 2008-09 season is win two Stanley Cups for a team that had not won even once since 1961.
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All Quenneville has done since he came aboard early in the 2008-09 season is win two Stanley Cups for a team that had not won even once since 1961.
Stan Bowman wanted to keep Joel Quenneville in Chicago, and the coach had no desire to leave.
There has been a lot of hand-wringing locally about the NHL's decision to go forward with a decision to play in the Olympics.
The Blackhawks begin their quest for their third Stanley Cup Final victory in five seasons on October 1 at the United Center.
Crawford is going to get his money and he is going to deserve what he gets.
Here's a prediction: Even though the Chicago Blackhawks will have the shortest offseason in NHL history – thanks to the lockout and the late end of the Stanley Cup Final – they will not suffer from the hangover this time around.
The future looks bright for the Chicago Blackhawks, certainly a lot brighter than it did when they won the Stanley Cup in 2010.
They are the 2013 Chicago Blackhawks. The third-greatest team of all-time.
Those seventeen seconds birthed a champion from the jaws of sure defeat. They made hockey just the coolest damn thing in the world, if only for a short period of time to the rest of the country and the world, but a hell of a lot longer in the Windy City.
A remarkable season ended with the most memorable of finishes.
This series has long had the look of a seven-game series. However, the Blackhawks' Magic Man has hit his stride again and he could prove fatal for the Bruins tonight.
Here's a helpful guide in case you're not quite sure how to approach tonight's Game 6 so as not to embarrass yourself or the city (because Chicago bandwagoners are known nationally).
The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins have been seen as a Stanley Cup Final of near-equals from the time this confrontation became a reality two weeks ago.
Corey Crawford does not have to hide his head in shame any more.
This series is many things, but the battle between Toews and Bergeron will come to the forefront from this point forward. No matter what this year's numbers say, those two are hockey twins.
The Chicago Blackhawks have been largely frustrated through the first three games of their series with the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final.
It's not what the Bruins are doing. It's what the Blackhawks are not doing.
The Blackhawks went into Boston in Game 3 with the idea of taking back home-ice advantage. But the Bruins were not about to go along with that plan.
Great teams often get a lift when they return home from a road trip.
"Commit to the Indian" isn't just an order by a coach or a phrase to be mocked on sports radio. It's something that might warrant a deeper consideration.
The Blackhawks have more than enough experience and veteran leadership to bounce back and hold their own with the Bruins throughout the remainder of the Stanley Cup Final
The Chicago Blackhawks were at the top of their game in the first period of Game of the Stanley Cup Finals.
As soon as a well-meant charitable effort is twisted into a Stanley Cup rallying cry, all bets are off.
Chicago has dealt with enough awfulness that I feel we have more fans in this town that "get it;" "it" being, yeah, losing sucks, but I don't have to look at this as just a black and white, did they win or did they lose issue.
Remember when there was no hockey for the first four months of the season?
The defense said Katlar Parchman, 19, is a nursing assistant, goes to church, does community service, but was not the person who caused Kyle Bickham's death.
Chicago dropped into second in the AL Central after it blew a six-run lead in an 11-8 loss to Detroit on Friday night.
Saturday's headliners, including Tool, Nas, Morrissey, Bad Religion and Bright Eyes, will now take place during the 6 p.m. hour.
It is unclear what caused the man to fall onto the tracks.
Chicago police are investigating two crashes that left a 23-year-old man and another unidentified man dead an hour apart on the North and Far Southwest sides.
President Trump said Friday that three outlets would be banned from the White House, "effective immediately."
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Americans are optimistic about scientific advances in AI, but concerned that AI may take jobs.
The vice president headlines a Council Bluffs rally Friday, his second Iowa stop this year. He's been one of the GOP's most visible midterm surrogates, with trips to Kansas, Wisconsin and Ohio.
The U.S. military has escorted one billion barrels of oil and over 2,000 commercial vessels out of the Persian Gulf in the last couple of months, the Pentagon said.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
The email has the subject line "Urgent: Reference Check and Application Screening." The district says it's actively investigating and working to quarantine the message.
The office says it is dealing with what it calls "staffing challenges, difficult budget decisions and a limited pool of qualified law enforcement officers to be out on the water."
He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. It is unclear what caused the man to fall onto the tracks.
Chicago police said three men were involved in a fight in the 100 block of West Erie Street around 3:40 a.m. Police said someone took out a gun during the altercation and fired shots, hitting the three men.
Saturday's headliners, including Tool, Nas, Morrissey, Bad Religion and Bright Eyes, will now take place during the 6 p.m. hour.
The defense said Katlar Parchman, 19, is a nursing assistant, goes to church, does community service, but was not the person who caused Kyle Bickham's death.
An off duty Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer was among 3 men injured in a shooting in River North.
Saturday's headliners, including Tool, Nas, Morrissey, Bad Religion and Bright Eyes, will now take place during the 6 p.m. hour.
Heavy rain and storms are prompting flooding concerns in the Chicago area on Saturday.
It is unclear what caused the man to fall onto the tracks.
The village of Grayslake is touting a new massive data center, but neighbors say they weren't given an opportunity to make their voices heard before the project was approved.
A Cicero woman is suing Uber and a driver after the driver allegedly sexually assaulted her. She and her boyfriend said Uber hired him despite the driver having a criminal background.
Both hospitals were supposed to be placed in receivership, but after five hours of closed-door negotiations on Tuesday, it is still unclear what the future holds for both hospitals.
Chicago police crime data show 255 reported crimes in the last two years on the two blocks where the former Hard Rock and Rainforest cafés sit vacant. Neighbors have been calling the city about the alley between them for six years.
A three-year effort by the Cook County Sheriff's Office to help bring down crime on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago appears to be working.
Chicago dropped into second in the AL Central after it blew a six-run lead in an 11-8 loss to Detroit on Friday night.
Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from six down to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-8.
Jose Trevino lined a two-run single to right field with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
With heavy rain in the forecast on Saturday night, the White Sox have moved up their game against the Detroit Tigers.
Munetaka Murakami hit his team-leading 32nd home run as the Chicago White Sox tied with Cleveland for first place in the AL Central with a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.
An off duty Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer was among three men injured in a shooting during fight in River North early Saturday morning.
A man was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing shots at an Indiana State Police trooper and fleeing the scene on Friday afternoon in rural LaPorte County.
A second person has been charged with killing a man by pushing him out of a moving CTA Red Line train last week on the South Side.
Darreon Plummer's flight to Washington state after Da'J Flowers was killed was itself evidence he committed the crime, the judge said, rejecting a defense request for electronic monitoring.
Inside the home, owned by Eugene Horsch and connected to his father, R.C. Horsch, authorities have found a trove of digital images, a so-called laboratory of chemicals and a small marijuana grow operation.
