Phil Thompson is the Bears beat reporter for the Tribune and has covered many of Chicago's teams throughout his career, including the Blackhawks for 6 years.
The Wrigley Field conversion from baseball ballpark to hockey rink is taking shape for the NHL Winter Classic between the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues.
The Chicago Blackhawks were bothered by the Minnesota Wild's ability to "buzz around" their defense, but they were stung by Kirill Kaprizov's first-period goal.
The Chicago Blackhawks rallied with three goals in the third period but couldn’t overcome earlier mistakes in a 6-4 loss to the host Calgary Flames on Saturday.
The Chicago Blackhawks had gone nearly 22 months between three-game winning streaks. “We don't want to be super over-the-moon about it,” center Connor Bedard said.
Linemates Tuevo Teräväinen and Ilya Mikheyev combined on two goals in the Chicago Blackhawks' 3-1 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night for their third straight victory.
Petr Mrázek was careful not to risk reinjuring his groin before returning to the Chicago Blackhawks, and Arvid Söderblom said "that opened up for me to play more."