Martin Havlat

The first day of the inaugural Blackhawks Convention was one for all of the ages. Before an enthusiastic crowd during the opening ceremonies Friday at the Hilton Chicago, the Hawks acknowledged both young and old as they announced they would retire...

A year ago Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon slept well the night before the NHL's entry draft, having known for quite a while he was going to select Patrick Kane with the first pick overall. Tallon might be a little more bleary-eyed Friday night in...

Next stop: training camp. The Blackhawks organization has had a memorable summer. With the conclusion of the inaugural fan convention Sunday, all that remains — barring a major trade — is the wait until Sept. 19, when players and coaches will...

Corey Crawford remains the Blackhawks' goaltender of the future. With last week's signing of free agent Cristobal Huet, the question is how distant in the future? "When I saw [the Huet signing] on the TV, obviously I was wondering what was going on,"...

They had a football game in Nashville a few years back that ended with the "Music City Miracle." The Blackhawks' 3-2 shootout victory over the Predators can't be classified as a miracle, but it might have felt that way to a Hawks team that snapped an...

The Blackhawks again made it a quick night for a Nashville Predators starting goaltender. A week after knocking out Nashville's goalie with two goals on two shots, the Hawks weren't quite as economical, but dispatched Predators starter Dan Ellis with...

Head coach Denis Savard shuffled his forward lines for the Blackhawks' West Coast trip with the intent of bringing balance to his team. The result of the first of three games in four nights was about as uneven as a game can get as the Hawks fell 9-2 to...

Coach Denis Savard was pleased with the Blackhawks' performance in their regular-season opener Thursday night. But the outcome was a 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center, an outcome that left Savard "disappointed we didn't get the...

Injuries are a natural part of sports, but it seems Chicago has been getting more than its fair share lately. Or perhaps these aches and bruises are more noticeable when they happen to the Bears', Bulls' and Blackhawks' star players -- their pains can...

The upstart Blackhawks are still learning what it takes to win, and facing a team that raised the Stanley Cup last season gave them a prime example of how to go about it. But it was a hard lesson learned. Despite being outshot 42-22, the defending...

Dustin Brown leads the NHL in hits this season, but the Los Angeles Kings winger might like to get back the one he delivered Saturday on Blackhawks rookie Jonathan Toews. Brown got his stick up high and drilled Toews early in the second period. For...

The Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues are Western Conference upstarts on the outside of the playoff race looking in. They had to play as if their postseason chances depended on it, and when their missions collided Tuesday night, it was the Blues who came...