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Patrick Kane flexes MVP muscle again with OT winner
All votes for the NHL’s MVP award were turned in before the playoffs began, so anything that happens in the postseason has no bearing on who wins the Hart Trophy. If there were any doubt about who...
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Blackhawks Playoff Podcast: Kane keeps the ‘Hawks alive
Add another memorable chapter to the Chicago Blackhawks-St. Louis Blues’ 2016 first-round series story. For the fifth consecutive game, just one goal separated the two rivals. Unlike the last two...
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NHL Playoffs Roundup: Saturday’s Bests and Worsts
Saturday’s NHL playoff theme was exorcism. The Pittsburgh Penguins performed theirs perfectly, eliminating the team that had eliminated them in the last two postseasons, the New York Rangers. The St....
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Blackhawks remind everyone why they’re NHL darlings
The day after longtime Blackhawks play-by-play man Pat Foley criticized the NHL for the late starts in the Chicago-St. Louis playoff series, Blackhawks president John McDonough called commissioner Gary...
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Blackhawks Playoff Podcast: See you in St. Louis
The St. Louis Blues had the Chicago Blackhawks exactly where they wanted them. The Blues were leading their first-round series 3-1 and quickly built a 3-1 lead in the first period of Game 6 on...
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Blackhawks Playoff Podcast: Game 7 is here
The Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues are headed to a Game 7. How else would these Central Division rivals decide what’s been a very close and entertaining first-round series? Five of the first...
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Blues’ long playoff nightmare ends with impressive knockout of Blackhawks
St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock offered an opinion whose layers he may not have fully grasped after his team knocked the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks out of the playoffs with a 3-2 win on...
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Blackhawks Playoff Podcast: No repeat for Chicago
It was only fitting that the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues would go to the third period of Game 7 to decide their first-round series on Monday. In a series that was decided by so little, so...
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Kane: ‘It just doesn’t really feel right’
For the first time since 2012, Chicago won’t be one of the final four teams challenging for the Stanley Cup, after going down 3-2 to St. Louis in Mondays game seven. Goals from Jori Lehtera, Colton...
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Despite recent playoff exit, Marian Hossa’s career worth celebrating
Longevity in the NHL is a difficult to achieve for any player, so the rare players that can not only remain in the league, but also excel into their later ages deserve heaps of praise. Think of Jaromir...
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Andrew Shaw considered ‘irreplaceable’ for Chicago
Forward Andrew Shaw has made a name for himself as one of the most polarizing players in the NHL. Putting aside his suspension and fine this postseason for a homophobic slur and vulgar gesture at...
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Vince Hinostroza added to Team USA for Worlds
Chicago Blackhawks fans only saw forward Vince Hinostroza for seven games at the NHL level this season, but his performance with the AHL’s Rockford Ice Hogs was one of the best among prospects this...
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Luke Johnson inks ELC with Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks drafted forward Luke Johnson in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, taking the North Dakota native with the 134th overall pick after his second season with the USHL’s...
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Shayne Gostisbehere joins Panarin, McDavid as Calder Finalists
The Philadelphia Flyers saw rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere have one of the best seasons offensively on the team – all from the blue line. That was good enough to earn him a spot as one of the...
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Dreger reveals his Calder Trophy ballot
Darren Dreger was on Edmonton’s TSN 1260 on Tuesday morning. On who he thinks will win the Calder Trophy, after the nominees of Artemi Panarin, Connor McDavid and Shayne Gostisbehere were named on...
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Artem Anisimov undergoes successful wrist surgery
The Chicago Blackhawks saw their season end prematurely, but forward Artem Anisimov has been using his time off the ice to get healthy again for next season. The Blackhawks confirmed on Tuesday that...
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NHL salary cap crunch makes for desperate trade partners
Many of the NHL’s top performers this postseason were acquired through top draft picks or headline-grabbing trades. Every year there is an abundance of “wow” moves that eventually result in postseason...
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McKenzie: ‘No-brainer’ for me to cast Calder vote for Panarin
Bob McKenzie was on Montreal’s TSN 690 on Wednesday morning. On the conversation surrounding the age requirements of the Calder Trophy, which allow Artemi Panarin to be eligible to win: “Well, I don’t...
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Report: Gustav Forsling inking ELC with Blackhawks
The Vancouver Canucks drafted 19-year-old Swedish blue liner Gustav Forsling with the 126th overall draft selection at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft – and now, it looks like he may be heading to North...
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Benn, Kane, and Holtby named finalists for Ted Lindsay
Jamie Benn has been leading the Central Division’s Dallas Stars deep into the postseason this spring, Patrick Kane was offensive dynamite during the regular season, and goaltender Braden Holtby put up...
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