Paul Kariya

Unlike most men who run NHL teams, Brian Burke doesn't major in pitching trades and minor in pitching wedges. He hates golf. Blessed with a Harvard law degree and cursed by an obsession to work until he drops, the Whalers general manager thinks golf...

Will the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins meet in the Stanley Cup finals for a third straight spring, or will the San Jose Sharks find the gumption to match their talent? There's no consensus winner in either conference, mostly because even...

The Blackhawks believe if they take care of business on their home ice that other business—like a return to the postseason after four seasons away—will take care of itself. A 17-20-4 home record a season ago helped lead to a last-place finish...

The Blackhawks held their own on the pugilistic side Saturday night and out-gunned the St. Louis Blues where it mattered most—the scoreboard. In a game that featured two first-period fights, a melee in the final seconds and pushing and shoving...

The Blackhawks realize it's early November and the postseason is months away, but they also know the eight-game stretch against Central Division opponents they began Saturday night is important. The Hawks couldn't have started it any better as they...

Jean-Sebastien Giguere had a touch of the flu and didn't take part in the morning skate, so it was up to rookie Jonas Hiller to give the Anaheim Ducks a solid effort in net. He didn't disappoint. Hiller made 20 saves in his seventh NHL start and...

Martin Havlat may be lost for the final three games after suffering a dislocated right shoulder late in the first period Tuesday of the Hawks' 3-2 shootout victory over the Nashville Predators. Havlat was battling against Nashville defenseman Marek...

A few more trips to the Tennessee capital and the Blackhawks are going to single-handedly bankrupt a local fast-food restaurant. The Predators have a promotion in which fans get free tacos when they score five goals in a game. In each of the Hawks' first...

If the Blackhawks are going to hang around with the other Western Conference playoff contenders, they better get their power play sorted out. If not, they likely will spend the rest of the season doing the .500 waltz—one step forward, one step back,...

As far as opponents go, the Nashville Predators couldn't have asked for a better matchup to secure a playoff berth than the Blackhawks. The Hawks have been as competitive in Nashville recently as your standard homecoming opponent for a major college...

The Blackhawks normally get themselves in trouble when they are in the penalty box too much. The problem Tuesday night was the Hawks having too many power plays. They wasted 11 power-play opportunities through the first two periods and gave up a short-...

ESPN's latest "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" release doesn't make much more sense to me than the last one. It appears Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath and Manhasset's own Jim Brown will represent New York in this feature. I'm not......