Mikkel Boedker

No, no, no, you people have it all wrong. You’re using the wrong description. The Blackhawks do not have a goalie controversy. They have a goalie competition. And another thing: You’re forgetting to add the most important word in this...

This time, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville sounded full of regret more than rage after his team's overtime loss to the Coyotes. This time, Quenneville spoke in a soft voice that lacked the hard edge it carried 48 hours earlier, when he criticized...

The Blackhawks were desperate. Again. They trailed the Phoenix Coyotes by a goal and had to pull goalie Corey Crawford. Again. With less than 15 seconds to go, they scored the tying goal to force overtime. Again. This time, though, unlike the way...

Now, it’s dire, and there’s dwindling belief the Hawks can do anything to change what seems inevitable. Maybe you can find some hope in a second straight overtime loss at home. I’m grasping. The Coyotes tried to bore everyone into a...

For most of Game 5 of the Blackhawks’ playoff series against the Phoenix Coyotes, you couldn’t find Jonathan Toews. At the end, you couldn’t miss him. Uncharacteristically, the Coyotes made a mistake, icing the puck 2:38 into...

The Blackhawks came into this series with the best players. The Coyotes, however, had the right players. Especially in goal. The story was Mike Smith. The Coyotes blocked shots, took the body, and kept the Hawks away from their goalie much of the time....

The Blackhawks had all kinds of airplane trouble trying to get back to Chicago on Sunday after Game 5 in Arizona. They had won the night before to extend their first-round series against the Phoenix Coyotes. They couldn’t wait to get home to extend...