Patrick Sharp

When you have it, you cherish it. When you lose it, you act like it's no big deal. It's home-ice advantage and after working all season to obtain it, it's what the Blackhawks yielded to the Red Wings on Saturday when they dropped Game 2 of the Western...

Two games into his postseason return, Dave Bolland has bear-hugged and been body-slammed. He has roughed and slashed, then roughed and slashed and roughed again, and that's just what on-ice officials have deemed officially unacceptable. The Blackhawks...

While the Eastern Conference has the Boston Bruins facing the New York Rangers, the West has its own second-round series involving Original Six teams as the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks host the seventh-seeded Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. The showdown...

Through the long and storied history of the Blackhawks and Red Wings —two of the National Hockey League's Original Six franchises — the teams have faced off 799 times. When they hit the ice for No. 800 in Game 1 of the Western Conference...

CHICAGO (AP) — The top of the list includes Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa. Patrick Sharp is coming off another great playoff series, and Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland have come up with big postseason goals in the past. The Chicago...

The Ottawa Senators hope the return of Jason Spezza can ignite a spark in their Eastern Conference second-round series with the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidelined since undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk in late January, Spezza will be in...

At one point during the general bludgeoning of the Blackhawks in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday, Jonathan Toews received a particularly robust clobbering. The captain was hit hard in front of the net, then he was hit hard again,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1: Defenseman Brendan Smith scored to snap a tie late in the second period as visiting Detroit ended an eight-game winless streak against top-seeded Chicago and evened their...

CHICAGO (AP) — In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit. The Red Wings hammered home that message on Saturday. Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored...

The Red Wings turned the tables on the Blackhawks in the puck-possession game. After proving adept at holding the puck throughout their Game 1 victory, the Hawks found themselves chasing it during the Wings' 4-1 victory in Game 2 on Saturday at the...

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Bonkowski, The Sports Xchange Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 CHICAGO -- Detroit coach Mike Babcock hoped to steal a win in one of the first two games of the Western Conference semifinal series against the host Chicago Blackhawks....

The names on the backs of their Blackhawks sweaters read like an All-Star team: Toews, Kane, Keith, Hossa, Sharp. Throughout the regular season, the Hawks' top offensive players were spread across two power-play units in an attempt to find balance on...