Ben Smith (ice hockey)

The Sports Xchange By Jerry Bonkowski, The Sports Xchange Blackhawks 3, Flames 1 CHICAGO -- Marcus Kruger's fourth goal of the season put the icing on a 3-1 regular season-ending win for Chicago over the Calgary Flames, while also sending the...

Blackhawks tune up for playoffs with win over Flames CHICAGO -- You can sense the feeling and anticipation with the Chicago Blackhawks. They're ready and primed for the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs. After closing out the home part of their regular...

The Sports Xchange Blackhawks recall eight from Rockford The Chicago Blackhawks announced Friday that they recalled forwards Jimmy Hayes, Jeremy Morin, Brandon Pirri and Ben Smith, defensemen Adam Clendening, Shawn Lalonde and Steve Montador, and...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Crosby practices, not cleared to play Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby practiced with his teammates after getting clearance Friday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the team practiced a power-play unit...

This is a big day for Yale hockey. This is even a bigger day for Quinnipiac hockey and all that President John Lahey has worked to build at the Hamden school. Yet make no mistake, this could be the biggest day for hockey in a long time for our...

It didn't happen through 65 minutes, but the Wolves finally found a way to put some pucks behind Carter Hutton. The Wolves scored three times in the shootout to escape with a 1-0 victory over Rockford on Saturday night before a crowd of 14,505 at...

With an NHL lockout set to begin in a matter of hours, the Chicago Blackhawks made a series of roster moves Saturday to allow young players to keep playing. The Hawks assigned forwards Kyle Beach, Brandon Bollig, Terry Broadhurst, Rob Flick, Byron...

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys vs. Watertown, Fossum Field, 5:30 p.m. doubleheader TEENER BASEBALL Aberdeen 13-14 Teeners Minors Black vs. Watertown Grey Sox, Fossum Field 2, 3 p.m. doubleheader AMATEUR BASEBALL Mobridge at...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Cincinnati at Connecticut, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Seton Hall at Villanova, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Indiana at Nebraska, 6 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas at Kansas State, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU);...

With the Chicago Blackhawks off for six days the NHL All-Star break, the team assigned forwards Ben Smith and Brandon Pirri to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. The rookies will remain active while the rest of the Hawks -- excluding...