Nicklas Lidstrom

This isn't what Nikolai Khabibulin had in mind when he signed with the Blackhawks in the summer of 2005. Coming off a Stanley Cup victory in the spring of 2004, Khabibulin expected to help lead the revival of a downtrodden franchise. Even though this...

Buffalo native Patrick Kane grew up watching the Sabres and their future Hall of Fame goaltender, Dominik Hasek. On Saturday night the 18-year-old Kane, the Hawks' first overall draft pick in 2007, found himself skating down center ice in a shootout...

The Blackhawks proved they're ready for prime time. Playing the Central Division-leading Detroit Red Wings in the first of seven televised home games this season, the Hawks showed 19,045 fans at the United Center and the home viewing audience how far...

Jason Williams was on the ice Friday morning about a half-hour earlier than he needed to be for the morning skate. Williams wanted to go over where he needed to be in the Blackhawks' power-play alignment and that attention to detail wasn't lost on...

Washington - AP President Bush welcomed the Detroit Red Wings to the White House Tuesday to celebrate the team's Stanley Cup championship.       Bush paid tribute to popular players like forward Darren McCarty, Chris Chelios and Kris Draper. The...

With the President's Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the postseason secured, the Detroit Red Wings could have been a bit vulnerable in their final meeting of the season with the Blackhawks. But in a familiar script in every meeting this season,...

Patrick Sharp might want to secure a keepsake video of his overtime game-winning goal Friday night. It's not every day that you go around a future Hall of Famer and end the game. Sharp beat Detroit's all-world defenseman, Nicklas Lidstrom, cut across the...

Blackhawks coach Denis Savard lamented "bad bounces" after Wednesday night's 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, but that implies the result had more to do with bad luck than the Red Wings' superior skill. It wasn't a bad bounce that caused Martin...

Former Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter had a theory for why they would play some of their best games of the season against the Detroit Red Wings: fear of being embarrassed. That's a feeling with which the Hawks are all too familiar after a pair of dismal...

The next week could be the longest seven days in the short NHL coaching career of Trent Yawney. With the Blackhawks' losing streak at seven after Thursday night's 2-1 loss to the visiting Detroit Red Wings, the Hawks have seven days before they face...

All the good news was delivered early. When the Blackhawks and Red Wings hit the United Center ice for their pregame skate before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Sunday afternoon, Martin Havlat was skating for the home team while Nicklas Lidstrom...

(WGN-AM) - The Blackhawks got themselves right back into the Western Conference finals series with a 4-3 overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 on Friday night at the United Center. The win cut the Hawks' deficit in the series to 2-1 with...