Rene Bourque

In the span of 24 hours, things have gotten very interesting for the Blackhawks. It would have been easy to dismiss Friday night's victory at Calgary as the Hawks catching a team on a letdown. But after following it up with a 4-3 victory Saturday night...

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-...

What looked like a potentially special through most of Friday's game in Dallas went south in a hurry for the Blackhawks. After imploding in the final five minutes and losing Martin Havlat for two to three weeks in Dallas, the Hawks watched another two-...

Martin Havlat went crashing into the end boards on a delayed penalty in the third period Friday night in Dallas and he limped on a painful right ankle to the Blackhawks dressing room, possibly a metaphor for the Hawks' playoff chances. Two Stars' goals...

Even though they are clearly not the dominant team they have been in the past—at least during the regular season—the Detroit Red Wings are still a team that other NHL teams measure themselves against—including the Blackhawks. Feeling good about...

For a team as challenged offensively as the Blackhawks, spotting an opponent an early lead and banking on making a third-period comeback is living life on the edge. It worked Tuesday night against an inferior opponent, but Thursday night against that...

The first sign that Sunday was going to be a tough day for Blackhawks goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin came 44 seconds into the game. Phoenix winger Oleg Saprykin lofted a 53-foot snap shot that went in and out of Khabibulin's glove. No damage was done on...

Blackhawks coach Denis Savard—now presiding over an eight-game losing streak and falling below .500 for his brief coaching career—repeatedly has said "good things are happening" that haven't shown up yet in the team's record. The only problem is...

Denis Arkhipov's roller-coaster season took another twist Sunday. One day after coach Denis Savard wondered why the Russian center couldn't play at a consistent level in every game, Arkhipov scored the tying and winning goals as the Blackhawks snapped...

When he took over as coach of the Blackhawks, Denis Savard talked about the postseason, and for the first weeks of his reign, that didn't seem unreasonable. But now, with the Hawks 13 points out of the last playoff spot in the West with the season in the...

(WGN-AM) - The Chicago Blackhawks have taken a two-games-to-one lead over the Calgary Flames in their first round Stanley Cup playoff series. The Blackhawks beat the Flames 3-2 in Game Two at the United Center. The Blackhawks are just two victories away...