Steve Sullivan

As the Blackhawks boarded their charter flight to Chicago on Monday night, they thought not of the three out of four points they collected in two games in Florida, but of the fourth point they thought they should have had. "This feels like a loss,"...

Say this for the Blackhawks, they are remarkably consistent. Their winless streak stretched to 10 Friday afternoon with a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on a goal by Sergei Fedorov midway through the third period. The loss spoiled another good...

The schedule says the Blackhawks' two-week, seven-game trip starts Tuesday night in Edmonton. The Hawks said it started Sunday night at the United Center. Wanting to hit the road on a high note, the Hawks fought their way through a 4-2 victory over the...

This is what happens when the margin of error is reduced to zero. When the object is not to score more than the other team but to hope to just give up fewer. When the guys who can actually provide offense are sitting on the bench or playing with guys...

Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter said Thursday morning that the Ottawa Senators were the kind of team the Hawks hope to have in a couple of seasons. It was an interesting comment considering the man who helped make the Senators what they are—Stanley Cup...

Jocelyn Thibault let his mind wander for a second or two in the second period of the Blackhawks' home opener Sunday night. At one point, Thibault even violated the supreme superstition for a goaltender: He thought about a shutout. "I put it out of my...

The way things have been going the last week for the Blackhawks, it would have been easy to just chalk it up to bad luck and get ready for the San Jose Sharks Sunday at the United Center. Down two goals on the road is not the recipe for success in the...

The Blackhawks had been in this position before—trying to hang on in the third period with chaos swirling around them. In the recent West Coast road trip, the Hawks faced that situation in every game. And three times, they had watched the lead...

The Blackhawks had read this book too many times before. Play well, get the lead, lose it late, go to overtime and either tie or lose it there. Thursday night at the United Center, however, they wrote a new ending. Mark Bell scored the game-winner in...

If you're a general manager rebuilding a hockey team, signing a 38-year-old free-agent right wing and picking up a 37-year-old defenseman in the waiver draft is not the conventional way to go. But the evidence from the first four weeks of the season...

A recurring theme this season has been the Blackhawks' inability to win a faceoff. The topic stayed the same Tuesday but took a different tone as the Hawks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 before a crowd of 10,203 at the United Center. The winning...

The primary reaction from the hired hands to the firing of Blackhawks general manager Mike Smith was surprise and anticipation. "It looks like there are going to be some changes made," winger Steve Sullivan said. "They wouldn't have fired Mike if...