Tommy Salo

Never at a loss for a rustic simile, Brian Sutter likened coaching the Blackhawks to riding a horse before they fell to the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 Tuesday night in the Skyreach Centre. "You've got to understand the type of horse you're riding," said the...

At a time when the best skating teams seem to be at an advantage in the new skater-friendly NHL, the Blackhawks faced two of the better ones in the league Saturday and Sunday. The results weren't promising. Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers...

The NHL record for consecutive losses on the road is 38, so even though it's possible the Blackhawks will not win another away game this season, the schedule will deny the Hawks a run at the record until 2004-05. Mercifully, the Hawks have only 13 road...

Never at a loss for a rustic simile, Brian Sutter likened coaching the Blackhawks to riding a horse before his team was shut out by the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 Tuesday night at the Skyreach Centre. "You've got to understand the type of horse you're riding,"...

For all of last season and the first half of this one, the Blackhawks' power play has cost them points. Sunday night was perhaps the most blatant example. The Edmonton Oilers scored two short-handed goals 41 seconds apart to help erase a two-goal deficit...