Duncan Keith is coming with us, of course. (Photo: Bridget Samuels/flickr)

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Today’s preview is brought to you by Krista Golden, the Chicago Blackhawks beat writer for Rant Sports. Follow her on Twitter at @lechatsavant.

Good to have you back again, Hossa. (Photo: Bridget Samuels/flickr)

Welcome to the post-trade apocalypse, brought to you by…wait, this isn’t the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Twitter account. Anyway, tonight we shall see a new St. Louis Blues take on the Chicago Blackhawks. Ho hum, didn’t they beat the Blues twice already? Yeah, they did.

» Continue reading “Blackhawks Vs. Blues Episode III: Return Of The Hoss”

Don’t believe the haters – Toledo is a lovely city Kelly / Photo via ECHL Hall of Fame

It seems like just yesterday the 2012-13 ECHL season had just started, and I was still struggling to spell (much less pronounce) a bunch of the Walleye players’ names. Alas, the Kelly Cup playoffs start this week, and through force of will, luck and playing the Wheeling Nailers a billion times, the Walleye have made it to the postseason.

» Continue reading “Walleye Wednesday: Kelly Cup or Bust”

Brad Mills has been a solid addition for the IceHogs this season. (Photo Credit: Kim Wrona)

Week 25 brought about three games for the IceHogs. To keep in close contention with the rest of the Western Conference for a playoff spot, the Hogs needed to take at least 4 out of 6 points. Could the boys from RockVegas do it? Find out after the jump.

» Continue reading “IceHogs Tuesday: Week 25 Could Have Been Better”

My God. It’s full of rhinestones. (Photo: Ali)

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Topics include:

• Last week’s Blackhawks’ games against the Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, and Detroit Red Wings
• Other stuff that happened across the league, including the Jarome Iginla debacle and Sidney Crosby‘s mouth injury
• Questions from the public! If you submitted a question, listen to us answer them!
• The Line Cocktail for this week might make you vomit a little in your mouth.
• This week’s question: What did you think of our answers to the questions posed to us? Were we wrong? Why or why not?
• As always, follow us on Twitter: I’m (of course) @RunsOnDuncan, and Casey is @raedances.

It was difficult to find a picture of Handzus I could use that wasn’t blurry. Now I see why. (Photo: Dinur Blum/flickr)

The Chicago Blackhawks have reportedly acquired Michal Handzus from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick (a draft pick that originally belonged to the Sharks, according to Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area).

Way back in the dark ages of 2006, Handzus was traded to the Blackhawks from the Philadelphia Flyers. He only played eight games before he tore his ACL and sat for the remainder of the season. This season, he has exactly one goal and one assist in 28 games for the Sharks.

So why in the world would the Blackhawks trade for this guy again (even though the “trade” was really just giving back the pick they took from the Sharks in the first place)? Oh, right, because he wins faceoffs — he’s at 55.6% for faceoff wins right now, more than any other Blackhawks center not named Jonathan Toews.

The best part of this deal? To make room for him, the Blackhawks sent down Brandon Bollig to the Rockford IceHogs. This automatically makes this trade a winner.

It’s Ben Smith, y’all. (Photo Credit: Kim Wrona)

The IceHogs only had two games on their slate for week 24 and they were back-to-back games north of the border in beautiful British Columbia.

» Continue reading “IceHogs Tuesday: Creeping Closer To The Playoffs”

Hi Benny / Photo via Walleye Facebook

With six games left in the regular season, and four games on last week’s schedule, the Walleye needed a good effort to ensure a spot in the Kelly Cup playoffs. I guess the effort was there, but thank the lort the teams behind the Walleye had even less.

» Continue reading “Walleye Monday: BEEP BEEP BEEP, Backing In (To The Playoffs)!”

Shaw will be in the lineup tonight. (Photo: Mel Boysen/flickr)

• The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Los Angeles Kings tonight at the United Center at 7:00pm CT. The game will air on Comcast Sportsnet in Chicago.
• Previews: NHL, Chicago Tribune, The Committed Indian, Second City Hockey
• Corey Crawford will be in net for the Blackhawks. (@TramyersCSN) Jonathan Quick will most likely backstop the Kings. (@lakingsinsider)

» Continue reading “Kings For A Day: Chicago Blackhawks Vs. Los Angeles Kings”