Steve Kwiatkowski has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks since 2023 for his blog, Eat The Hatchet, and also writes for Second City Hockey. Born and raised in Chicago, Steve now lives in California after serving 12 years in the Marine Corps.
The Blackhawks are in high spirits and you should be too. The Hawks won 2 games this past week against the Coyotes and a prospect may be making their debut soon. If you aren't a Hawks fan, you might be wondering how this is anything to be in
Revenge is sweet. Remember when the Hawks got blown out 8-1 by the Coyotes back in October? Yeah, me neither. I guess I was too busy "glazing" all over Bedard while the Coyotes were apparently winning games. How's that going, by the way? Logan Cooley
I don't know who to feel more sorry for, Connor Bedard’s frustration mounting, or you reading this. I try not to sound repetitive in these, but often times I find myself having to open up with: there's not a lot to dig into here. There
Keeping in the theme of this season, which is "things that don't matter," here's a game that really doesn't matter. I'm sure you have better things to do on a Saturday night than watch these two floating turds of a
The trade deadline has came and passed and to no ones surprise, it was very quiet for the Hawks. Wait. You mean to tell me there are people that are actually upset at Davidson? Let's dig into this. At the start of the season, the Hawks had Corey
Posting this in the middle of the trade deadline isn’t a great idea, but here I am. I wanted to air out some thoughts before Friday when the trade deadline hits at 2pm CT. Not that trade deadlines are as exciting as they used to be. I don’t
Embed from Getty Images Pop the champagne. The Blackhawks broke the 22 road game losing streak, put up 4 power play goals, and Arvid Soderblom notched his 5th career win (his first since Nov. 24). Hurry up and drink because that's about all the positives we're
I have good news. The trade deadline is this week. There's nothing to look forward to as a Hawks fan for this year's deadline. BUT. What does that mean for you? The regular season is almost over. First, some housekeeping items. I'm once again
Blackhawks Avalanche Goals 0 5 Corsi 42 70 Shots on Goal 24 34 xGF% 31.31 68.69 Scoring Chances 14 39 High Danger Chances 9 13 Why on earth am I writing a game recap about a 5-0 blowout? This game had zero impact on the Hawks other
With the NHL trade deadline about a week away, I thought it would be interesting to see what the Hawks might be able to do. Don't get too excited. There isn't a whole lot the Hawks have that would attract any interest beyond their deep cap
* Weekly Updates * Game Recaps * Week Ahead * Sick Bay Weekly Update It's been a quiet news week, which we'll take, right? Lukas Reichel has spent his first week down in Rockford, let's check in, shall we? In 4 games played, Reichel has posted 2 points,
Glossary for stats and terms can be found here. I keep telling myself that we at least have Connor Bedard. Who am I kidding though? If you're a Chicago sports fan, you should be pretty used to mind-numbing losses. The only difference is that Hawks fans are