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.
Yeah, this is about over a day late. Look, I'm constantly changing things around this website until it all gels together. For the time being, Game Recaps won't be included in the Weekly Hawks Updates. I like writing about the games and I don't
He's back. The boy king has returned from the land of darkness. There are no housekeeping items to discuss this week, so let's dive right into hockey. * Weekly Updates * Game Recaps * Week Ahead * Sick Bay Embed from Getty Images Weekly Updates What a week. On Monday
Gametime lines are not updated at the time of this posting. Lines will be posted on my Instagram, @eth_blackhawks_blog. Stats from Natural Stat Trick. It's time for another game preview. The Hawks will be hosting the Pittsburg Penguins tonight at 7:30pm CT. * Last Meetup * The
Blackhawks hockey is back. Not a whole lot has changed since the All-Star break. All of your Blackhawks weekly updates are down below. First, a couple of housekeeping items. Working through improving the look of the website. Removed the cover pictures because they take up so much space on
Clean breakouts and impressive speed for the towering giant that is Alex Vlasic was the topic of last weeks post. This week we look at speed and... well, not much else. Lukas Reichel, the wunderkind that was. His season this year has been disappointing and there's nothing else
Table of Contents * Weekly Updates * Week Ahead * Sick Bay Welcome to the new, and much shorter, weekly updates. Luckily for you, there's not really any updates as the Hawks were (and still are) on their bye week for All-Star weekend. How's that going by the
You're probably wondering to yourself "Why am I watching the Blackhawks right now." Bedard is injured. Any player with a talented bone in their body is injured. The team is stapled together with what seems to be the IceHogs and other random misfits. So, what'
Table of Contents * Weekly News * Game Recaps * Sick Bay * Week Ahead Welcome back to another week of Blackhawks news. It's been a dark one so let's rip the bandaid off and get right into it. Weekly News The Hawks made history this week by setting a
Stats are from Natural Stat Trick. Here's a glossary of terms. The dead of winter is settling in like a rat's carcass with rigor mortis. What better way to cheer yourself up than with a mid-week hockey game? Sure, Bedard is still weeks away from
Table of Contents * Weekly News * Game Recaps * Sick Bay * Week Ahead It’s been a wild week. For me, that is, not the Hawks I know you’re not here for my life story. You’re here for the Blackhawks. So I’ll spare you the soap opera. As always,
Table of Contents * Weekly News * Game Recaps * Sick Bay * Week Ahead Before we dive into the week the Hawks had, here's some house-keeping stuff. I'm creating a "bite-sized" version of the blog for my Instagram. If you don't like reading
Table of Contents * Weekly News * Game Recaps * Sickbay * Week Ahead Don't worry. All the bad news is down below. The good news is that you already know the bad news. Before we talk Blackhawks hockey, a quick update about the blog, all the Playbook stuff will be coming