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.
Table of Contents * Weekly Updates * The Games * Playbook * Sick Bay * Week Ahead Happy Holidays to all. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Interesting week for the Hawks, eh? World Juniors are on. Apparently, there's snow in Chicago again (don't live there anymore!). And there's
Click Here For Results It's that time of the year. Hopefully, you've had a great Christmas. If not, don't worry. Santa's got the World Juniors coming up. It's an awesome holiday tradition. Hockey and Christmas just go so well with
Steve's Notebook
Table of Contents * Game Recaps * Player Spotlight * Playbook * Sick Bay * The Week Ahead Intro Merry Christmas. I'm going to start things off on a good note. Connor Bedard scored an insane goal that you have probably seen a million times. Guess what. You can watch it a million
Steve's Notebook
Table of Contents * Intro * The Games * Player Spotlight * Playbook * Sick Bay * Week Ahead Intro Your weekly Hawks update Because this blog is new, I want to make some things clear on the format. These posts are pretty long, so if you open this and think, "Yeah, ain't
Steve's Notebook
Be happy. Christmas has arrived early. In the past week, the Chicago Blackhawks were able to win 2 games and gain 3 points. The Hawks kissed the bottom of the standings. If only for a moment, Hawks fans had visions of another #1 draft pick and pissing off hockey fans
Game Previews
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim flock to the West Side of Chicago tonight at 5:30. Yes. I am very aware the Ducks don’t go by that name anymore. The Hawks have lost their last 4 and have scored only 6 goals while letting in 16. Their record for
Steve's Notebook
Contents: * The Games * Player Spotlight * Playbook * Week Ahead Last week was rough. Hell, it’s been rough going back to November 22 when we learned of Corey Perry’s absence. With Taylor Hall out for the season due to an injury and Perry now gone from the team, the Hawks
Updates
Welcome to Eat the Hatchet, a blog about the Chicago Blackhawks. Who Am I? I am DirtyThird, a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks. I am not a serious writer or anything like that. I am a fan writing about a team that I love. I played hockey very briefly and