Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks play Minnesota Wild/North Stars in Alumni game

The Chicago Blackhawks will visit the Minnesota Wild/North Stars for an alumni game at 4 p.m. Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

The game will be televised on Comcast Sports Net Chicago.

HAWKS

**Danault, Rasmussen looking over their shoulders as Kruger's return looms (Sun Times)

**Hawks fine-tuning as they work to position themselves for playoffs (Tribune)

**IceHogs comeback falls short against Manitoba (IceHogs)

**SCH Ice Cold Podcast: Ep. 3 (SCH)

**Week Ahead: Stadium Series against Minnesota (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Preds GM Poile 'comfortable' standing pat at trade deadline (The Tennessean)

**Stars have salary cap to make big acquisition (DBD)

NHL

**NHL suspends Leafs' Komarov three games for elbowing Rangers captain McDonagh (PPP)

**Parenteau finds place in lost Leafs season (Sportsnet)

**Oilers' Andrew Ference ready for life after hockey (ESPN)

**Recap: Halak, Islanders shut out Devils (LHH)

**Devils' Tootoo ejected for hitting Islanders' Boychuk from behind (theScore)

**Recap: Skinner scores twice, Hurricanes top Sharks (CC)

**Recap: Lehner, Sabres shut out Blue Jackets (DBTB)

**Recap: Canadiens halt three-game skid in shootout over Flyers (EOTP)

**Recap: Flames top Canucks, end three-game skid (M&G)

HOCKEY WORLD

**Maine extends Red Gendron through 2019 (SBNCH)

**No. 3 St. Cloud State's Lindgren holds No. 12 Nebraska-Omaha to one score (USCHO)

**Connor's two goals help No. 6 Michigan beat Ferris State (MnB)

**DeBlouw's third-period goal sends Michigan State past Wisconsin (USCHO)