Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks seek third straight win

The Chicago Blackhawks seek their third straight win when they face the Dallas Stars on Saturday at American Airlines Arena.

HAWKS

**SCH Ice Cold Podcast Ep. 2: ASG weekend and Preds talk (SCH)

**Artemi Panarin's scoring scoring numbers might cost Hawks cap space (SCH)

**As stretch run looms, Hawks eye division title, home ice (Chicago Sun Times)

**Richard Panik gets taste of Quenneville's mix-master style (Chicago Tribune)

**Week ahead: Hawks return from ASG break (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**Stars' Spezza to miss at least three games with upper-body injury (DBD)

**Avs' Varlamov will return Saturday (theScore)

**Recap: Hurricanes use four-goal first-period to defeat Jets (AIH)

NHL

**Flyers, Penguins finalizing pair of outdoor games (BSH)

**Mike Babcock's opinions on concussions proves NHL has ignorance problem (SBN NHL)

**Why is fighting vanishing from the NHL? (Chicago Tribune)

**Flyers' Couturier out four weeks (BSH)

**Report: Canucks' Hamhuis to return after 21-game absence (NM)

**Habs' Lessio out two to three weeks (EOTP)

**Ray Emery signs with Germany's Alder Mannheim (Sportsnet)

**Recap: Palat, Johnson, Stralman lift Bolts past Pens (RC)

**Recap: Karlsson, Korpisalo help Blue Jackets edge Flames (JC)

**Recap: Ducks top Coyotes for sixth straight win (FFH)

HOCKEY WORLD

**No. 17 Cornell rallies to tie No. 1 Quinnipiac (USCHO)

**Michigan State stuns No. 5 Michigan in OT (MnB)

**Minnesota upsets No. 16 Penn State (USCHO)

**Boston College holds off New Hampshire, 4-3 (SBNCH)

**WCHA Women's Commissioner Aaron Kemp steps down (SBNCH)

**Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalists announced (SBNCH)

**How to fix the North Star Cup (SBNCH)