Category: Blackhawks Throwbacks

The Blackhawks-Red Wings rivalry: A lesson in diverging paths

By Dave Melton | Nov 3rd 2021 | 5 min read |

The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings have been one of the NHL’s hallmark rivalries as a pair of Original Six franchises that first met on No...

Secret Base: Revisiting the beef history between the Blues and Blackhawks

By Dave Melton | Mar 25th 2021 | 2 min read |

There’s been something noticeable missing from the Blackhawks schedule this season, with a pandemic-induced alignment leaving the team in a Central ...

Eleven years ago, on Thanksgiving Eve: a disturbance in the Force

By Dave Melton | Nov 26th 2020 | 4 min read |

Eleven years ago, Nov. 25 also fell on the night before Thanksgiving. It was customary back then for the Blackhawks to be on the west coast, in the mi...

When Blackhawks became underdogs no more

By Dave Melton | May 23rd 2020 | 4 min read |

As part of SB Nation’s weeklong foray into all things related to sports underdogs, we elected to revisit the moment the Blackhawks shifted from unde...

Blackhawks Throwbacks: Brian ‘Soupy’ Campbell

By Matt Lucas | Jul 19th 2019 | 6 min read |

When I reminisce on the ascension of the Blackhawks into a Stanley Cup contender and eventual champion, one player that always comes to mind is defens...

Farewell to a former foe: goaltender Roberto Luongo

By Dave Melton | Jun 27th 2019 | 5 min read |

“Bieksa’s going to pinch.” That’s what CBC Sports announcer Jim Hughson says at the 3:52 mark of the third period in Game 6 of the Western Con...

Remembering Dave Bolland’s Game 5 winner for Blackhawks against the Canucks

By Dave Melton | May 9th 2019 | 5 min read |

Sports are about moments. For the fans who’ll never get to score a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs or make that tide-turning save on a...