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BLACKHAWKS
Blackhawks Bits: Colton Dach to make NHL debut while Lukas Reichel will sit (SCH) (Tribune)
Blackhawks OHL prospect update, 1/2: Lardis keeps lighting lamps; Vanacker debuts (SCH)
Poor goaltending one of Blackhawks’ many problems during ongoing collapse (Sun-Times)
What Blackhawks can look forward to in 2025: Linemate for Connor Bedard? Top-3 pick? (The Athletic)
After Winter Classic debacle, where do the Blackhawks go from here? (Sun-Times)
Musings on Madison, Episode 170 — Reactions following an embarrassing Winter Classic (SCH)
RECAPS: Blues 6, Blackhawks 2 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Winter Classic comes at unfortunate time for struggling Blackhawks, who don’t fit the festive mood (Sun-Times)
Bedard set to play on Winter Classic stage for Blackhawks at Wrigley (NHL)
RECAPS: Stars 5, Blackhawks 1 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Korchinski showed defensive improvement in nine-game NHL stint (Sun-Times)
Connor Bedard has finally found his ideal linemates in Hall, Bertuzzi: What took so long? (The Athletic)
For Blackhawks, trip to Buffalo a reminder of the folly of tanking and the sliding-doors 2019 draft (The Athletic)
Blackhawks prospect Roman Kantserov’s explosive month in the KHL: Film breakdown (The Athletic)
RECAPS: Sabres 6, Blackhawks 2 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
Seth Jones still trying to rediscover pre-injury form within new Blackhawks systems (Sun-Times)
RECAPS: Wild 4, Blackhawks 3 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
Blackhawks buddies Maroon, Reichel enjoyed Christmas together: “Better to celebrate with him” (Sun-Times)
Four storylines to follow during middle portion of Blackhawks’ season (Sun-Times)
Blackhawks will eventually have to make hard decisions about which prospects to trade (Sun-Times)
Analyzing Blackhawks’ most-improved, least-improved players from Anders Sorensen’s coaching (Sun-Times)
The time has come for Blackhawks to move Lukas Reichel off the fourth line (Sun-Times)
Breaking down Frank Nazar’s first 5 games since his Blackhawks call-up (The Athletic)
Analyzing Frank Nazar’s first five Blackhawks games of the season (Sun-Times)
Nolan Allan carving out role in Blackhawks’ defense (The Athletic)
RECAPS: Flames 6, Blackhawks 4 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
NHL GAME RECAPS
Hurricanes 3, Panthers 1 (NHL)
Rangers 2, Bruins 1 (NHL)
Wild 4, Capitals 3 (NHL)
Red Wings 5, Blue Jackets 4 (NHL)
Maple Leafs 2, Islanders 1 (NHL)
Stars 4, Senators 2 (NHL)
Ducks 4, Jets 3 (NHL)
Avalanche 6, Sabres 5 (NHL)
Utah 5, Flames 3 (NHL)
Golden Knights 5, Flyers 2 (NHL)
Canucks 4, Kraken 3 (NHL)
Sharks 2, Lightning 1 (NHL)
NHL NEWS
Toews considering trying to resume NHL career, per report (Sun-Times)
Wild’s Spurgeon to miss 2-3 weeks after slew-foot (ESPN)
Avs’ Nichushkin day-to-day with lower-body injury (ESPN)
Avs sign D Middleton to two-year extension (ESPN)
Avs’ Drouin set to return Tuesday against Jets (ESPN)
NHL fines Flyers’ Michkov, Blackhawks’ Maroon (ESPN)
FBI warns about targeted burglaries of athletes (ESPN)
Source: NHL draft set for LA, to have new format (ESPN)
Matthews to miss 5th straight game (NHL)
Teams say winning makes Winter Classic more special (NHL)
Hughes, Petterson out at least 1 week for Canucks (NHL)
Source: Stars to be fined for holiday-break skate (ESPN)
Avalanche acquire Parssinen, 23, from Predators (ESPN)
Within 25 of Gretzky, Ovechkin scores in return (ESPN)
Bruins’ Pastrnak exits with upper-body injury (ESPN)
Crosby ties Lemieux’s Penguins record for assists (ESPN)
Tkachuk “OK” following collision with Kucherov (ESPN)
Rangers sit Kreider vs. Devils as skid continues (ESPN)
Rempe suspended 8 games for boarding, elbowing (NHL)
Capitals place F Eller (illness) on injured reserve (ESPN)
HOCKEY WORLD
US tops Swiss at World Juniors; Canada bounced (ESPN)
2025 NHL Draft prospect roundup (SCH)
2025 World Junior Championship schedule, results (NHL)
World Junior Championship preview: Top contenders, key players to watch (ESPN)
Who are the best NHL prospects at 2025 World Juniors? Rankings the top 25 players (The Athletic)