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BLACKHAWKS
Artyom Levshunov’s play is erratic but his talent is unmistakable (Sun-Times)
Louis Crevier waited seven hours for the Blackhawks to draft him. Now he’s an NHL regular (Sun-Times)
Rockford-to-Chicago prospect pipeline continues with Blackhawks’ addition of Kevin Korchinski, 20 (Tribune)
Blackhawks takeaways: Landon Slaggert defends Connor Bedard — but Anders Sorensen doesn’t defend him (Tribune)
Why Blackhawks chose Mark Eaton to lead IceHogs without any coaching experience (The Athletic)
RECAPS: Devils 5, Blackhawks 3 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (The Athletic)
Coaching? TV? Pat Maroon will explore his options once he retires (Tribune)
Foligno, Blackhawks “weeding out” disengaged players: “We need guys who want to be a part of this” (Sun-Times)
What will Blackhawks decide as defenseman Artyom Levshunov approaches 10 games? (The Athletic)
Untapped potential and confidence: What we’ve learned about Blackhawks rookie Artyom Levshunov (Tribune)
Blackhawks Bits: Injury updates on Dickinson, Martinez, Dach (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
Musings on Madison, Episode 180 — A moment of madness among the mundane (SCH)
Connor Bedard could paint over analytical struggles with more goals like Sunday’s (Sun-Times)
RECAPS: Blackhawks 7, Flyers 4 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune) (The Athletic)
Blackhawks’ healthy stretch ends with injuries to Dach, Martinez, Dickinson (Sun-Times)
RECAPS: Blues 4, Blackhawks 1 (SCH) (Sun-Times) (Tribune)
NHL GAME RECAPS
Sabres 7, Penguins 3 (NHL)
Senators 4, Red Wings 3 (NHL)
Lightning 8, Utah 0 (NHL)
Flyers 6, Canadiens 4 (NHL)
Wild 4, Capitals 2 (NHL)
Blues 3, Predators 2 (NHL)
Stars 5, Flames 2 (NHL)
Avalanche 4, Kings 0 (NHL)
Kraken 6, Oilers 1 (NHL)
Sharks 6, Maple Leafs 5 (NHL)
NHL NEWS
Tortorella fired, Flyers rebuild at “rock bottom” (NHL)
(Editor’s note: good time to visit our friends over at Broad Street Hockey!)
Crosby tops Gretzky mark for point-per-game seasons (NHL)
NHL fines Bruins rookie Callahan for cross-check (ESPN)
Wild’s Kaprizov resumes skating after January surgery (ESPN)
Marchand could make Panthers debut on Friday (NHL)
Pietrangelo could be out for Vegas road trip (NHL)
Byfield “in a good spot” for Kings (NHL)
“Fortunate” Ruff posts 600th win as Sabres coach (ESPN)
Caps lock in D Chychrun with 8-year extension (ESPN)
McDavid, Draisaitl “going to still be a while” (NHL)
Bolduc of Blues fined maximum for cross-checking (NHL)
Mrazek exits Wings’ win with lower-body injury (ESPN)
Hertl to miss Golden Knights’ road trip with injury (ESPN)
Jets forward Vilardi out with upper-body injury (ESPN)
Blue Jackets’ Monahan comes off injured reserve (ESPN)
McDavid exits Oilers’ loss with lower-body injury (ESPN)
Oilers’ Draisaitl sits out with undisclosed injury (ESPN)
Sources: US billionaire eyes Houston NHL team (ESPN)
HOCKEY WORLD
The PWHL’s gender inclusion policy remains a work in progress (The Ice Garden)
NCAA D-I Tournament 2025: National Championship Wrap-Up (The Ice Garden)
Abby Roque scores first “Michigan” goal in PWHL history (The Ice Garden)
Leonard, Buium among 10 Hobey Baker candidates (NHL)
Trump, Putin float NHL-KHL games; league mum (ESPN)