The Chicago Blackhawks closed out the 2016 calendar year with a 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night at PNC Arena.
HAWKS
**RECAP: Hawks fall to Canes in final game of 2016 (SCH)
**Watch: Kempny scores his first NHL career goal (SCH)
**Quenneville defends Crawford for tripping incident (SCH)
**Rain could delay Winter Classic between Hawks-Blues (SCH)
**Panarin says good fit with Hawks motivated him to re-sign (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**RECAP: Preds shut out Blues (On The Forecheck)
**Jets put Dano on IR after scary end boards crash (PHT)
**Hutton’s Winter Classic mask is a tribute to Cardinals (St. Louis GameTime)
**Avs’ Varlamov making progress slowly (Denver Post)
NHL
**Bickell keeps positive attitude as he learns to live with MS (Chicago Sun Times)
**RECAP: Dell, Sharks silence Flyers (Fear The Fin)
**RECAP: Henrik Sedin lifts Canucks past Ducks in OT (Nucks Misconduct)
**Islanders waive goaltender Halak (Lighthouse Hockey)
**Oilers sign second-round pick Benson (PHT)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Switzerland beats Denmark, Finland pushed to relegation at WJC (Puck Daddy)