With a more complete, dominant performance than Game One, the Chicago Blackhawks handled their business at home and will take a 2-0 series lead to Minnesota.
In this victory, the Hawks continued to answer many of the questions doubters had coming into the postseason.
The Hart Memorial Trophy
On Friday afternoon, the NHL announced the changes to the distribution of the league’s awards.
The National Hockey League will announce the three finalists for 11 regular season awards beginning Monday, May 6. All of this season’s award winners will be announced during the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, with more detail on format to be released at a later date.
Following is the schedule of announcements:
The NHL Awards will return to Las Vegas in June 2014.
You may have seen some celebrities tweeting pictures like the one above. Now, hockey fans in Chicago can enjoy these Stanley Cup… cakes as well.
After practice on Thursday, the Blackhawks officially ruled center Dave Bolland and goaltender Ray Emery out for Game 2 against the Minnesota Wild.
We talked about it a few weeks ago, but on Wednesday the NHL made it official.
The Chicago Blackhawks will host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field on March 1, 2014. The game will reportedly start at 7:00 pm CT.
It took over 76 minutes to complete, but the Blackhawks emerged from Game One with a crucial victory to begin their first round series against the Minnesota Wild.
The 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs begin tonight at the United Center.
In our look ahead at the Blackhawks’ first round series against the Minnesota Wild, we’ve already examined the goaltenders and discussed the impact of two of the league’s top rookies. Now, let’s look at the rest of the rosters.
After the morning skate on Monday, coach Joel Quenneville announced that both center Dave Bolland and back-up netminder Ray Emery have been ruled out for Game One against Minnesota. Henrik Karlsson practiced opposite Corey Crawford on Monday.
On Sunday, we took a look ahead to the upcoming first round series between the Blackhawks and Wild by focusing on two of the outstanding rookies in the NHL this year, Jonas Brodin and Brandon Saad.
Certainly those two will have an impact, but the focus of eyes all over the continent will be on the play between the pipes in this series. How will Niklas Backstrom and, more specifically, Corey Crawford handle their business between the pipes? Let’s take a look at the matchup between the two goalies.
Here is the schedule for the first round series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild:
Game One – @ Chicago – Tuesday, April 30 – 7:00 pm CT
Game Two – @ Chicago – Friday, May 3 – 8:30 pm CT
Game Three – @ Minnesota – Sunday, May 5 – 2:00 pm CT
Game Four – @ Minnesota - Tuesday, May 7 – 8:30 pm CT
Game Five* – @ Chicago - Thursday, May 9 – TBD
Game Six* – @ Minnesota - Saturday, May 11 – TBD
Game Seven* – @ Chicago – Sunday, May 12 – TBD
