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It is now set: the Chicago Blackhawks will face the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Finals. What a matchup! Back in September, this was a believable pair of teams for the Finals. While the Blackhawks have stayed at or around the top of the Western Conference the entire season, it wasn't until the final day of the regular season in a shootout that the Flyer made the playoffs after a ...

On Friday night, the Blackhawks return to Chicago after what feels like a month on the road. While away from their home ice, the Blackhawks have been as good as almost any team in NHL history, tying the all-time single-season record with seven straight road victories this postseason. At home, though, the Hawks are only 3-3. So much for the importance of home ice advantage! The United Center will be rocking for Games ...

Antti Niemi saved everything but the Titanic on Sunday. He was great again on Tuesday, but he got a lot of help. The Blackhawks blocked 23 shots, led by Brent Seabrook's six, and Niemi kept 25 of 27 shots out of the net as the Hawks doubled up the Sharks in their building again, earning a 4-2 victory and a 2-0 series lead. Niemi now has a .945 save percentage after ...

On Monday, the Florida Panthers hired a new general manager: Dale Tallon . The former Chicago GM will now be given the opportunity to build a winner in the Eastern Conference as he did in Chicago while serving as the Blackhawks' GM from 2005-2009. Tallon also spent five years playing for the Blackhawks and then 16 seasons serving Chicago's fans in the broadcast booths for television and radio. Tallon was named the ...

Before the 2010 NHL Playoffs began, I produced my 25 Predictions for the Postseason. You can see the original here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/377851-2010-nhl-playoffs-25-bold-predictions-for-the-playoffs After the first round of the playoffs, I reviewed my predictions. You can view that assessment here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/385742-2010-nhl-playoffs-25-bold-predictions-accuracy-review-post-round-one Now, with the second round coming to a close, it's time yet again to look back to the predictions I made before the playoffs began to see how I have done so far. ...

Troy Brouwer is going through a tough stretch right now, but the Chicago Blackhawks need him to be active and on the ice in Tuesday night's Game Six against the Vancouver Canucks. Brouwer had a fantastic break-out season in 2009-10 for the Blackhawks, establishing career highs in every statistical category. He jumped to 22 goals and 18 assists in the regular season, and was among the Blackhawks leaders in hits all ...

It took Pat Foley two periods too long to mention something on the air on Sunday night. The play-by-play man for Chicago Blackhawks television waited until the middle of the third period to mention that Roberto Luongo had only one postseason shutout in his career. Less than two minutes later, Jonathan Toews (finally) got the Blackhawks on the board, but it was too little too late. After Alex Burrows ...

On Wednesday night, it was Dustin Byfuglien making Roberto Luongo’s life hell. On Friday, it was the Chicago Blackhawks ’ captain Jonathan Toews . Toews is the first player in the long history of Chicago’s Original Six franchise to score three power play goals in the same game, and his two assists helped the Blackhawks emerge from Vancouver with two strong statement victories. The game opened with furious back-and-forth action. It took ...