Marian Hossa scores early and Kris Versteeg late for the victory; Antti Niemi superb in goal PITTSBURGH -- The game had all the makings of a Stanley Cup finals matchup.
Kris Versteeg scored 2:38 into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday night.
SECOND PERIOD 19:31: Guerin takes a pass on the right wing, winds up and cranks a high slapper that appears to high Niemi in the mask and stun him a bit. 19:19: Eaton smacks a slapper from the right point. Niemi punches it out. 18:10: Kennedy slides a pass to Cooke in the slot. Cooke chops at it and it deflects out of play. 17:42: Kane coasts up the right wing and snaps off a wrister that goes wide...
CHICAGO — Brent Seabrook scored in the 11th round of a shootout Tuesday night and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 to give coach Joel Quenneville his 500th career victory. Marian Hossa, playing his first game with the Blackhawks at the United Center, scored in the second round of the shootout. Columbus' Jakub Voracek tied it in the next round, setting the stage for a...
He joins second line with Dustin Byfuglien and Kris Versteeg The Blackhawks are back home after their annual circus trip, and Patrick Kane is making a return home of his own: to his familiar spot at right wing.
More photos » by David Banks - AP Montreal Canadiens' Tomas Plekanec and Chicago Blackhawks' John Madden. Browse more photos » We're about far enough into the season that we can start to look at some individual stats and have enough of a sample size to draw some conclusions. This list is the same one I've been churning out for a couple years now, and ranks players defensively based on (a)...
from John MacKinnon of the Edmonton Journal, Chicago ran the streak to 6-1-3 with a 5-2 victory and left Alberta 2-0 for the trip. Again. When a team can blow out the opposition like that, the temptation is to pigeonhole the Hawks as a squadron of gunners, what with Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Sharp, Kris Versteeg, Dustin Byfuglien and others able to light it up. It gets worse for NHL opponents,...
CALGARY (AP) Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday in a rematch of last season's NHL first-round playoff series. Chicago beat the Flames in six games last season in the playoffs, ending the series with a 4-1 victory in Calgary. In their first meeting of the season, the Blackhawks overcame a 5-0 deficit...
Seeing Cristobal Huet make some big saves early and some incredible saves when the score was close, great. Seeing the Blackhawks score on a 5-on-3 advantage, great. Seeing the Hawks score four power-play goals, great. Seeing Kris Versteeg come back...
The Blackhawks won their fifth in a row with a convincing 7-1 thrashing of a good Calgary Flames club tonight at the Saddledome. Two goals for Kris Versteeg. Another victory for Cristobel Huet: W-L-OTL 9-4-1 SV% .902 GAA 2.25 SO 1 Not too shabby. If, as conventional wisdom has it, the Hawks will go as far this year as their goaltending takes them, then they should go a long way if Huet and backup...
Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.
Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.
Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.
More photos » by John Smierciak - AP about 6 hours ago: Toronto Maple Leafs' Lee Stempniak (12) and teammate Niklas Hagman (9) step over Chicago Blackhawks' Hawks' Kris Versteeg, bottom, and pin Blackhawks' Andres Ebbett, left, in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Ill., on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/John Smierciak) Browse more photos » Air your grievances here.