Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville broke news to the media after the team’s morning skate in San Jose that defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson has joined Steve Montador in Chicago. According to reports, the team thought Hjalmarsson had the flu the past couple days, … Continue reading →

Joel Quenneville stated Montador was unlikely to play against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday after he missed every practice due to suffering an upper body injury against the Avalanche. Following up today, the Blackhawks have officially placed defenseman Steve Montador on injured reserve. Montador has complied 14 points in 51 games this season along with a plus-4 rating with the...

Before Friday night’s game in San Jose, the Blackhawks made a change to their roster. Dylan Olsen, the top blue line prospect in the organization, was recalled from Rockford and Steve Montador was placed on IR with an upper-body injury. … Continue reading →

Olsen The Chicago Blackhawks have recalled defenseman Dylan Olsen from the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs, and placed defenseman Steve Montador o...

On the first day of free agency, Stan Bowman pulled off a series of free agent signings that sent Blackhawks nation into a frenzy. After a very disappointing followup to their Stanley Cup campaign in 2009-2010, it was pretty evident what the Blackhawks needed to add. And they did it. They locked up new franchise goaltender Corey Crawford and the breakout forward of the postseason...

Crash the Net has compiled a list of current Chicago Blackhawk MVP candidates thus far this season along with who would be the Studs and Duds. Do you, the reader, agree with these selections or disagree? Blackhawks MVP candidates Marian Hossa Marian is on pace to having his best year as a Chicago Blackhawk and [...]

So we're waiting for some news to break about tonight's game. But it's way out in Sully Country and doesn't start until 9 PM (8 PM if you're behind enemy lines like Jordan and myself) so news should be a little behind our normal schedule.So why not fill up a little of everyone's time by getting back to that pet project I was working on about Eddie Olczyk...

Blackhawks fans got an excellent demonstration Tuesday night as to why the instigator rule for fighting is complete bull-roar. First, the rule: It used to be that if you instigated a fight -- and you really had to go out of your way to get one of those calls in the day -- it was just two minutes tacked on to your fighting major. Now, you get those two minutes plus a 10-minute misconduct...

Many of you saw this gloriousness last night...but for those of you who didn't - here's how it ended:[youtube]nvLpI5jVTTM[/youtube]For those of you who did see it, isn't it lovely to see it again?Isn't it nice to have that fifth official up in the booth with Doc Emeric? He's supposed to be doing the color commentary, but instead he was the voice of Joel Quenville...

The Blackhawks managed to get a point on Sunday night against the hated Detroit Red Wings. The Wings won a physical game with an overtime goal, courtesy of Pavel Datsyuk, during an absolute mess in front of the net, that left Corey Crawford under defenseman Steve Montador. That wasn’t really the story, though. The story wasn’t the putrid officiating throughout the game...

With Friday’s 4-0 loss at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche, the Chicago Blackhawks reached the 41-game mark of their season, meaning that half their campaign has come to an end. While the old adage of “time flies when you’re having fun” certainly can apply to a big chunk of those games, the same cannot be said about the way the Hawks ended this stretch...

The struggling Chicago Blackhawks will add some experience to the defensive core with the return of Steve Montador from injury and the insertion of Sean O'Donnell into the lineup for Sunday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings.

The struggling Chicago Blackhawks will add some experience to the defensive core with the return of Steve Montador from injury and the insertion of Sean O'Donnell into the lineup for Sunday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings.

On Saturday, the Blackhawks made two roster moves. Defenseman Steve Montador was activated off injured reserve, and rookie Dylan Olsen was sent back to Rockford. Olsen, 21, made his NHL debut on Thursday night in Philadelphia. He was credited with five … Continue reading →

Montador The Chicago Blackhawks have activated defenseman Steve Montador from Injured Reserve and assigned defenseman Dylan Olsen to the American Hockey League&rs...

The Blackhawks have activated defenseman Steve Montador and assigned defenseman Dylan Olsen to Rockford (AHL).

The Chicago Blackhawks have been hit by the injury bug recently, as well as the stupidity bug, forcing them to call up several youngsters up from the Rockford Icehogs. On Wednesday, the Hawks placed both center Marcus Kruger and defenseman Steve Montador on injured reserve. Dan Carcillo was also handed a seven-game suspension by the NHL on Wednesday, but he also has a serious knee...

2009 first round draft choice D Dylan Olsen and 2011 5th round pick C Andrew Shaw were recalled from Rockford today, replacing the injured Marcus Kruger and Steve Montador. Both players handled themselves well in prospect games over the summer. And prehaps unlike a lot of the eariler callups, both players have a legitimate chance to stick. After earlier appearances...

The Blackhawks have already had several players make the trip from Rockford to Chicago and back again this season, but with the string of injuries, and stupidity, the team has endured recently, it looks like they’ll have to make a few more of those young additions. Both Marcus Kruger and Steve Montador were sent to injured reserve on Wednesday. Kruger has been out with a concussion...

The Chicago Blackhawks made a number of roster moves on Wednesday morning. Defenseman Dylan Olsen was recalled from Rockford and forward Andrew Shaw was added to the active roster while Marcus Kruger and Steve Montador were both placed on injured reserve. Olsen, the … Continue reading →

The Holiday homestand continues Wednesday night with a date with the Royal Half of Southern California. The Kings come in with a new coach, a restless fanbase, expectations not being met, and an air of desperation. They should be a passionate opponent. First for the Hawks: Marcus Kruger (more on him later) and Dan Carcillo will not dress. Carcillo needs a few more practices to...

from Adam L. Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times, Forward Patrick Kane and defenseman Steve Montador should be fine for the Blackhawks. But there are real concerns about the status of center Marcus Kruger after all three players sat out practice Tuesday at the United Center. Coach Joel Quenneville said Kane missed practice with the flu, while Montador got a maintenance day. But Kruger...

Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist, and Chicago's Joel Quenneville became the 10th coach to earn 600 NHL victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames, 4-2, Sunday night at United Center in Chicago for their fifth consecutive win. Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves from Ray Emery.

Former Red Wing Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist, and Chicago's Joel Quenneville became the 10th coach to earn 600 NHL victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames, 4-2, on Sunday night for their fifth win in a row. Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves from Ray Emery.

The Chicago Blackhawks are on top of their game and back on top of the NHL. That is almost satisfying to Chicago bench boss Joel Quenneville, who became the 10th NHL coach to earn 600 victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win. Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves from Ray...