Stanley Cup Champion Will Be A Familiar Face? : April 30, 2013

Since the 2004-05 full season NHL lockout and the introduction of a hard salary cap ahead of the 2005-06 season, parity has ruled the day in the NHL. That can...

2013 NHL Playoffs: Western Conference Preview and Predictions : April 29, 2013

The 2013 NHL playoffs kick off on Tuesday with three of the Western conference series opening their accounts on that day. The West's top three seeds were wrapped up promptly,...

NHL Final Day Preview: Western Conference : April 27, 2013

The state of play in the Western conference entering Saturday's action really is everything that the final day of the NHL's regular season is and should be about. There are...

Ryan O’Reilly Emerges As Blackhawks’ Streak Ends : March 09, 2013

The Saturday morning NHL headlines were understandably dedicated to the end of a remarkable 24-game point streak for the Chicago Blackhawks. However, in many ways, Chicago's 6-2 loss at the...

Three Concerns For Dominant Chicago Blackhawks : March 02, 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks have started the season in absolutely remarkable fashion. They haven't lost in regulation yet during the first 21 games of the season. However, while Chicago continue to...

Marian Hossa Loss Would Be Huge Blow For Blackhawks : February 20, 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks secured a 4-3 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night to tie a pretty impressive record. However, there's little doubt that they would swap that...

Chicago Blackhawks Once Again Demonstrating Limitless Ceiling : February 08, 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks completed a 6-2 rout of the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night as their superb start to the shortened 2013 NHL season continued. The Blackhawks are the last...

Offensive Powerhouses Return As San Jose and Chicago Dominate NHL’s Opening Week : January 28, 2013

The NHL is now nine days old and there has been a real flurry of action with some teams playing as many as six games during that span. Goal-scoring is...

NHL Central Division Preview and Predictions 2013 : January 19, 2013

The NHL Central division produced four teams with 100+ points in 2011-12. They had an incredible battle for the division title and were arguably the strongest division in the league,...

NHL Central Division 2011-12 Review : October 06, 2012

The central division burst onto the scene as arguably the league's top division during the 2011-12 season. The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks once again iced strong teams, while...

Pittsburgh and Chicago: Finding It Hard To Repeat Success : September 05, 2012

The story was the same after the 2009 and 2010 Stanley Cup finals when young teams in the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks lifted the trophy. Everyone agreed that these...

Chicago Blackhawks: Keys To Success : July 29, 2012

A young Chicago Blackhawks roster won the Stanley Cup in 2010. The success was a culmination of a re-building effort that had involved a lot of home grown top end...

NHL Free Agency Review: Central Division : July 15, 2012

The Central division has been one of the quietest groups of teams in the free agency period so far, but all of that could change through the rest of the...

Chicago-Phoenix Series Is One Of The Best : April 22, 2012

The first round series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes may not have received the most attention due to one of the teams not being from a big NHL...

Mike Smith Is Game-Time Decision; Andrew Shaw Suspended : April 18, 2012

The respective line-ups of the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks could be quite different in Game 3 as the series switches to Chicago. The news in the lead-up to tonight’s...

NHL Playoffs Preview: Phoenix Coyotes v Chicago Blackhawks : April 09, 2012

The NHL playoffs kick off on Wednesday. Few things are more exciting than the two months of NHL playoff action, the eight series all have their stories to tell. The...

Chicago and Detroit Happy To Take Sixth? : March 22, 2012

There probably hasn’t been a team in the history of the NHL that has deliberately tried to drop its seed for match-up purposes. The consequences for the locker room and...

Chicago: A Pretender Without Toews? : March 16, 2012

The Chicago Blackhawks started the season amongst the favourites, and have spent time during 2011-12 at the top of the league, but if their captain Jonathan Toews does not return...

Did The Chicago Blackhawks Do Enough At The Trade Deadline? : March 09, 2012

The trade deadline was nearly a week and a half ago, the dust has settled and a clearer picture is developing as to how each team fared. The 2012 deadline...

Detroit Leads Dominant Central… Just : March 05, 2012

The Detroit Red Wings are used to leading the Central division, but they are not used to the level of competition that they have faced so far this season. The...

What’s The Problem In Chicago? : February 14, 2012

Chicago GM Stan Bowman gave coach Joel Quenneville, and his goaltenders’ Corey Crawford and Ray Emery a vote of confidence this weekend. He stated that coach Q would be staying...

Chicago’s Defensive Concerns Catching Up To Them? : January 10, 2012

Let’s start this post by making it clear that the Chicago Blackhawks are undoubtedly one of a fairly small number of teams that have a genuine chance to raise the...

Crawford Keeps Goaltender Competition Alive In Chicago : December 22, 2011

Second year goaltender Corey Crawford impressed the hockey world last season; he seized the starting job for the then defending champion Blackhawks and his .917 save percentage and 2.30 GAA...

chicago blackhawks History

The National Hockey League (NHL) team the Chicago Blackhawks is based out of Chicago, Illinois. The teams plays in the Western Conference's Central Division. Since being established in 1926 the team has won a total of four Stanley Cups. Their most recent championship came following the 2009-2010 season. The Chicago Blackhawks, along with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings are the NHL's Original Six teams. The home games of the Blackhawks have been played at United Center since 1994. Before that they played at Chicago Stadium for 65 years.

The Blackhawks won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1934 by defeating the Detroit Red Wings and their second Cup in 1938 by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs. Chicago's third Stanley Cup victory came in 1961 when they defeated the Detroit Red Wings. During the 1960s the Blackhawks played in two more Stanley Cup finals, led by star players Bobby Hull, Pierre Pilote and Stan Mikita. However in 1962 they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs and in 1965 to the Montreal Canadiens. In 2009-2010 the Blackhawks won their latest Stanley Cup Championship when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.