Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the and is the author of three books about the Blackhawks: (Triumph Books),"100 Things Blackhawks♌꧂ Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1🎃Tab
After practice on Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Blackhawks formally introduced Nick Foligno as the 35th captain in the history of the franchise in a press event at Fifth Third Arena. //twitter.com/The1Tab/status/1836849752438436160 Folign🌠o's free agent rights were acquired last summer (with...
Day One of Blackhawks Training Camp happened on Thursday. There was a nice, albeit somewhat late-arriving cro♚wd (thanks, traffic) to watch a spirited scrimmage. Most of the fans left before the second half of tဣhe practice when the rest of...
As the Chi🎶cago Blackhawks get to work this week to kickstart their 2024-25 season, there are some players battling for positions on the NHL roster. The influx of young players who have been drafted and signed by general manager Kyle...
It's finally here! Training camp opens at 10 AM today at Fifth Third Arena. It's goiไng to be a busy day, with practice followed by general manager Kyle Davidson kicking off the new Blackhawks season and then a media eveౠnt...
It's officially Day One of the 2024-25 NHL season, hockey fans! Camps are opening all over the league. The Blackhawks open camp tomorrow, officially, with their first pra🤡ctice and general manager Kyle Davidson speaking with the media. Maybe we'll also...
The first box is checked for cable su✃bscribing Blackhawks and Bulls fans. On Wednesday morning, Chicago Sports Network announced a "multiyear distribution agreement to provide the network and its live local game telecasts for the Chicago Blackhawks, Bulls and White...
One more sleep until training camp, Blackhawks fans. Only one! And we'll all hit the pillow tonight knowing the 35th captain in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks is﷽ Nick Foligno. Fans and media alike have called Foligno the de...
Last season was unlike just about anything we've ever seen bef💧ore for the Chicago Blackhawks. A franchise in transition moved on from the Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane Era and moved immediately into the futureꦦ with a new face of the franchise,...
On Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Blackhawks announced their broadcast schedule. There were/are questions about h🗹ow they would handle the preseason, and the release appears to answer those -- at least for now. Here's the preseason broadcast schedule the Blackhawks sent...
Training camps around the NHL can open tomorrow -- Sept. 18 -- which means we're getting more and more news popping from around the league. There are still a surprising number of p🌞layers who need new contracts, and 🍃some teams...
Get excited, Blackhawks fans! We're two sleeps away from training camp opening with the first practice𒅌 at🧔 10 AM on Thursday at Fifth Third Arena. An overhauled roster surrounding the reigning NHL rookie of the year makes this a fascinating...
Let's treat my first note this morni🎐ng like the pregame show on the radio. Literally. Because on Tue🍌sday morning, WGN Radio announced Charlie Roumeliotis will be taking over where Joe Brand left off as the host of Blackhawks pre- and...
The big news in the NHL on Monday had nothing to do with the Chicago Blackhawks. Sidney Crosby signed a two-year extension as an 🦩appr🌊opriate $8.7 million cap hit to remain with the Penguins for what we assume is the...
Welcome to Training Camp Starts This Week... week, Blackhawks fans! Thurs🌟day morning, there will be Blackhawks skaters -- NHL guys and prospects -- on the ice at Fifth Third Arena. We'll also talk to Kyle Davidson for the first time...
Our continued wait to see how and where (and, frankly, when) we'll be able to watch Chicago Sports Network, the new home of the Blackhꦇawks, Bulls and White Sox, is slowly starting to get some clarification. On Monday 🍬morning, Chicago...
Thiꦿs is going to be a fun, exciting season 🅷for the Chicago Blackhawks, who open heir training camp on Thursday morning this week. And we're firmly believing it's going to be better than last year (it has to be, right?)...
Okay, the two prospect showcase games are in the books. The Blackhawks' prospects split the two games in St. Louis, beating Minnesota la🦹🌜st night. There was a lot to like about both games, even if one came with a loss...
After losing in overtime on Friday night, the Blackhawks prospects had to come back and face a fresh Minnesota team on Saturday evening with an earlier start. If you've wat🍸ched much of the IceHogs and Wild over the past couple...
The Blackhawks' prospects play again tonight! Ben ▨Gaudreau will get the start in net after Drew Commesso got the nod last night against the Blues. I'll note right awaꦗy that Nolan Allan was the captain last night with Landon Slaggert...
The Blackhawks' prospects played a game that r🍎equired overtime in St. Louis against the Blues' prospects on Friday night. Both sides scored three times in regulation. St. Louis escaped with a 4-3 win in overti💮me on a Simon Robertsson goal...