Sedins sneak by Hawks in Overtime, 3-2
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks definitely showed up at Rogers Arena Tuesday night. Unfortunately, the return of Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews to the line up was spoiled with 37 saves by Cory...
View ArticleHawks stars snap 9-game skid in Manhattan
By Brad Gardner It had been nearly a month since Corey Crawford and the Blackhawks were able to put one in the win column, but they did just that against one of the league’s top teams with 4-2 victory...
View ArticleLindbloom: Partee!
Partee! By Rich Lindbloom When I was working as a foreman back in the 70’s a worker named Gus came up to me and said, “Rich, the Stones gone disco.” I had no idea what he was talking about and had...
View ArticleHawks pickup Oduya, Move Scott; Recall Shaw, Bollig
By Chris Block The lone addition Stan Bowman and the Blackhawks made before Monday’s 2pm central trade deadline was mobile defenseman Johnny Oduya. Oduya, 30, comes to the Hawks from the Winnipeg Jets...
View ArticleLindbloom: Let’s Do This Thing
Elmore James got nothing on me “Well, I’m going down, Down, down, down, down, down I’m going down Down, down, down, down, down I’ve got my head out the window And my big feet on the ground.” – Jeff...
View ArticleWild Third Period Nets ‘Hawks 4-3 win over Rangers
By Jon Fromi The Chicago Blackhawks erased a third period deficit with three goals in the final seven minutes. Johnny Oduya led the attack with a goal and an assist as the ‘Hawks prevailed over the New...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Song and Reflections on better days
“I want to bite the hand that feeds me, I want to bite that hand so badly, I want to make them wish they’d never seen me…” – Elvis Costello By Rich Lindbloom I heard a great definition of philosophy...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Giving Cor-dawg a bone
“He ain’t heavy Father, He’s a brother.” By Rich Lindbloom Back on a pleasant evening in early October, I took the dogs for their customary evening walk. My black neighbors a few houses down, the...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: How it Hangs on a Piece of Mind
Is getting punched in the face by John Scott an alternative? “He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.” – John Buchan By Rich Lindbloom To be honest with you, I had...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Bad and the Beauteous
“I – Hold – On” “It’s just an old beat up truck, some say I should trade up Now that I got some jangle in my pocket. But what they don’t understand Is it’s the miles makes the man. I wouldn’t trade...
View Article