Blackhawks poised for a serious run at another Stanley Cup

Shortly after the Blackhawks lost a tense Game 7 might-have-either-way gone in St. Louis in April, a steamer, ready to spit fire coach Joel Quenneville approached a podium after the game that seemed to I could not survive the night.

"Huge disappointment for me," Quenneville growled.

Huge, because Quenneville knew then - as it does today - that any team with the firepower of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews Jersey and Artemi Panarin and goaltending notch by Corey Crawford should not be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

But they found a circular on a talented team and blue, in fact, saw the squad Quenneville was not only wrong, but also to feel the effects of three arduous post-seasons in a row.

Now, a new season is upon us and re-energized Hawks will drop the puck against - who else? - The Blues at the United Center on Wednesday night.

CUTE HOCKEY FAN PHOTOBOMBED AT BLACKHAWKS-RED WINGS GAME

It was a photobomb that no one is upset about.

In the photo, Lylah Almas, a 4-year-old hockey fan Clawson, Mich., Poses in front of the penalty box in the game Blackhawks-Red Wings on Sunday in Detroit.

And in the background, players Red Wings Steve Ott and Dylan Larkin are smiling away.

The girl's mother, Shannon Almas, said he did not even realize that players were there as she held her daughter while her husband, Cary Almas, photo broke.

And for the record, the Blackhawks won that, the last preseason game.

Red Wings continue nice preseason with 6-3 win over Blackhawks

Red Wings of Detroit coach Jeff Blashill does not place too much interest on pre-season games.

Let's just say he'd rather win than lose them, but he is not convinced that they mean a lot as far as the regular season is concerned.

Blashill believes you play as you practice, however, and the wings had a solid camp so far.

If Sunday night is a further indication, a very pretty game preseason also shows.

Behind goalkeeper Petr Mrazek, Detroit beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-3, before a lively crowd at Joe Louis Arena in their fourth of eight preseason games.

Patrick Kane reports to Blackhawks training camp

CHICAGO - Now that the right wing Patrick Kane is officially in training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks, he is ready to focus on the upcoming season of the NHL.

After leading the NHL last season with a career 106 points and win the Hart Trophy, Art Ross Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award, each first, Kane knows the expectations of him will be higher than ever. That's why he did his best not to think.

"I always thought that if you think too much about the future, it will only go against what you are trying to do in this," said Kane, who skated in his first camp practice Tuesday at United Center. "I'm a big believer in wiping clean slate. There are certainly some motivation where you want to prove yourself again. It is a little on the back of your mind, but take [a] day by day basis, just as I did last year. "

ALEXANDRE FORTIN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BLACKHAWKS TRYOUT

Alexandre Fortin, recent months have certainly been memorable.

It all started earlier this summer, when the Blackhawks scout Alexandre Rouleau contacted the agent Fortin Fortin was invited to the perspective of the team camp. It worked so well there that he was invited to the rookie tournament in Traverse City, Mich., Last week. And now the 19-year-old is here on a training camp trial.

Yes, it was quite a summer. Fortin and now wants to make it just as memorable of a fall.

Fortin assisted on a goal in Saturday's scrimmage, part of the training camp of the festival Blackhawks at the United Center. The Blackhawks will be keeping an eye on Fortin, who has been impressive since July prospect camp.

Chicago Blackhawks Training Camp’s Most Intriguing Battles

Chicago Blackhawks training camp is in full swing, and there's plenty to be interested

Today marked the opening session of the Chicago Blackhawks preseason training camp. Pierre-Cedric Labrie scored the first goal, assisted by Jake Dowell. In five days, the Blackhawks will play their first preseason game at home against Pittsburgh.

Fastest bit of news comes from the first day of camp Johnny's Icehouse West was that defender Duncan Keith was not in attendance.

The former Norris Trophy and Conn Smythe winner missed the World Cup of Hockey to further recover from knee surgery he had last season, and there was speculation that it would miss the beginning of the Blackhawks' regular season because of the same thing.

Blackhawks, Univision announce 14-game Spanish-language radio broadcast deal

Chicago Blackhawks a Univision se dohodly na dohodu, která bude vidět španělsky mluvených rozhlasové vysílání pro 14 her v sezóně 2016-17, tým oznámil ve středu. Toto partnerství, který je ve spojení s WGN rádia, začne sezony Hawks proti Blues na 12. října.

Tyto hry se bude vysílat ve španělštině o Univision Chicago (WRTO AM 1200), což je město je jediný španělský-jazyk, full-service rozhlasové stanice.

Oznámení přichází poté, co Blackhawks a Univision začal jejich vztah v březnu s vůbec první španělský jazykové rozhlasové vysílání jednoho z týmových her. Univision je Hector Lozano a Omar Ramos nazvaný "jestřábi utkání proti Red Wings dne 6. března, a zřejmě reakce na to byla velmi pozitivní.

"Dostali jsme tolik pozitivní zpětnou vazbu o našich prvních španělského jazyka Blackhawks vysílaných na začátku tohoto roku, že jsme se rozhodli pokračovat dělat více her s organizací a anglické jazykové rozhlasové domov pro Blackhawks, WGN Radio," řekl Univision je Doug Levy v prohlášení. "V Blackhawks mají velmi silnou přitažlivost mezi Chicago Hispanics zčásti důsledkem, aby úžasné tradici týmu na vítězství. Nám Univision je multimediální přístup k zapojení hispánský fanoušky umožňuje připojit Blackhawks s našimi diváky přes všechny naše vysílání a digitálních platformách. Máme jsou rádi, že můžeme rozšiřovat naše partnerství s organizací, která uznává hodnotu v plně zapojit se v Chicagu hispánské komunity. "