Bob Foltman

The Blackhawks bought out the contracts of center Curtis Brown and winger Matthew Barnaby. The move will cost the Hawks two-thirds of the remainder of the contracts (roughly $413,000 for...

INSTANT MESSAGE TRIBUNE REPORTER BOB FOLTMAN WEIGHS IN ON GAME 7 OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS. One of the most common criticisms of the NHL is that the regular season...

Tribune reporter Bob Foltman weighs in on Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. What an incredible turn of events. Just when it seemed the Carolina Hurricanes were getting ready...

The Blackhawks wasted little time selecting a new assistant coach, hiring Mark Hardy to handle the defense and penalty-killing units. Hardy, 47, was an assistant for the Los Angeles Kings...

In the first game of the Stanley Cup finals June 5, the Edmonton Oilers tried to play to their heritage and run and gun with the Carolina Hurricanes. The strategy...

After being a spectator for the first two games, Edmonton's Ryan Smyth picked a good time to show up for the Oilers. Smyth is the Oilers best offensive player, and...

Normally, the first game of a seven-game series is the least important. There is so much time to recover that a loss isn't that crippling. But . . . Edmonton's...

What a shock: a Game 7 for the Sabres and Hurricanes. Watching the first six games of this series, it has become pretty clear these teams could play every other...

What a long plane ride back to Buffalo for former Hawk J.P. Dumont. Dumont could only sit and hope to disappear while in the penalty box as Cory Stillman scored...

The Tribune's hockey reporter weighs in on the Mighty Ducks-Oilers Game 5: By sweeping their second-round series over Colorado, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks were supposed to benefit from extra rest...