Mike Kiley

Rod Buskas` debut as a Blackhawk defenseman Thursday night means the ax is likely to fall Friday on either one of two young defensemen-Ryan McGill or Bryan Marchment. Both McGill...

Trent Yawney is privately being asked by some in Blackhawks management to return to the club. He`s missed the last three weeks. But coach Mike Keenan hasn`t contacted him and...

The Blackhawks obviously plan to continue playing 19-year-old defenseman Karl Dykhuis, because coach Mike Keenan made a trade Monday with the Los Angeles Kings to add journeyman Rod Buskas to...

Fadeem Vasserman`s clutch scoring led Loyola to two soccer victories that earned the Ramblers (8-6-2) a No. 8 ranking in the NCAA Midwest regional. Gino Sciortino and Vasserman scored in...

Mike Keenan has said privately he expects to trade defenseman Trent Yawney in the next couple of weeks. Publicly, the Blackhawks` coach and general manager has acknowledged he is trying...

Karl Dykhuis began his National Hockey League career Thursday night for the Blackhawks against Calgary. The club`s No. 1 draft pick in 1990 still yearns, however, to play for Canada...

Pittsburgh`s Mario Lemieux missed his first game of the season Tuesday because of back spasms. It was the third game in two years he had failed to play against the...

Defenseman Bryan Marchment hasn`t been as much of a success in Chicago as center Troy Murray has been in Winnipeg. The two players were swapped July 22. On the other...

Can the Blackhawks be lucky enough to miss Mario Lemieux again this season? Back problems kept him out two of the three games between Chicago and Pittsburgh last season, all...

Five Blackhawks are on the National Hockey League All-Star ballots, which were available for the first time this season at Thursday night`s game against Edmonton at the Stadium. The Hawks...