Mike Kiley

Break up the Hawks: In ventures outside the Norris Division, the Blackhawks have the best record in the National Hockey League, 14-7-2. The breakdown: a 5-3-1 record against teams from...

No answers: Just as center Adam Creighton found it difficult to explain why he wasn`t scoring during a slump earlier this season, he doesn`t know why he is scoring in...

Alain Chevrier prides himself on using his head. In a game notorious for violence, he is a thinking man`s hockey player, a future button-downed businessman dressed up in a party...

Bob Friedlander works for the Blackhawks on game days as a statistician and he couldn`t believe his eyes when his dad, who lives in Las Vegas, sent along the latest...

Mike Keenan isn`t the only coaching taskmaster. After the Hawks practiced Thursday morning at the Montreal Forum, Canadiens coach Pat Burns blistered his players during two hours of drills, the...

Phone work: The report last week that Blackhawks coach Mike Keenan and Winnipeg coach Bob Murdoch had discussed a possible deal that included Denis Savard for Dale Hawerchuk upset the...

Toughening up: Montreal beefed up Tuesday with the deal that brought tough-guy winger Todd Ewen to the Canadiens from St. Louis. The team wanted to take the fighting load off...

Silent night: Winger Al Secord phoned home to northern Ontario after he scored his first two goals this season in Sunday night`s 7-1 Hawks victory over Vancouver and heard what...

Rookie goaltender Jimmy Waite joined the Blackhawks for the first time this year when he was recalled from the minors Sunday before the game with Vancouver. Waite was needed as...

- Fitting injury: Blackhawks defenseman Dave ''Charlie'' Manson couldn`t have a more appropriate injury: a charley horse. He was hurt in the third period of Wednesday`s game when Toronto`s John...