Chicago Blackhawks

In overtime against the Panthers on Oct. 12, Thrashers second-year sensation Ilya Kovalchuk was penalized for using an illegal stick, an infraction that led to Florida's game-winning goal by Olli Jokinen. After last...

Suspended indefinitely by the NHL, Blackhawks winger Theo Fleury, who last week revealed that he had violated the terms of the league's Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. Chicago signed Fleury, 34, to a...

A need for goals overrides the concerns about signing the volatile Theo Fleury

At 40, mean and nasty defenseman Chris Chelios is giving the Red Wings the toughness they need to be champions

The aftershocks of this year's hockey tragedy are still reverberating. In March, Brittanie Cecil, 13, died after she was struck by a puck at a Blue Jackets game (SI, April 1), the first fan fatality in NHL history....