Second City Hockey

Last offseason, our discussion regarding Connor Bedard centered on what felt like a step back during his second NHL season, given the general decline in his rates of production among other mostly negative trends. Bedard’s third season saw a return to an upward trajectory, as Bedard established new career highs in a bunch of categories: goals (30), assists (45), points (75), s...

This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. The Ups and Downs of Artyom Levshunov’s 2025-26 season (SCH) Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 4/28: final season evaluations (SCH) Musings on Madison, Episode 209 — Superb superlatives (SCH) How confident Blackhawks fans are in rebuild, Wirtz, Davidson and more survey results (Athletic) Blackhawks NCAA/

Artyom Levshunov’s second season pro featured promising glimpses and plenty of frustrating moments that filled the living rooms of Blackhawks fans with expletives. Levshunov’s 68-game season was cut short due to a hand injury and featured a midseason reset due to on-ice struggles. The former second overall pick scored two goals with 22 assists, numbers that aren’t eye-popping...

This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news. Blackhawks AHL prospect update, 4/28: final season evaluations (SCH) Musings on Madison, Episode 209 — Superb superlatives (SCH) How confident Blackhawks fans are in rebuild, Wirtz, Davidson and more survey results (Athletic) Blackhawks NCAA/USHL prospect update, 4/27: Boisvert goes pro; Nestrasil…

The Rockford IceHogs season came to a quiet close a little over a week ago. What started as a middling season gradually slipped into the IceHogs trending downward for most of the year. They never found a stretch of sustained consistency and each attempt to stabilize things seemed to be followed by another dip. Rockford finished dead last in the Central Division with just 61 p...