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Tim Sassone

Chicago Blackhawks Beat Writer

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Tim Sassone has covered the Chicago Blackhawks and the National Hockey League since 1988 after working for four years on the Daily Herald's sports copy desk. He covers the Blackhawks on a daily basis, home and road, writing stories for the newspaper and website and contributing daily blogs on the website.

Sassone has won numerous writing awards, including a Peter Lisagor award in 2008 for his hockey writing. In 2007, Sassone was nominated for the Elmer Ferguson Award as a finalist for entrance into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

He is a frequent guest on Chicago sports talk radio and a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

In addition to his hockey duties at the Daily Herald, Sassone has contributed with coverage of the Chicago White Sox and Cubs and major league baseball. Sassone covered the first night game at Wrigley Field in 1988, various All-Star Games and both the Cubs and White Sox in the playoffs.

Sassone also covered prep sports for the Daily Herald before joining the Daily Herald full-time in 1984, leaving a position at Pro Football Weekly.

Sassone graduated from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a journalism degree.

A native of Chicago's Western suburbs, he now lives in Lisle.

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A big high-five for Blackhawks

Feb 11 2013 | 8:44 pm - The Blackhawks are 10-0-2 and have played only two games at the United Center. Looking to continue their crazy success, they return to home ice Tuesday night against Anaheim after a 4-0-2 road trip.

Hawks win in Nashville to close out 4-0-2 road trip

Feb 11 2013 | 6:27 am - The daunting part of the Blackhawks' schedule is over and who could have predicted this? After playing 10 of their first 12 games on the road, the Hawks will return to the United Center on Tuesday still without a loss in regulation after beating...

Hawks just keep rollin' along

Feb 08 2013 | 9:44 pm - The Blackhawks are 9-0-2 because on this tight-knit team, everyone knows his role. Take Jamal Mayers. His role is to protect and enforce and change the momentum of games when he gets on the ice as a fourth liner. Mayers did just that in Thursday's...

Blackhawks get payback on Torres, Coyotes

Feb 08 2013 | 10:00 am - Payback can come in a lot of different ways. In the first on-ice meeting between Marian Hossa and Raffi Torres since the hit in the playoffs that saw Hossa leave Game 3 on a stretcher, the Blackhawks paid Torres and the Phoenix Coyotes back with a...

Blackhawks' Crawford overcomes rough start in 5-3 win

Feb 06 2013 | 10:56 am - The Blackhawks came back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 Tuesday night and beat San Jose 5-3 to improve to 8-0-2 on the season. With Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville going back to Crawford, his No. 1 goaltender, despite Ray Emery's 45-save effort at...

Will Hossa, Blackhawks see a ‘new’ Torres?

Feb 07 2013 | 5:14 am - Raffi Torres is trying to change his ways. Torres and Marian Hossa will be on the same ice Thursday night for the first time since last April when Torres sent the Blackhawks star to the hospital on a stretcher in Game 3 of their first-round playoff...

Shaw's play at center has Bowman's attention

Feb 04 2013 | 8:43 pm - Andrew Shaw isn't off to the greatest start as the Blackhawks' third line center points-wise, but that's apparently not a problem with general manager Stan Bowman.

Emery steals the show for Hawks

Feb 03 2013 | 12:51 am - It was the very definition of a goalie win. With Ray Emery making 42 saves in regulation and 45 through overtime, the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night. It didn't look good for Emery and the Hawks when Jay...

Emery leaves Flames shaking their heads in disbelief

Feb 04 2013 | 11:23 am - Ray Emery may never play a better game. Emery’s dazzling 45-save performance in Saturday’s 3-2 shootout win over Calgary had the Blackhawks buzzing and left the Flames kicking themselves for failing to take advantage of the tons of great...

Hawks GM Bowman says Saad will stick all season

Feb 02 2013 | 10:18 pm - Even before Brandon Saad played what has to be considered his best game with the Blackhawks on Friday at Vancouver, general manager Stan Bowman delivered the rookie left winger some good news.