Tim Sassone

Chicago Blackhawks Beat Writer

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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How the Hawks can beat the Red Wings

May 14 2013 | 7:24 pm - Veteran Blackhawks beat writer Tim Sassone breaks down the keys to the Hawks-Red Wings series: The goalies, the role players, the discipline, and Detroit's defense against the Hawks' high-scoring offense. This group of Blackhawks also has never...

Can Hawks stop Datsyuk, Zetterberg?

May 13 2013 | 6:54 pm - To beat the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference semifinals, the Blackhawks must find a way to shut down Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Hawks forward Marian Hossa says Datsyuk is as dangerous as they come in the NHL. "He's one of the...

Hawks' Crawford can't explain success against Detroit

May 13 2013 | 8:08 pm - Single-game tickets for potential 2013 Western Conference Final home contests will go on sale to the general public at noon today, Blackhawks team officials announced.

Blackhawks' Bolland prefers 'shutdown role'

May 12 2013 | 7:22 pm - Dave Bolland, who will return from a groin injury for Game 1 of the second round, says it's a different mindset centering the third line, which he will do. And it sounds as if Bolland prefers playing on the third line.

It's time for Blackhawks to take it to next level

May 12 2013 | 7:37 pm - The Blackhawks weren't at their best in dispatching the Minnesota Wild in the first round, and they know it. The Hawks better be ready to elevate their game in the second round or the dream of a second Stanley Cup in four years will come to an end.

Quenneville sends clear message to Saad, Stalberg

May 11 2013 | 9:18 pm - Brandon Saad and Viktor Stalberg had white practice jerseys hanging in their locker stalls when they arrived at the rink that meant they would be skating with the extras. Ben Smith was on the first line with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa, while...

Blackhawks’ defense will be tested in next round

May 11 2013 | 8:07 pm - Whether it's San Jose or Detroit facing the Blackhawks in the second round, there will be a difficult matchup waiting for the shutdown defense pair of Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson. "I think at the end of the day you have to play them the same...

Quenneville’s message: Hawks have to get better

May 10 2013 | 4:59 pm - It's only going to get tougher from here on out for the Blackhawks, and head coach Joel Quenneville agrees. "We still have to get a different type of pace to our game that's catching up to the other series that are being played and what the playoffs...

Hawks still await second-round foe

May 10 2013 | 10:44 pm - The Blackhawks will have to wait until Sunday to find out their opponent in the second round.

Blackhawks eliminate Wild with 5-1 win

May 10 2013 | 5:44 am - The Blackhawks were expecting to get Minnesota's best effort Thursday night, but it never materialized. The Hawks won 5-1 in Game 5 to capture the best-of-seven series 4-1 and advance to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since...

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