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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Zetterberg causing big headaches for Hawks

May 20 2013 | 11:01 pm - The Blackhawks' Marian Hossa is being reintroduced to the Red Wings' Henrik Zetterberg in the Western Conference semifinals. It's Zetterberg whom Detroit coach Mike Babcock has chosen to play against the Hawks' top line of Hossa, Jonathan Toews and...

Babcock has fond memories of seeing Hossa for first time

May 20 2013 | 9:39 pm - Tim Sassone's Blackhawks notebook has Detroit coach Mike Babcock recalling the first time he saw Marion Hossa. Plus Jonathan Toews talks about the playoff pressure he feels as a scorer, and the Blackhawks explain why they like Joe Louis Arena so...

Now Blackhawks face pretty much a must-win situation

May 21 2013 | 5:25 am - By losing 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night in Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena, the Blackhawks find themselves behind 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals. Game 4 is Thursday, with the Hawks facing about as close as it gets to a must-win...

Hawks' best players were invisible in Game 2

May 19 2013 | 6:01 pm - If the Hawks are to rebound from Saturday's horrendous effort and regain control of the Western Conference semifinal series with the Red Wings, it's not going to be Stalberg who makes the difference. How about a goal from Jonathan Toews? He has none...

With dominant effort, Wings even series at 1

May 18 2013 | 8:11 pm - The Red Wings turned the tables on the Blackhawks on Saturday, right down to the final score. In a complete role reversal from Game 1, it was the Red Wings who dominated the second and third periods and seemed to be everywhere in a 4-1 win over the...

Red Wings' play frustrates Blackhawks

May 18 2013 | 9:37 pm - It's not easy to frustrate Jonathan Toews, but Henrik Zetterberg and the Red Wings were able to do it Saturday.

Return of 'The Rat' has teammates smiling

May 17 2013 | 7:50 pm - x

Why isn't Stalberg playing? It's in the numbers

May 17 2013 | 7:40 pm - A frustrated Viktor Stalberg met with reporters again Friday and disputed various reports that he was benched for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against Detroit because he complained about power-play time in the first round.

Quenneville one of 3 finalists for coach of the year

May 17 2013 | 7:46 pm - The scowl, the mustache, the steely eyes behind the bench — it's all part of what makes Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville so intimidating. Or is he? "He's a big teddy bear," said Hawks center Dave Bolland. "Bolly? Really? Teddy bear? I've...

Hawks' Kruger embraces role as penalty killer

May 16 2013 | 7:53 pm - Marcus Kruger's stall is next to Jonathan Toews' in the Blackhawks' dressing room - and before every game the captain will lean over and give the kid some advice.

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