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  • Steve Konroyd, center, and Denis Savard (18) have some amazing memories from the NHL playoffs, which they shared with Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi. Now both are serving a commentators during the Blackhawks' run of five straight overtime games.

    Verdi: There’s no tomorrow in NHL playoffs Apr 22, 2012 12:00 AM
    In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there's no tomorrow.How many times have we heard or uttered this hymn? And how often have we realized that hockey's second season, arguably the purest and most compelling path to a championship in competitive sports, frequently produces overtime classics beyond one's imagination — and well past midnight. Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi reveals the compelling side of the Stanley Cup playoffs with some player perspective from Steve Konroyd and Denis Savard.

     
  • Five years after Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz, left, joined forces with John McDonough as team president, the franchise has a Stanley Cup title and four straight playoff appearances.

    Why Hawks are now cream of the cropApr 17, 2012 12:00 AM
    Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz is finishing up his fifth year since inheriting the franchise, which is not to be confused with the final lap of a professed five-year plan to resurrect it. In this extensive interview with Bob Verdi, Wirtz explains the transformation from being irrelevant to becoming a model franchise. -

     
  • The Blackhawks, who won the Stanley Cup in 2010, are among six different teams to have won the championship since 2006. As more proof of parity in the NHL, 10 different teams have competed for the Cup in that same time.

    In salary-cap squeezed NHL, playoff berths are priceless Apr 1, 2012 12:00 AM
    Since 2006 there has been a different Stanley Cup champion in each of the six seasons and 10 different teams in the Cup finals — a slightly more inclusive mix than exists in baseball, football and basketball. In this report, Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi examines the impact of the salary cap structure in the NHL, and how it has brought more parity to the playoffs.

     
  • Former Chicago goalie and Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Belfour will be honored Sunday night by the Blackhawks.

    The Verdict: Belfour undrafted, yet undaunted Mar 25, 2012 12:00 AM
    Like they were in the old Chicago Stadium, the chants of "ED-DIE!!" ED-DIE!!" will be rocking Sunday night at the United Center as the Blackhawks honor Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Belfour with a Heritage Night celebration. In this report, Chicago Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi offers an inside look at an athlete who never backed down from a challenge. In addition to the feature, offered through an alliance by the Blackhawks with the Daily Herald, check out the video links to the 1991 NHL All-Star Game at Chicago Stadium, and the HOF induction speech by Belfour.

     
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