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Verdi: Blues prevail in Game 7 worthy of June

By Bob Verdi
Apr 26, 2016 3:44 PM - In a seven-game series contested in April but worthy of June, the St. Louis Blues prevailed 3-2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, the defending Stanley Cup champions. Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi looks back on the classic game and series.
Verdi: Q&A with the Russian rocket, Artemi Panarin

Jan 19, 2016 9:28 AM - After leaving his home in Russia, Artemi Panarin has become an instant fit with the Blackhawks, endearing himself to fans and teammates. Panarin is still learning to speak English, but here, through an interpreter, he talks with Bob Verdi about his life and hockey.
One more look at Hossa's milestone moment

By Bob Verdi
Oct 31, 2014 5:15 PM - One thing hasn't changed since Marian Hossa was drafted 12th overall in 1997: Hossa is a professional. As Ottawa Senators fans know, he remains an elegant player, respected and respectful. Bob Verdi looks takes a closer look at the memorable night for Hossa, the 80th individual in National Hockey League history to attain the 1,000 point plateau.
Quenneville still making all the right moves

By Bob Verdi
May 31, 2014 5:12 PM - On most nights, a hockey coach might feel like an elevator operator. In either job, buttons are at your disposal to control ups and downs. But they are so repetitious that it is advisable to accept a certain sense of being powerless, go with the flow and keep the status of your emotions veering too far from quo. On most nights, Joel Quenneville operates thusly as his Blackhawks seek to defend their 2013 Stanley Cup, but in Games 5 and 6 against Los Angeles, Quenneville has changed up and pushed all the right buttoms, as Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi explains.
Verdi on the 3 C's of Captain Toews

By Bob Verdi
May 17, 2014 1:09 PM - Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi talks with NHL legend Scotty Bowman about the many qualities of Hawks captain Jonathan Toews. Far from being a true Captain Serious, Toews is a true leader who embodies the 3 C's: clutch, consistent and complete.
For Hawks and Blues, history always matters

By Bob Verdi
Apr 17, 2014 9:39 AM - Inseparable if not intimate, the Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues shall renew spring snarls when they commence the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday night. This will mark the 11th postseason series between these spirited rivals -- but the first since 2002 -- and it occurs earlier than expected.
Verdi on Sassone's legacy covering the Blackhawks

By Bob Verdi
Mar 30, 2014 5:20 PM - In an evolving industry, Tim Sassone represented a bastion of stability. For more than a quarter century, he wrote about one team, the Blackhawks, for one newspaper, The Daily Herald. And as Blackhawks Team Historian and colleague Bob Verdi explains, if you were among the many who competed against him over the years, you were best served to take your lumps and promise to try harder. You were not going to outwork him; that was a given.
Blackhawks flying high since last outdoor game

By Bob Verdi
Feb 28, 2014 5:42 AM - Blackhawks Team Historian Bob Verdi takes a closer look at the history and symmetry surrounding Saturday's NHL Stadium Series game involving the Blackhawks at Soldier Field. Inasmuch as the Bears once played where the Blackhawks played, it is only sporting that the Blackhawks again skate into a lair of the Bears.
Blackhawks' one goal: a city united

By Bob Verdi
Jun 29, 2013 8:33 PM - Once upon a time, 16,666 represented not only capacity for the Chicago Stadium on game nights; it was the ceiling number, hypothesized by skeptics, of Blackhawks supporters in the entire region. Friday's mass of smiling humanity seemed closer to or even beyond the 2 million estimate for 2010's coronation. Bob Verdi offers his perspective on the celebration, and the franchise that earned back Chicago's trust.
Verdi: At old Boston Garden, rats and excessive heat had their place

By Bob Verdi
Jun 18, 2013 9:16 PM - It is probably just as well that the visitors' locker room in Boston is cramped, and not because the Blackhawks need a heightened sense of togetherness during this time of stress. Tiny is terrific preparation. When they attempt to tie the Stanley Cup Final in Game 4 at TD Garden Wednesday night, they surely will find the Boston Bruins in an intrusive mood again. Bob Verdi, the Blackhawks Team Historian and former newspaper scribe, takes a stroll down memory lane, detailing some colorful antics deployed at the old Boston Garden for visiting teams.

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