Blackhawks News

Wow, I haven't said that in a while. But, we have a bit of news that might be of interest to Hawks fans. The Hawks have hired a new goaltending coach, Steve Weeks, who once coached for the Atlanta Thrashers. General Manager Stan Bowman said he's thrilled with the recent hiring, emphasizing Weeks' two decades of experience in the NHL. He replaces Stephen Waite, who left to take the same position at the Montreal Canadiens.

In a bit of well, kinda gross news, Andrew Shaw is auctioning off the stitches he got after getting hit in the face with a puck during Game 6. Personally, I'm kinda grossed out. I've had stitches myself and I don't want anything to do with them. If someone wants to buy them, that's fine, but I won't touch them.

In some good news however, it seems as if the Hawks front office is excited for one Teuvo Teravainen. Drafted last year, the Finnish kid has been playing for SM-Liiga club Jokerit for the past year. Now that he's shown up at the US National junior evaluation camp in Lake Placid, GM Stan Bowman has been singing his praises. 

Teravainen is described as a player who oozes talent. He had 8 points during the evaluation camp (3 goals, 5 assists) and scored both of Finland's regulation goals in a 3-2 shootout win over Sweden. This kid already looks pretty tantalizing, but since he turns 19 in September, he likely isn't going to play for the Hawks just yet, but he should show up at the Hawks training camp in South Bend in September. Judging by these numbers and how he's been described, I see him potentially as a big-name star for the Hawks, as he's already been compared to Patrick Kane in terms of talent. I've got my eye on this kid.

Hawks prospect Tyler Motte was also a healthy scratch for the US Blue team and did not register a point with the US unified team. Forwards Vince Hinostroza, a Notre Dame recruit and John Hayden, who will be going to defending Division 1 national champions Yale, were among the 13 players cut by the US. 

Also, the Hawks' AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs will be playing in a renovated BMO Harris Bank Center come October.

So there's those little bits of updates. I'll hopefully be back next week, but I'm not too keen on it just yet. It's still in the middle of the off-season, so I'm not expecting many updates. So until the next update, so long!