John Madden News

It's a tease: President Obama actually calls first lady Michelle Obama "FLOTUS," the abbreviated newspeak version for "First Lady of the United States." u The irony: Whenever this column refers to President Obama as "POTUS," we get angry e-mails from readers accusing us of name calling.

A number of sources areA reporting that 36-year old center Peter Forsberg, currently playing withA Team Sweden in the Karjala Cup, is trying to make a comeback to the NHL.

A year ago, Derick Brassard was the leading contender for Rookie of the Year with 10 goals and 15 assists in 31 games, when he dislocated his right shoulder in December and was lost for the season for the Columbus Blue Jackets .

A large banner is affixed to the outside of the Sommet Center that reads "Welcome to Smashville." The Blackhawks had hoped to take the greeting as an invitation Thursday night to bust up the Predators for the third time this season.

Pekka Rinne made 22 saves to record his first shutout of the season, and Joel Ward's goal in the second period lifted Nashville to a 2-0 win over Chicago.

With Jonathan Toews out of the lineup, John Madden has picked up some new stitching on his Blackhawks sweater.

John Madden scores against the Flames and then celebrates . Having played my entire career in New Jersey prior to coming to Chicago, my perspective on "home" fans has been limited.

Jesse Rogers will be here from Noon-1 p.m. CT to answer your questions about the Chicago Blackhawks and will be joined for the first 20 minutes by Hawks center John Madden.

Stopping pucks has become a problem for Cristobal Huet. Losing the backing of his Blackhawks teammates hasn't. After the Hawks' goaltender struggled for the second consecutive game at home Saturday night, the United Center crowd voiced its displeasure by directing boos at him.

Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp has at least one point in all five games this season and will try to keep the streak going Wednesday night versus the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center.

Edmonton Oilers centre Sam Gagner, right, is tripped up by Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith while winger Kris Versteeg controls the puck during the Oilers' 4-3 loss in Chicago on Wednesday.

Brent Seabrook's goal 26 seconds into overtime Monday capped the biggest comeback in Blackhawks' history and gave Chicago a 6-5 victory over Calgary.

First it was a shootout victory that went a club-record nine rounds in their first game of the season at the United Center.

John Madden plays for the Chicago Blackhawks this season, but he toiled for New Jersey when current Calgary Flames head coach Brent Sutter guided the Devils.

Brent Seabrook scored 26 seconds into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks matched the biggest comeback in NHL history, rallying from a five-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 6-5 on Monday night.

Andrew Ladd scored in the ninth round of a shootout Saturday to hand the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

The Chicago Blackhawks will hold their 2009-10 home opener when the Colorado Avalanche continue a lengthy early road trip with tonight's visit to the United Center.

Kris Draper and Johan Franzen scored 1:34 apart late in the second period to put Detroit ahead and Chris Osgood made 31 saves to help the Red Wings hold on for a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in a rematch of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.

The Chicago Blackhawks, the cover boys of ESPN the Magazine, EA Sports' NHL'10, and the trendy pick of many analysts to compete for, if not win, this year's Stanley Cup, lost their season opener in Helsinki, Finland on Friday afternoon.

When the 2009 Compuware NHL Premiere games were announced, starting a game in front of his family, friends, and 12 000 other Finns became Antti Niemi's dream.