Mikkel Boedker

Blue Jackets: Hope springs from remarkable stretch

2013-04-30 03:54:03

It was the most memorable two-month stretch of play the Blue Jackets have ever put together, a 19-5-5 supernova that captured the city and launched the Jackets from fewest points in the NHL on Feb. 24 to one point shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup...

The puck stops where exactly?

2013-04-10 07:35:00

No, no, no, you people have it all wrong. You’re using the wrong description. The Blackhawks do not have a goalie controversy. They have a goalie competition. And another thing: You’re forgetting to add the most important word in this...

Blackhawks fall to Coyotes in shootout

2013-04-20 21:41:00

When it comes to NHL hardware, the Presidents’ Trophy ranks closer to the bucket of ice water that holds frozen pucks than it does the Stanley Cup. Given to the team that finishes the regular season with the most points, the trophy is considered a...

Hawks need top scorers to kick it into high gear

2012-04-19 22:23:00

This time, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville sounded full of regret more than rage after his team's overtime loss to the Coyotes. This time, Quenneville spoke in a soft voice that lacked the hard edge it carried 48 hours earlier, when he criticized...

Keep the ending, but change the script

2012-04-14 22:53:00

The Blackhawks were desperate. Again. They trailed the Phoenix Coyotes by a goal and had to pull goalie Corey Crawford. Again. With less than 15 seconds to go, they scored the tying goal to force overtime. Again. This time, though, unlike the way...

It's desperation time, so the Hawks should feel at home

2012-04-19 22:19:00

Now, it’s dire, and there’s dwindling belief the Hawks can do anything to change what seems inevitable. Maybe you can find some hope in a second straight overtime loss at home. I’m grasping. The Coyotes tried to bore everyone into a...

A night of redemption

2012-04-21 22:58:00

For most of Game 5 of the Blackhawks’ playoff series against the Phoenix Coyotes, you couldn’t find Jonathan Toews. At the end, you couldn’t miss him. Uncharacteristically, the Coyotes made a mistake, icing the puck 2:38 into...

Big names, big nothing, big questions

2012-04-24 07:12:00

The Blackhawks came into this series with the best players. The Coyotes, however, had the right players. Especially in goal. The story was Mike Smith. The Coyotes blocked shots, took the body, and kept the Hawks away from their goalie much of the time....

Short of finding Patrick Sharp, here's how Hawks fans can help

2012-04-23 08:09:00

The Blackhawks had all kinds of airplane trouble trying to get back to Chicago on Sunday after Game 5 in Arizona. They had won the night before to extend their first-round series against the Phoenix Coyotes. They couldn’t wait to get home to extend...

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick makes a save in front of Phoenix forwards Gilbert Brule , right, and Mikkel Boedker , center, and Kings defenseman Drew Doughty during the second period of Thursday's playoff game.

2012-05-17 00:00:00

Coyotes' Mikkel Boedker gets the puck through goalie Corey Crawford to win the game 3-2 in overtime.

2012-04-19 00:00:00