Western Conference

This is the first time in five years that the Flyers are on the outside looking in. Pretty unfamiliar position for us Flyers writers as well. On the other hand, this is pretty interesting. There are now 16 teams to choose from to get behind and root for these next two months. The TCL Flyers staff will fill you in on those 16 teams and tell you why you should pick them.

In their final meeting of the regular season, the Blackhawks will look to close out the series with their Central division foes.  The Hawks have the edge in the series 3-2 coming into this game. The last confrontation with these two saw the Hawks skate away with a 4-3 win in a shoot out at the United Center. Both teams are coming into this game with exactly the same record in their last 10 games of 6-2-2.

The Blackhawks are looking to get as many points as possible in their final five games to secure a playoff berth and distance themselves from other Western Conference teams. The Blues while they are leading the league are looking to secure more points as well to c...

In what should be a good precursor to the playoff, there is no better way to get the blood amped up and boiling than to face your enemy. The Vancouver Canucks will be rested and ready for the Hawks. They will probably be in ornery mood as well coming off of a defeat at the hands of the Wild in Minnesota. The Canucks come into this game with no worries of making the playoffs. They are second in the Western Conference behind the Blues with 94 points and ten games left on their schedule. The Colorado Avalanche are behind them in the division but are significantly behind and only have seven games left to play. The Hawks will need to bring their best against Vancouver. They have recently found...

They say everything in Texas is bigger and nothing could have been truer in last night’s Chicago Blackhawks/Dallas Stars game. There was big goals, big saves and big hits which, saw the Hawks standing their ground and coming out of big D with a big two points. More importantly the Hawks are showing they may not out muscle you but they don’t need to in order to skate away with wins.

The Hawks have played the Blues, Rangers, Kings & now the Stars who are all solid defensive teams with excellent netminders and top drawer defenses. The Hawks managed to get points in each of these games which are huge coming down the stretch to the playoffs. In what could be a glimpse of ...