The Hawkey PuckCast

What a wild couple of weeks. The Blackhawks fired Luke Richardson, and we're here to discuss everything involving his tenure with the Hawks and what the future holds for the team, now led by Anders Sorensen. We also discuss the future in Rockford, the merits of the calls to call up Frank Nazar, and how things are going for plenty other Blackhawks prospects on the farm and across the world. Thanks...

Hawkey Puckcast is back for an October review. This episode is Tyler and Nick only, where we discuss how the Blackhawks and Icehogs have done so far in the season, including our big segment for the episode, regrading each of the Hawks offseason roster moves (14:20). We close it off with a preview of the week to come, episode recorded on Saturday before the games vs the Kings and the Ducks. Thanks...

Its a brand new season of the Hawkey PuckCast for a brand new season of Blackhawks hockey. Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon are back to discuss the Blackhawks preseason and first 3 games of the regular season. We look at the Hawks that impressed during said preseason games, the Lukas Reichel situation, why Hawks Nation is so excited about AJ Spellacy, and why the Hawks look like a watchable team that i...

With the final offseason episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, the 4 of us come together to discuss everything prospects in our annual prospect pyramid special. We give a few quick notes to the lack of details known about the new Chicago Sports Network (2:45), before we get into our prospect pyramid starting with a discussion about all the pyramid graduates (5:25). We follow that up with in-depth analys...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Nick, and Jon discuss the event of the NHL Draft in Vegas from Nick perspective having gone to the event (0:50), Artyom Levshunov signing his ELC (7:00), Hawks surprisingly eventful free agency day + our thoughts on every signing made (10:45), and how we would project the lineup to look for the Hawks as of this moment (32:40). Follow all of our social...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Wally, and Jon discuss the Ilya Mikheyev trade to the Hawks (4:25), do a full recap of the Blackhawks 2024 Draft Class (10:30), including discussions about where Artyom Levshunov will play next year and how the Hawks nearly traded to also get Demidov. We then end it with the qualifying offer news (52:45) and make some predictions about who the Hawks w...

We are back! On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon explain where they’ve been for the past few months (1:00) and their takeaways from the 2023-24 Blackhawks season (2:45). They also talk about the upcoming draft, including a debate about who the Hawks should take at #2 (21:30), as well as if the team projects to be more watchable in 2024-25 (42:25). They finish off th...

For the first time ever, the Hawkey PuckCast is doing instant analysis following a Blackhawks game. The Hawks opened their season with a 4-2 win, and with that, Tyler and Jon (soon joined by Nick) react to the Hawks on a fantastic night an Connor Bedards debut. Follow all of our socials here @HawkeyPuckCast on Twitter Tyler: @tyleraven10 on Twitter Wally: @WallMaz35 and @Chi_Prospects on Twitter N...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, we're gearing up for the regular season, as we react to our preseason predictions for the Blackhawks and give our thoughts on the camp battles and key players (1:15). We preview the first two weeks of Blackhawks hockey (35:10), give us status update on a few top prospects (46:00), and also give a Rockford preview that accidentally turns into a rant about the...

We're back for Season 2 of the Hawkey PuckCast, and in honor of a brand new Blackhawks season, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon discuss many different topics across the show, starting with the jersey number retirement of Chris Chelios, plus the guidelines coming with them (1:25), and Blackhawks AGM Jeff Greenberg and his hiring as new GM of the Detroit Tigers (8:35). We follow it up by giving our thoug...

On the season 1 finale of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon discuss the tragic and sudden passing of Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz as well as the impact he had on the franchise (1:43), we also talk about the result of Philipp Kurashev's arbitration case (7:08), delve deep into our Blackhawks Prospect Pyramid (20:50), and lastly, we go over our line projections for next season (1:3...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon discuss the legend of Kyle from Chicago (0:40), discuss the Hawks recent trades for Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno (2:35), Corey Perry (5:00), Blackhawks legend Josh Bailey (8:20), and Qualifying Offer News (14:15). We also discuss all the selections the Blackhawks made in this years draft (18:25). We end the show by discussing the...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Wally, Nick, Jon, and Tyler are back one last time before the NHL draft to discuss all things Chicago Blackhawks heading into the offseason, including the Andreas Athanasiou contract extension and changes to the Hawks broadcast personnel with NBC Sports Chicago. We close out this show with a full draft preview, including a Blackhawks 7 round mock draft. Time...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Wally, Nick, Jon, and Tyler are back after a 2 month hiatus to discuss the Chicago Blackhawks winning the draft lottery and the right to draft Connor Bedard, as well as what that means for the future of the franchise. We also discuss ideal linemates for Bedard for the near and distant future, as well as discuss the playoff exits of the Rockford Icehogs. Last...

On this belated episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Wally, Tyler, Nick, and Jon discuss the trade deadline for the Chicago Blackhawks, the departure of Patrick Kane, including our favorite Kane moments, the future of the Blackhawks fanbase, and the discuss all Blackhawks trade deadline moves grading the decisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this very belated upload of the Hawkey PuckCast Live from February 12th, Nick, Jon, and Tyler discuss the rumors surrounding Patrick Kane following the Vladimir Tarasenko trade, review the Blackhawks and Icehogs games for the week, as well as discussing Frank Nazars debut weekend for the University of Michigan Wolverines after recovering from his injury. Follow all of our socials here Tyler: @t...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Nick, Wally, and Jon discuss the complete disaster of the NHL All Star Weekend, unveil our mid-season Blackhawks prospect pyramid, and discuss the return to winning ways for the Rockford IceHogs. Follow all of our socials here Tyler: @tyleraven10 on Twitter Wally: @WallMaz35 and @Chi_Prospects on Twitter Nick: @WCHawkey on Twitter and Windy City Hawke...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Nick, Wally, and Jon discuss the last week of Blackhawks and Icehogs hockey in our first ever live podcast (apologies for being unedited). Follow all of our socials here Tyler: @tyleraven10 on Twitter Wally: @WallMaz35 and @Chi_Prospects on Twitter Nick: @WCHawkey on Twitter and Windy City Hawkey on YouTube Jon: @JLaskonis11 on Twitter "Cool Rock" Kev...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Nick, and Jon discuss the last week of Blackhawks and Icehogs hockey, and how it can be possible that the Blackhawks were undefeated, but the Icehogs were winless. We also preview the final games before the All-Star Break. Follow all of our socials here Tyler: @tyleraven10 on Twitter Wally: @WallMaz35 and @Chi_Prospects on Twitter Nick: @WCHawkey on T...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, the 4 of us are all finally all together to record a video podcast. We discuss the call-up of Lukas Reichel over the last week, the wins that followed, the Lukas Reichel game, and a pretty sour way to end the week with a Mrazek goaltending disasterclass. We also do a prospect recap including a mention of the 4 Blackhawks prospects who won gold medals with Te...

On this first ever video episode of The Hawkey PuckCast. Tyler, Nick, and Jon are back (with no Wally again unfortunately) to discuss everything in the week of Blackhawks, IceHogs and Blackhawks prospects, especially when it comes to the World Junior Championships. If you want to get the video podcast, it will be on YouTube on the Windy City Hawkey YouTube channel. Follow all of our socials here T...

On this next episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Nick, and Jon have to trek the messy waters of Wally not being able to be here, while also discussing a victory for the first time in almost 2 weeks. We discuss the rough beginnng of the return of Soderblom to Rockford, and Isaak Phillips getting a much deserved callup. We are later joined by our friend, Andrew Lamy, a Sharks and Team Canada fan...

After a long break away, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon recap the Hawks recent 5 weeks of hockey, including a grand total of one victory. We also preview the IIHF World Junior Championships, and discuss the Rockford Icehogs performance as of late. Including the Teddy Bear Toss. Follow all of our socials here Tyler: @tyleraven10 on Twitter Wally: @WallMaz35 and @Chi_Prospects on Twitter Nick: @WCHawke...

Join us on this latest episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, where Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon recap the Hawks California mini-road trip vs the Kings and Ducks, including Filip Roos’ first NHL goal, more Caleb Jones struggles, and why you shouldn’t cheer for us to lose games. We also discuss the top prospects of the last two weeks, and we finish in a conversation with our friend, Jameson, to help us rev...

On this episode of the Hawkey PuckCast, Tyler, Wally, Nick, and Jon recap the Blackhawks games from last week, including the controversy surrounding goalie interference, the injuries to all of our goalies, a distinct lack of goalscoring, and we also discuss Native American Heritage Night and Hockey Fights Cancer Night, followed with a quick trip to Rockford to discuss some of the hot starts by a f...