Joel Quenneville News

Shows how much I know: of the three guys I speculated about being scratched tonight, I put John Liles' chances at 20 percent, with Brett Clark and 30 and Ryan Wilson at 50.

This is a textbook example of landing on your skates: Not only did Tony Granato have two years remaining on his contract when the Avalanche fired him after last season's last-place finish in the Western Conference, he landed an assistant coach's position in Pittsburgh with the reigning Stanley Cup champions.

Joel Quenneville has won a lot of hockey games during his coaching career and a big reason for the success is his ability to win over his players quickly.

CHICAGO 4, COLUMBUS 3 : Brent Seabrook scored in the 11th round of a shootout Tuesday, and the host Blackhawks gave coach Joel Quenneville his 500th career victory.

's debut with the Chicago Blackhawks six days ago was a hit, a two-goal performance in a rout of the Western Conference-leading San Jose Sharks .

The Chicago Blackhawks made sure they finished a difficult trip by salvaging a point.

Forgive Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville for being a bit superstitious considering his team has killed 17 consecutive power plays and hasn't surrendered a power-play goal in six games.

Cristobal Huet gave up a couple of the aggravating kind of goals against Colorado on Wednesday night that make me fear for the Blackhawksa survival next spring.

With another date against the Avalanche looming, coach Joel Quenneville had the Blackhawks practice shootouts during Tuesday's practice.

First, Adam Burish. Then Dave Bolland. Then, Jonathan Toews. Then, Bolland again.

The momentum of Friday nighta TMs game between the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks A bounced back and forth like a pinball, and the HawksA fought hard to win a point against the best home team in hockeyA without some key players.

Chris Stewart scored in the eighth round of the shootout, helping the NHL -leading Colorado Avalanche remain unbeaten at home with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It has been a frustrating couple of weeks for Jonathan Toews .

It's going to be a special road trip for the Blackhawks this week to Phoenix and Colorado.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews missed his fourth consecutive game because of concussion-like symptoms, sitting out Friday night against the Montreal Canadiens .

It was out with Joe Sakic and in with Joe Sacco for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

The Avalanche 's season so far has featured surprises, rejuvenations, more surprises - and the Mysterious Case of Wojtek Wol- ski.

Crosby had a power-play goal and a short-handed score in the third period, and had the only goal in a shootout to help the Penguins win their seventh straight, 3-2 over the Panthers on Friday night.

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Rookie center Matt Duchene is a keeper, so say the Colorado Avalanche .

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