{"id":5059,"date":"2024-12-01T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2024-12-01T14:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T14:36:05","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-notes-busy-december-begins-collecting-defensemen-prospect-highlights-and-other-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wyatt-Kaiser_USATSI_22967192-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wyatt-Kaiser_USATSI_22967192-2.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wyatt-Kaiser_USATSI_22967192-2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wyatt-Kaiser_USATSI_22967192-2-1024x508.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Wyatt-Kaiser_USATSI_22967192-2-768x381.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets\" width=\"1210\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s December, which means a lot of things around the hockey universe are about to collide. Which is awesome! Talk about holidays! The first big non-Blackhawks specific date on the calendar is this coming Wednesday, Dec. 4 when the full rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off are announced. As of right now, it sounds like the only Blackhawks player who\u2019s a lock to be in the showcase is <strong>Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen<\/strong> for Finland. We\u2019ll see if <strong>Connor Bedard<\/strong> makes it for Canada (he should) and <strong>Alex Vlasic<\/strong> makes it for the United States (he should, too).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 NATIONS FACE-OFF IS GOING TO BE ELECTRIC \u26a1\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait for February \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b1RUyZiB0W\">pic.twitter.com\/b1RUyZiB0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BR_OpenIce\/status\/1849466687684268196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Junior Championships are in Canada this year. It will be fascinating to see how many Blackhawks prospects are invited to participate with their respective countries. <strong>AJ Spellacy<\/strong> certainly made a name for himself at the USA\u2019s summer showcase event, and the numbers <strong>Nick Lardis<\/strong> is putting up should force him into the conversation for Canada. As a reminder: <strong>Brent Seabrook<\/strong> is part of the management group for Canada again this year.<\/li>\n<li>The games begin at the World Junior Championship on Dec. 26. Even if there aren\u2019t a lot of current Blackhawks prospects invited to the WJC, there could be a lot of draft-eligible players to watch in the tournament. Rachel Doerrie at ESPN did a nice job of breaking down the guys who stood out in the recent CHL-USA Prospects Challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The CHL dominated the run of play over 2 nights in the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHLUSAProspectsChallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CHLUSAProspectsChallenge<\/a>, but the scores didn\u2019t really matter. Here are the guys who made really good impressions and likely raised their draft stock in the eyes of scouts &amp; GMs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6z4ZSXKd4r\">https:\/\/t.co\/6z4ZSXKd4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Doerrie (@racheldoerrie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/racheldoerrie\/status\/1862493369466814712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>And then there\u2019s the 2025 Winter Classic, which will be played at Wrigley Field (in 2024). The Blues already made a coaching change and they\u2019re reportedly poking around the trade market already as well.<\/li>\n<li>With all of those fun events surrounding the actual NHL schedule, the Blackhawks have a crazy game schedule between now and the end of the calendar year, beginning this afternoon with the Columbus Blue Jackets at the United Center for a mid-afternoon tilt. The Blackhawks have four games this week \u2014 three at home \u2014 before a week in New York, followed by another four-game week. Get ready to crank it up, Blackhawks fans. Plenty of hockey coming this month!<\/li>\n<li>This is a solid read from Ben Pope on <strong>Wyatt Kaiser<\/strong>. I\u2019ve said for a while that I can see a lot of Trevor van Riemsdyk in his game. And, frankly, if Kaiser can play north of 600 games in the league he would probably take it. TvR has had a really nice career and been a solid player for the Blackhawks, Canes and Caps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What will be Wyatt Kaiser&#39;s long-term role and identity in the NHL?<\/p>\n<p>He and the Blackhawks are trying to figure that out.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My style is defense first, offense second.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>New story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3DFgoU0Rf\">https:\/\/t.co\/b3DFgoU0Rf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Pope (@BenPopeCST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenPopeCST\/status\/1862962954976506023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The future of defense in the Central Division added another layer on Saturday when the Wild acquired David Jiricek from Columbus. Think about this:<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota: Brock Faber, Zeev Buium, David Jiricek, Carson Lambos and Aron Kiviharju<\/li>\n<li>Chicago: <strong>Alex Vlasic, Artyom Levshunov, Kevin Korchinski<\/strong>, Kaiser, <strong>Nolan Allan, Ethan Del Mastro<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s a stacked group of defensemen who are all young.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><em>How about some Blackhawks prospect highlights?<\/em><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I already mentioned Lardis, so how about we start with him lighting the lamp again? This goal came on the power play.<\/li>\n<li>How about a goal from <strong>Oliver Moore<\/strong>? He was credited with four shots on net and won 12 of 17 faceoffs, starting as the third line center. <strong>Sam Rinzel<\/strong> scored into the empty net to close the books on a 5-2 win over Alaska-Fairbanks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p>\u2014 Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) December 1, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>For Providence, <strong>John Mustard<\/strong> scored this goal and added an assist. He was also credited with a team-leading five shots on goal in a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence. Remember goaltender <strong>Dominic Basse<\/strong>? He stopped 33 of 35 in the losing effort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p>\u2014 Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) December 1, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In Ireland, Boston University co-captain <strong>Ryan Greene<\/strong> scored the game-tying goal in the third period as BU came back from a two-goal deficit to win 4-3. Greene put three shots on net and won 12 of 21 faceoffs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p>\u2014 Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) November 30, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frank Nazar<\/strong> and <strong>Colton Dach<\/strong> scored goals for the IceHogs last night in a 3-2 loss in Milwaukee. Korchinski, Levshunov and <strong>Gavin Hayes<\/strong> had assists. Check the nice helper in the clip of Nazar\u2019s goal below. Dach\u2019s goal came on the power play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The schedule is starting to get busy for the Blackhawks on and off the ice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks","category-nfl","category-san-francisco-49ers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The schedule is starting to get busy for the Blackhawks on and off the ice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059\",\"name\":\"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"description\":\"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\",\"name\":\"MrKen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrKen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News","og_description":"The schedule is starting to get busy for the Blackhawks on and off the ice.","og_url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059","og_site_name":"Breaking News","article_published_time":"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MrKen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrKen","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059","name":"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets - Breaking News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png","datePublished":"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-01T14:36:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chicago-chay.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=5059#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chicago Blackhawks Notes: Busy December Begins, Collecting Defensemen, Prospect Highlights, and Other Bullets"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/","name":"Breaking News","description":"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15","name":"MrKen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrKen"},"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5061,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059\/revisions\/5061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}