Chicago Blackhawks Actual Opening Night Lineup

Chicago Blackhawks Lineup

Lines

Bryan Bickell, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane
Marian Hossa, Michal Handzus, Patrick Sharp
Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw, Jimmy Hayes
Brandon Bollig, Marcus Kruger, Joakim Nordstrom

Other Lines

Marian Hossa, Andrew Shaw, Patrick Sharp
Marian Hossa, Marcus Kruger, Patrick Sharp

Defensive Pairings

Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook
Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya
Nick Leddy, Michael Roszival

Starting Goaltender: Corey Crawford  Backup: Nikolai Khabibhulin

Scratched: D Michael Kostka, D Sheldon Brookbank, C Ben Smith

Chicago Blackhawks Assigned First Round Pick Ryan Hartman to his Junior Team

The Chicago Blackhawks Assigned First Round Pick Ryan Hartman to Plymouth in the OHL.

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Hartman vs. Erne vs. De La Rose vs. Zykov

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Chicago Blackhawks make the right selection on Left Wing Ryan Hartman? Wingers Adam Erne, Swede Jacob De La Rose, and Valentin Zykov were all on the board at the 30th pick.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these four players here for fun to start.
30th Overall Pick Left Wing Ryan Hartman Chicago Blackhawks
33rd Overall Pick Left Wing Adam Erne Tampa Bay Lightning 34th Overall Pick Forward Jacob De La Rose Montreal Canadiens

37th Overall Pick Left Wing Valentin Zykov Los Angeles KingS

Chicago Blackhawks Return 3 Players to Their Junior Teams

The Chicago Blackhawks assigned D Dillon Fournier to Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL), D Travis Brown to Moose Jaw, and G Brandon Whitney to Victoriaville (QMJHL). Track their statistics on our blog throughout the season.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Carolina Hurricanes prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
1st Round Pick Forward Ryan Hartman - Hartman is most likely playing for Plymouth in the OHL in 2013-2014.

RYAN HARTMAN

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Carl Dahlstrom - Dahlstrom will play for Linkoping in the Swedish Hockey League in 2013-2014.

CARL DAHLSTROM

3rd Round Pick Center John Hayden - Hayden will enter his freshman season at Yale University in 2013-2014.

JOHN HAYDEN

4th Round Pick Defenseman Robin Norell - Norell is likely to play for Djurgarden in the Allsvenskan Swedish Pro League in 2013-2014.

ROBIN NORELL

4th Round Pick Center Tyler Motte - Motte will play his freshman season at the University of Michigan in 2013-2014.

TYLER MOTTE

5th Round Pick Center Luke Johnson - Johnson enters his freshman season at the University of North Dakota in 2013-2014.

LUKE JOHNSON

6th Round Pick Forward Anthony Louis - Louis enters his freshman season at Miami University this season.

ANTHONY LOUIS

7th Round Pick Defenseman Robin Press - Press is expected to play for Södertälje in the Allsvenskan Swedish Pro League in 2013-2014.

ROBIN PRESS

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Carolina Hurricanes prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
1st Round Pick Forward Teuvo Teravainen - Teravainen is expected to play one more year for Jokerit in the sm-liiga in 2013-2014. Chicago signed Teravainen to a three year entry level contract on August 22, 2013.

TEUVO TERAVAINEN

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Dillon Fournier - Fournier is expected to play in 2013-2014 for Rouyn-Noranda in the QMJHL.

DILLON FOURNIER

3rd Round Pick Forward Chris Calnan - Calnan is entering his freshman season at Boston College IN 2013-2014.

CHRIS CALNAN

5th Round Pick Forward Garret Ross - Ross will play for Rockford in the AHL in 2013-2014.

GARRET ROSS

5th Round Pick Defenseman Travis Brown - Brown is likely to play for Moose Jaw in the OHL in 2013-2014.

TRAVIS BROWN

6th Round Pick Forward Vincent Hinostroza - Vincent enters his freshman season at the University of Notre Dame in 2013-2014.

VINCENT HINOSTROZA

7th Round Pick Goaltender Brandon Whitney - Whitney will play for Victoriaville in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

BRANDON WHITNEY

7th Round Pick Goaltender Matt Tomkins - Tomkins enters his freshman season at Ohio State University in 2013-2014.

MATT TOMKINS

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

Bookmark this blog to track the Carolina Hurricanes prospects and updated statistics for the upcoming season. Instead of looking up the players throughout the season, you can track their statistics here.
1st Round Pick Center Mark McNeill - McNeill will play for Rockford in the AHL in 2013-2014.

MARK MCNEILL

1st Round Pick Forward Phillip Danault - Danault is expected to play for Rockford in 2013-2014.

PHILLIP DANAULT

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Adam Clendening - Adam is expected to play for Rockford in 2013-2014.

ADAM CLENDENING

2nd Round Pick Left Wing Brandon Saad - Saad is on the Blackhawks and no longer considered a prospect.
3rd Round Pick Defenseman Michael Paliotta - Paliotta will play his junior season at the University of Vermont.

MICHAEL PALIOTTA

3rd Round Pick Defenseman Klas Dahlbeck - Dahlbeck is expected to play for Rockford in 2013-2014.

KLAS DAHLBECK

4th Round Pick Right Wing Maxim Shalunov - Shalunov is expected to play in Russia in 2013-2014.

MAXIM SHALUNOV

5th Round Pick Forward Andrew Shaw - Shaw is on the Blackhawks and no longer considered a prospect.
6th Round Pick Defenseman Sam Jardine - Jardine is expected to play his sophomore season at Ohio State University in 2013-2014.

SAM JARDINE

7th Round Pick Center Alex Broadhurst - Broadhurst is expected to play for Rockford in 2013-2014.

ALEX BROADHURST

7th Round Pick Goaltender Johan Mattson - The Blackhawks did not sign Mattson by the deadline so they no longer hold the rights to Mattson.