head coach: Craig Hartsburg

roster: C - Alexei Zhamnov, Jeff Shantz, Steve Dubinsky, Brent Sutter, Greg Johnson, Todd White, Jarrod Skalde, Dmitri Nabakov. LW - Bob Probert, Ethan Moreau, Eric Daze, James Black, Jean-Yves Leroux, Reid Simpson, Ryan Huska. RW - Tony Amonte, Sergei Krivokrasov, Jim Cummins, Martin Gendron. D - Chris Chelios, Gary Suter, Eric Weinrich, Keith Carney, Trent Yawney, Cam Russell. G - Jeff Hackett, Chris Terreri Kirk Daubenspeck, Andrei Trefilov.

injuries: Sergei Krivokrasov, rw (strained knee Dec. 17, day-to-day); Ethan Moreau, lw (broken right ankle Dec. 12, day-to-day); Chris Tererri, g (fractured left ring finger Nov. 11, 1-2 weeks (placed on injured reserve Nov. 11)); Bob Probert, lw (rotator cuff surgery Dec. 4, April (placed on injured reserve Nov. 19)).

transactions: Signed Bob Probert, lw, to a three-year contract extension.

standings:

Western Conference - Central Division
Team         GP   W   L   T   PTS   GF   GA   
Dallas       51  32  11   8    72  155  103
Detroit      52  29  13  10    68  160  117
St Louis     52  26  19   7    59  151  130
Phoenix      50  22  20   8    52  141  137
Chicago      50  20  21   9    49  121  117
Toronto      48  17  24   7    41  117  138

game results:

1/14 at Carolina     W 4-1
1/15 at Washington   L 3-2
1/20 NY Islanders    W 5-2
1/22 Toronto         L 3-0
1/24 St. Louis       W 5-4

team news:

by Jim Iovino, Chicago Correspondent

Probert signs three-year extension

Despite playing in only seven games this season, Bob Probert signed a three-year contract extension with the club. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Probert, who has missed most of this season with a knee injury and a torn rotator cuff, has scored two goals and added an assist during his limited time on the ice. Had the Hawks not signed Probert, he would have become an unrestricted free agent after the season.

It kind of makes you wonder what the team is thinking sometimes. They won't spend a lot of money to keep players like Jeremy Roenick and Ed Belfour, and they won't go out and sign stars through the free agent route, but they shell out some presumably big bucks for a 32-year-old enforcer who has quite frankly seen better days. Today's Bob Probert has had trouble dropping the gloves and has been injured twice this season.

Probert did play extremely well last season, racking up 326 penalty minutes in 82 games. But how much longer can a body take the kind of punishment Probert's is used to? I guess the Hawks are hoping he lasts for three more seasons...

Hawks like Wendy's

Three Blackhawks were recently spotted in a commerical for the fast-food chain Wendy's - Chris Chelios, Gary Suter and Tony Amonte. The commericals are part of a promotion the restaurant is using for the Winter Olympics. You see, Dave, the owner of Wendy's, is this big goof who embarrasses himself on skates, and pretty much all the hockey players do is stand around and laugh at him.

Other news:

There's really nothing new to report on the Blackhawks. They've been stuck in a pattern of win one game, lose one game, win one game lately. But the offense has picked up the scoring thanks in part to Alexei Zhamnov, who finally woke up out of hibernation and realized the season started in October, not January. Don't worry, it will only be a matter of time before he loses interest in the game again and takes another nap.

What else can we talk about...how `bout that new Blues Brothers movie? Has anyone seen it yet? I don't know about you, but it looks pretty lame. First of all, John Belushi's dead. There's no getting around that. Second of all, Dan Akroyd is fat, so he really can't do much. And don't even get me started on John Goodman. What does he have to do with the Blues Brothers? And what the hell's with that kid? Give me a break.

Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips...

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