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Scott Powers

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Senior Writer at The Athletic

Senior writer for @TheAthleticChi, covering the Chicago Blackhawks. Email: [email protected]

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Articles

  • Why Anders Sorensen chose to stay with the Blackhawks after Jeff Blashill took his job

    3 days ago | dailyherald.com | Scott Powers

    Anders Sorensen, right, watches his team during the second period against the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center. AP/Feb. 5, 2025 After Anders Sörensen was told he wouldn’t be the Blackhawks’ next head coach, he could have gone elsewhere.

  • Why Anders Sörensen chose to stay with the Blackhawks after Jeff Blashill took his job

    4 days ago | nytimes.com | Scott Powers

    After he was told he wouldn't be the Chicago Blackhawks' next head coach, Anders Sörensen could have gone elsewhere. Sörensen's resume - 56 games as the Blackhawks' interim coach this season, three-plus seasons as an AHL head coach, an appearance at the World Championship as an assistant coach for Sweden this year - could have landed him another job in the NHL, AHL or Sweden. Sörensen didn't pursue anything else, though.

  • ‘Blackhawks hit a home run’: Why Jon Cooper thinks Jeff Blashill will succeed in Chicago

    1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Scott Powers

    Chicago Blackhawks new coach Jeff Blashill laughs at a a comment after his introduction at an NHL hockey news conference, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Chicago. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) AP Jeff Blashill and Jon Cooper had been friends for years — Cooper still remembers thinking he had made a unique connection the first time they met in 2001 — but they had never worked together. Their paths had always crossed in different ways.

  • ‘Blackhawks hit a home run’: Why Jon Cooper thinks Jeff Blashill will succeed in Chicago

    1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Scott Powers

    Share Jeff Blashill and Jon Cooper had been friends for years — Cooper still remembers thinking he had made a unique connection the first time they met in 2001 — but they had never worked together. Their paths had always crossed in different ways.When Blashill wasn’t kept on by the Detroit Red Wings as their head coach in 2022, Cooper posed the possibility of Blashill joining his Tampa Bay Lightning staff as an assistant.

  • Why Jon Cooper thinks Jeff Blashill will succeed in Chicago

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Scott Powers

    Jeff Blashill and Jon Cooper had been friends for years - Cooper still remembers thinking he had made a unique connection the first time they met in 2001 - but they had never worked together. Their paths had always crossed in different ways. When Blashill wasn't kept on by the Detroit Red Wings as their head coach in 2022, Cooper posed the possibility of Blashill joining his Tampa Bay Lightning staff as an assistant. Cooper thought it could benefit both of them.

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