The Chicago Blackhawks have known their schedule for several weeks now, but on Thursday the team finally announced which networks will be airing their games for the upcoming season.
The Blackhawks will once again play their games primarily on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, with 51 games being shown on those airwaves. They will also play 20 games on WGN, with 11 games only being available nationally on either NBCSN or right here on NBC 5 Chicago.
The Hawks also announced that four of their six preseason games will be available on television:
Sept. 23: vs. Detroit 7:30pm CSN+
Sept. 26: vs. NY Rangers 7:30pm CSN+
Oct. 1: vs. Montreal Canadiens 7:30pm CSN
Oct. 3: at NY Rangers 6:00pm CSN
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The regular season will kick off on October 9 as the Hawks hit the road to take on the Dallas Stars in the Lone Star State. Here is their full schedule for the year (games on WGN in bold):
Oct. 9: at Dallas 7:30pm CSN
Oct. 11: vs. Buffalo 7:30pm CSN
Oct. 15: vs. Calgary 7:00pm CSN
Oct. 18: vs. Nashville 7:30pm WGN
Oct. 21: vs. Philadelphia 7:30pm CSN
Oct. 23: at Nashville 7:00pm CSN
Oct. 25: at St. Louis 7:00pm WGN
Oct. 26: vs. Ottawa 6:00pm WGN
Oct. 28: vs. Anaheim 7:30pm CSN
Oct. 30: at Ottawa 6:30pm CSN
Nov. 1: at Toronto 6:00pm CSN
Nov. 2: vs. Winnipeg 8:00pm WGN
Nov. 4: at Montreal 6:30pm CSN
Nov. 7: vs. Washington 7:30pm CSN+
Nov. 9: vs. San Jose 6:00pm WGN
Nov. 11: vs. Tampa Bay 7:30pm CSN
Nov. 14: at Detroit 6:30pm CSN
Nov. 16: vs. Dallas 6:00pm WGN
Nov. 20: at Calgary 8:00pm CSN
Nov. 22: at Edmonton 9:00pm WGN
Nov. 23: at Vancouver 9:00pm CSN
Nov. 26: at Colorado 8:00pm CSN
Nov. 28: at Anaheim 3:00pm WGN
Nov. 29: at Los Angeles 9:00pm WGN
Dec. 3: vs. St. Louis 7:00pm NBCSN
Dec. 5: vs. Montreal 7:30pm CSN
Dec. 6: at Nashville 6:00pm CSN
Dec. 9: at New Jersey 6:00pm CSN
Dec. 11: at Boston 6:00pm CSN
Dec. 13: at NY Islanders 6:00pm WGN
Dec. 14: vs. Calgary 7:00pm CSN
Dec. 16: vs. Minnesota 7:30pm CSN
Dec. 20: at Columbus 6:00pm WGN
Dec. 21: vs. Toronto 6:00pm WGN
Dec. 23: vs. Winnipeg 7:30pm CSN+
Dec. 27: at Colorado 8:00pm CSN
Dec. 29: vs. Nashville 7:30pm CSN
Jan. 1: at Washington 12:00pm NBC
Jan. 4: vs. Dallas 7:00pm WGN
Jan. 6: vs. Colorado 7:30pm CSN
Jan. 8: at Minnesota 7:00pm CSN
Jan. 9: at Edmonton 8:30pm CSN
Jan. 11: vs. Minnesota 7:00pm WGN
Jan. 16: vs. Winnipeg 7:30pm CSN
Jan. 18: vs. Dallas 5:00pm WGN
Jan. 20: vs. Arizona 7:30pm CSN
Jan. 21: at Pittsburgh 7:00pm NBCSN
Jan. 28: at Los Angeles 9:30pm CSN
Jan. 30: at Anaheim 9:00pm WGN
Jan. 31: at San Jose 9:30pm CSN
Feb. 3: at Minnesota 7:00pm CSN
Feb. 6: at Winnipeg 7:00pm CSN
Feb. 8: at St. Louis 11:30am NBC
Feb. 9: vs. Arizona 7:30pm CSN
Feb. 11: vs. Vancouver 7:00pm CSN
Feb. 13: vs. New Jersey 7:30pm CSN
Feb. 15: vs. Pittsburgh 11:30am NBC
Feb. 18: vs. Detroit 6:30pm NBCSN
Feb. 20: vs. Colorado 7:30pm CSN
Feb. 22: vs. Boston 2:00pm NBC
Feb. 24: vs. Florida 7:30pm CSN
Feb. 26: at Florida 6:30pm CSN
Feb. 27: at Tampa Bay 6:30pm CSN
March 2: vs. Carolina 7:30pm CSN
March 6: vs. Edmonton 7:30pm CSN+
March 8: vs. New York Rangers 6:30pm NBCSN
March 12: at Arizona 9:00pm WGN
March 14: at San Jose 3:00pm WGN
March 17: vs. NY Islanders 7:30pm CSN
March 18: at NY Rangers 7:00pm NBCSN
March 21: at Dallas 7:00pm CSN
March 23: at Carolina 6:00pm CSN
March 25: at Philadelphia 7:00pm NBCSN
March 27: vs. Columbus 7:30pm CSN
March 29: at Winnipeg 6:30pm WGN
March 30: vs. Los Angeles 7:30pm CSN
April 2: vs. Vancouver 7:30pm CSN
April 3: at Buffalo 6:00pm CSN
April 5: vs. St. Louis 6:30pm NBCSN
April 7: vs. Minnesota 7:30pm CSN
April 9: at St. Louis 7:00pm CSN
April 11: at Colorado 8:00pm WGN