Tim sassone chicago

You always want more of those folks in your neck of the woods. I know the last couple of years have not been easy on him, but whenever you were around him you would've never known that. He had a real special aura around him. Keith: "Sad to hear that. I always had a lot of respect for him. He always gave us a lot of respect and was always fair to us as players.

He was one of the first guys I remember when I came here to Chicago. Seabrook: "The same things Duncan said -- he showed us a lot of respect and had a good hockey mind. Keith: "He knew hockey really well. The questions he'd ask, you could tell he's been around the game for a long time and was a smart hockey guy. He was there through the good and the bad.

As a writer, Tim was very honest and very open about what was going on. It was very truthful, and I think he prided himself in not having a bias in what was going on, He called a spade a spade. Some people thought at times that he might have been a little bit too critical during the bad times -- but they were bad times! First off, he was a huge Blackhawks fan and he loved the team.

That was where he wanted to be, and I think that came through in the way he wrote. As a player and now as a broadcaster, I have nothing but great respect for what he did for the Blackhawks. Blackhawks pay tribute to Tim Sassone.

Mike Spellman. Remembering Tim Sassone With more than 11, Twitter followers and plenty of Facebook friends who followed his Blackhawks coverage, here's a sampling of social media reaction to the death of Tim Sassone: Jason Kay, The Hockey News: So sad to hear the news of the passing of Tim Sassone. The Chicago reporter was a true pro and a valued member of THN's family for decades.

Always a Blackhawks must-read. Alison Moran: It was my sincere honor to count Tim Sassone among my friends in the sports business. All the way back to my internship days, he was friendly and made me feel welcome in the pressbox, and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations.

A good, no-nonsense man who told it exactly the way it was. Howard Moore of Chicago: He wrote about Hockey when there were very few people interested in the game. Tim and Verdi are all time great Hockey writers here. Blow me, pal. That would have gotten the crowd in a tizzy right away. Hawks going to the power play. Send the indignant hate mail about that comment to my buddy Lou.

Pay the winners!! Great save by Crawford. Pluswhise, Huskins caught a stick from Crawford in his face right before he got hammered. So far, both teams look pretty physical. We expect that from St. Shaw and Bollig both seem to relish this aspect of the game. Tracey Myers, the CSN in-game microphone jockey, must be good at her job because she is one tough lady to get an eyeful of. Nick Leddy and Dave Bolland get the assists.

Nice to see Leddy continuing to play well. With his wheels, he can be a real weapon. Blues score 9 seconds later to tie it up at 1. Jesus, that was unacceptable. Losing the ensuing faceoff after our goal set the whole thing up. No letdowns like that, asspipes!! Leddy played the rush well and turned Steen wide there, but he still got that shot away with some steam on it. Sphincter tightness…. They need to keep this up and sustain some pressure. Sphincter tightness…relaxing. What a luxury for the Blues to have two killer netminders like Halak and Brian Elliott to choose from each game.

Quite the nice problem to have…. Scrum in front of the Hawks net. Vlad Sobotka of St. Louis touched it off with a post-whistle hack on Crawford. Nice to see Crawford reach up and take a swipe at him in response. Dumb penalty by Shaw. You gotta be smarter than hitting a guy from behind like that.

Go after the puck, kid. End of the first period …Hawks outshoot the Blues and both teams had some nice chances…. Second Period. Way to pick up the kid. Their loss. Halak was better there, making the save, but Stalberg really has been great so far tonight. The CBOE seat auction is funny.

You bid an outrageous sum to sit in some of the worst seats for a hockey game…right on the glass. Personally, I like being able to see the corners and stuff. The Blues seem to be having trouble getting anything going thru the neutral zone and when we break out of our zone, we are getting some nice chances. That included the lean years between and , when the Hawks made just one playoff appearance, to their two Stanley Cup titles.

Quinlan said it gave Sassone great joy to see hockey become relevant again in Chicago. Sassone's job also helped him keep up with another passion of his — Bruce Springsteen's music.

While traveling on road trips, Sassone often would check to see if the Hawks' schedule intersected with Springsteen's concert tours. The Hawks' Stanley Cup championship triumph over the Flyers provided Sassone with his best memories of the beat, Kuc said.

While the Hawks were celebrating on the ice after clinching the Cup in Philadelphia, media members were allowed on the ice. In the midst of the celebration, Sharp came over to Sassone, shook his hand and made sure Sassone felt included in the celebration.