The Blackhawks host the Bruins for the Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
The IceHogs fell 2-1 to the Griffins on Monday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Rockford’s first game of 2019 will be Friday against the Wild in Iowa.
Elsewhere in Chicago sports, forward Michael de Leeuw left the Fire and signed with FC Emmen in Eredivisie in the Netherlands.
BLACKHAWKS
Ward to start for Blackhawks at Winter Classic (SCH)
41 thoughts on Blackhawks at midway point (The Athletic)
Grading every Blackhawks player at halfway point (The Athletic)
Bowman likes how Blackhawks looks under Colliton (Chicago Sun-Times)
Top 10 Blackhawks stories of 2018: Quenneville fired at No.