Center Dave Bolland's lingering back problems are becoming increasingly a cause for worry. Last season he played through the problem, but this season a sore back kept him out of much of training camp. He'll missed his second regular season game on Friday at Colorado, meaning the Hawks will play the first-place team in the Western Conference without their top two centers. Jonathan Toews practiced for the third straight day during the morning skate and could return to the lineup next week when the Hawks play four home games prior to their traditional two-week trip when a circus takes over the United Center.
Bolland's back becomes a concern
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Len Ziehm just completed his 40th year as a member of the Sun-Times sports department. He has been the beat writer for the Chicago Blackhawks since the 2001-02 season and he covered the minor league Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League as part of his writing duties before that, starting with the Wolves' creation in time for the 1994-95 season.
In addition to covering hockey Ziehm has been the Sun-Times golf writer for the past 39 years, during which he covered 25 U.S. Opens, 15 Masters and 17 PGA Championships.
Prior to assuming Blackhawks' duties he was the beat writer for Northwestern sports for 11 years, which encompassed the Wildcats' run to the 1995 Rose Bowl, and beat man on soccer from 1984 through 2008. He was selected into the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.
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