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The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forward Lukas Reichel to the Rockford IceHogs, the team announced on Sunday morning.
Reichel, 21, has been a healthy scratch for the last two games after his year-long slump continued post-bye week and All-Star break. He's been a healthy scratch five times altogether this season.
Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson recently talked about the possibility of sending Reichel to Rockford and wanting to see more "competitiveness" from him.
"It is a tool for sure and I’m sure that can be something that we’ll exercise if we need," Richardson said. "But we’ve been so banged up, I don’t think we could’ve really up until this point. Maybe that is an option going forward, just to help someone get out of the rut.
"Sometimes it’s a little bit of an instant blow to someone’s confidence. Their personality feels like it’s taken a hit, like they're embarrassed a little bit that they didn’t succeed. But the reason of using that tool is to succeed. It has done well for him in the past, so it could be something we look at in the future."
Reichel has never quite looked like himself this season. He has only 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 50 games with the Blackhawks this season and was on pace to finish with just 16 points. For reference, he had 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in 23 games with the Blackhawks last season.
The decision to send him back to Rockford felt inevitable for the Blackhawks, who had exhausted every option to this point. It was probably the last resort, so let's see how Reichel responds.
"We realize when players are down on themselves and we don't want to pile on but it's the NHL," Richardson said on Feb. 14. "We have to somehow push them to get over that, and a lot of that's internally with the player. We can only do so much and show them so much from video corrections or good stuff to try and get them feeling good about their game."
Anthony Beauvillier has been out of the lineup since Jan. 2 with a wrist injury, and he could return to action as soon as Monday in Carolina. The Reichel assignment opens up a roster spot for Beauvillier.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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