William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people ...

Mikheyev stretched the Blackhawks’ lead to 2-0, scoring on a wrist shot at 9:40 of the third. Connor Bedard and Sam Rinzel assisted. He added an empty-netter with 56 seconds remaining.

Korchinski was fast-tracked to the NHL last season, wreaking havoc with his sense of development. Now he knows where he's growing and going.