The Latest Breaking News from Jaime Faulkner

The Hawks expect their average attendance — which was 17,167 last season — to marginally increase again this season, with at least five games sold out. Their marketing campaign will also focus on the fan base.

The $65 million project is expected to be ready by early 2026.

The Bears and Cubs have bristled at the word “rebuild.” The Sox didn’t have a problem with the word, but they certainly didn’t use it to promote the team. That’s not the case with the Hawks.

Belle Tire remains their helmet ad sponsor, but the Hawks are not one of the nine NHL teams that have added a jersey-ad sponsor this season.

Hawks CEO Danny Wirtz and the team’s business department are prepared to “deal with the reality” if Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews or any other current players are dealt this season.

Five of the six vice presidents who form the Hawks’ new business leadership group joined the organization in either 2021 or 2022. The Hawks have also gone from “having the smallest analytics and strategy team in the league to the largest,” business president Jaime Faulkner said.

The preseason exhibition Sunday will mark the NHL’s first foray into Wisconsin in 29 years, and the Hawks’ underserved northern fan base is “jacked” about it.

PHILADELPHIA — After the Chicago Blackhawks named Jaime Faulkner their president of business operations on Dec. 16, 2020, a flower arrangement was delivered to her. The sender? The first woman to ever be hired to that position in the NHL — the Flyers’ Valerie Camillo.

John Wiedeman will return to the WGN radio booth and work with either Murray or Caley Chelios.