The Chicago Blackhawks reassigned forward Brandon Mashinter and defenseman Cameron Schilling to AHL Rockford on Monday. They also released forwards Tomas Kopecky and Daniel Paille and defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky, who were on tryout contracts, to trim its active roster to 31 players.
The Hawks are off until Thursday when they head south on I-55 to face the St. Louis Blues.
**Hawks reassign Brandon Mashinter, Cameron Schilling to AHL (SCH)
**Hawks release Tomas Kopecky, Lubomir Visnovsky from tryouts (SCH)
**Brent Seabrook's contract the latest structured with lockout protection (Sportsnet)
**Celebrate Hawks' championship with Second City Dynasty T-shirt (SCH)
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