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New Blackhawks enforcer Dillon Boucher followed improbable route to NHL: 'I thought about quitting'

RALEIGH, N.C. — Like most people in Rockford, hockey journeyman Dillon Boucher was fast asleep at 11:30 p.m. Monday night.

He was awakened by his IceHogs linemate and roommate, Connor Mylymok, pounding on his door.

"I had no idea what was going on," Boucher recalled Saturday. "I thought I was late for practice.

"But [then Rockford general manager Mark Bernard] called me and said, 'You can't have your phone on silent because…

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Chicago Sun Times broke the news in Chicago, United States on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
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