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After playing all 48 regular season games in the 2012-13 shortened season and recording 9 goals and 14 assists, Bickell was highly productive during the [[2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs]]. He scored nine goals and eight assists in all 23 games during the post-season. He recorded the game-tying goal against [[Tuukka Rask]] during Game 6 of the [[2013 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Leahy |first=Sean |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/blackhawks-sign-bryan-bickell-4-16-million-extension-004131146.html |title=Blackhawks sign Bryan Bickell to 4-year, $16 million extension |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=2013-06-30 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> The Blackhawks later scored the go-ahead goal 17 seconds later to win the Stanley Cup. The Blackhawks awarded Bickell's strong post-season performance with a four-year, $16 million contract.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stubits |first=Brian |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/bryan-bickell-re-signs-with-blackhawks-for-four-seasons/ |title=Bryan Bickell re-signs with Blackhawks for four seasons |work=[[CBS Sports]] |date=2013-06-30 |accessdate=2016-11-12 }}</ref> Bickell displayed toughness by revealing shortly after the playoffs ended that he had played through a torn [[mcl]] that was sustained on June 8, 2013 against the [[Los Angeles Kings]]
Bickell tallied 14 goals and 14 assists while appearing in 80 games in the [[2014-15 NHL season]]. The 80 games he played in the regular season was a new career high in regular season games played from the 78 played in 2010-11. His production declined in the postseason, where he recorded only five assists in 18 games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Powers |first=Scott |url=http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks/post/_/id/4689833/blackhawks-season-review-bryan-bickell |title=Blackhawks season review: Bryan Bickell |work=[[ESPN]] |date=2016-06-22 |accessdate=2016-02-29 }}</ref> After playing every game in the first three rounds, Bickell was scratched from the team's lineup for two games of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals due to health-related issues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hine |first=Chris |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-bryan-bickell-blackhawks-vertigo-story.html |title=Bryan Bickell on his absence: I had vertigo |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=2016-06-18 |accessdate=2016-02-29 }}</ref> Bickell did return to the lineup for game three only to be scratched again for games four, five and six. The Blackhawks defeated the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] in six games, giving Bickell his third Stanley Cup.
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