The Chicago Blackhawks recalled forward Teuvo Teravainen from the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL and assigned defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk to the IceHogs on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old Teravainen, who is considered the Blackhawks’ top prospect, has two goals, two assists and is a minus-1 in 15 games for the Blackhawks and has nine goals, 16 assists and is a minus-6 in 39 games for the IceHogs this season.

Van Riemsdyk, 23, recently returned to practice with the Blackhawks after fracturing his left patella on Nov. 16. He participated in his first contact practice on Monday. He has one assist and is a plus/minus-zero in 18 games for the Blackhawks this season. He signed as a college free agent last season and made the Blackhawks' roster out of training camp. He has never played in the AHL.

Quenneville recently said he believed van Riemsdyk could help the Blackhawks this season.

“Right now if he gets healthy and gets able to play, it’s almost like you pick up a guy at the end of the trading deadline or another asset,” Quenneville said last week. “You can never have enough defensemen. That depth is something we feel that whether he’s going to be a part of it right off the bat, we’ll see, but certainly we feel he can help us at some point.”