On Monday, Oct. 15, Blackhawks Television Color Analyst Eddie Olczyk will be officially inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Dallas, Texas. Olczyk will be the 17th Blackhawk in franchise history to be honored with that distinction, and he spent time on the same side of the ice with five of the other 16 inductees (none of the remaining 11 laced up their skates for the Blackhawks past 1950)! The well-connected Illinois native's teammates are outlined in today's edition of The Friday Five: The Six Degrees of Eddie O.
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The Rockford IceHogs kicked off the 2012-13 season this week with training camp and the first game of their preseason schedule, a 3-2 shootout victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at BMO Harris Bank Center on Thursday night. With that in mind, The Blackhawks Blog brings you The Friday Five: Rockford Edition.
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| Hall of Famer Dick Irvin poses in the original Blackhawks uniform, circa 1926. |
Happy Birthday to the Chicago Blackhawks! On Sept. 25, 1926, the National Hockey League awarded Major Frederic McLaughlin and the city of Chicago with a franchise, and the rest is history---86 years of it, to be exact! In this edition of The Friday Five, the Blackhawks Blog looks back at some interesting facts about how the Blackhawks came to be.
Choosing a number is like choosing a car. As soon as you find one you like, you see another one that looks even more awesome. Here's a look at some of the most interesting and notable number changes in Blackhawks history.
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It’s birthday weekend for Blackhawks Head Coach Joel Quenneville, as he celebrates his special day on Saturday, Sept. 13. To salute the Blackhawks’ 37th Head Coach in franchise history (and his famous ‘stache), we celebrate the coach’s most notable achievements in The Friday Five: Happy Birthday to Q!
Click here to read the full post>>Economics is always fun, but it is more fun when @nhlblackhawks are the example #SportsEconomics
— Becca Jackson (@beccajacksonyo) September 11, 2012
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Gladiator combats. Chariot races. Ice hockey.
That’s right, in just about a weeks’ time ice hockey will be played at Pula Arena, a Roman amphitheater in Croatia built between 27 B.C. and 68 A.D. Medveščak Zagreb (Croatia) of the Erste Bank Hockey League will take on Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) in the 2012 Arena Ice Fever exhibition series next Friday in the 2,000-year-old arena.
Is this the most impressive location for an outdoor exhibition match? You be the judge: The Blackhawks Blog recounts the hockey games played at the most notable locations.
Click here to read the full post >>Hey boys I think I will be all set for the year @10psharp @shawz15er @bollig87 @88pkane twitter.com/Jimmy10Hayes/s…
— Jimmy Hayes (@Jimmy10Hayes) August 31, 2012
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With a slew of legendary current and former Blackhawks, it's no wonder that their successes have been recognized in lakes, ice rinks, streets and more. On the heels of former Blackhawks Jerry "King Kong" Korab's street dedication ceremony, we bring you the five landmarks named for noteworthy former Blackhawks.
Gotye Remix: Now you're just somebody that I used to grow. twitter.com/Bollig87/statu…
— Brandon Bollig (@Bollig87) August 28, 2012
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