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10 Interesting Facts About the Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks were founded in 1926, and along with Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings are one of the Original Six NHL teams.Throughout the franchises history, the Chicago Blackhawks have won 3 Stanley Cup Championships and thirteen division titles.
During the 1947/48 season, Chicago netminder Emile Francis changed the goaltending position forever when he wore a modified version of a first basemans glove in a game against the Detroit Red Wings. Detroit coach Jack Adams protested the use of the glove but NHL President Clarence Campbell disagreed, evolutionizing the position of goaltender.
The Chicago Blackhawks set a single season record they would rather not own in 1953/54 by only managing to score 133 goals. That set the mark for fewest ever scored in an NHL season.
In 1965, the Blackhawks saw the emergence of a couple of the most prolific players in the game with Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. Over the next few seasons the pair took turns winning scoring titles and MVP honors. Mikita won the scoring title in the 1964/65, 1966/67, and 1967/68 seasons as well as taking home the Hart Trophy in 1966/67 and 1967/68 and Bobby Hull won the scoring title in 1965/66 as well as the Hart Trophy in 1964/65 and 1965/66.
At the end of the 1971/72 season, Bobby Hull stunned the Blackhawks and the NHL when he signs a contract with the Winnipeg team in the upstart WHA, which even went as far as naming the team the Jets after Hull. Hull also became the first hockey player to be paid over $1,000,000 for a single season!
Stan Mikita retired from the NHL in 1980 after 23 seasons, having played his entire career with the Chicago Blackhawks. Soon after, Mikita was voted into the hockey hall of fame in 1983.
In 1986, the Black Hawks made the decision to drop the space in their name and become known as the Chicago Blackhawks.
1997/98 saw the Blackhawks 28-year playoff streak come to an end as they finished in 5th place with a record of 30-39-13. The streak falls just 1 year short of the Bruins record streak of 29 years.
In 2008 The Hockey News' staff voted the Chicago Blackhawks team logo to be the best in the NHL
The team has not won the Cup since 1961. This is the longest current cup drought in the NHL. At 48 years, it is the second longest Stanley Cup drought in NHL history, behind the New York Rangers, which ended in 1994 after 54 years
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