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Why I'm Getting Excited About Blackhawk Hockey  Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane won awarded the Calder Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year yesterday.Kane just beat out his teammate Jonathan Toews for the honor. I really haven�t been very interested in Blackhawk hockey since the days of Jeremy Roenick, Ed Belfour, and Chris Chelios in the early 1990�s. But this past season rookies Kane and Toews and a team that, despite missing the playoffs, showed more energy and competitive fight that I had seen out of a hockey team wearing a Blackhawk sweater in a long time came along to force me to start paying attention to the franchise. It also helps that team is now under the guidance of Rocky Wirtz. Not to be disrespectful of the dead, but if there was ever a list of the wrong decisions to make when running a professional sports franchise, Rocky�s deceased father, Bill Wirtz, was guilty of committing most of them. Bill Wirtz destroyed all the love this city had for the Blackhawks back in the 1950�s and 1960�s with his boneheaded decisions in the 70's and 80's. Now, not only does Rocky have Blackhawk home games on TV, an outdoor hockey game between the Blackhawks and the Red Wings in Wrigley Field in 2009, and Blackhawk greats Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Tony Esposito back in the �family�; he�s got a team of hungry hockey players headed up by two star talents in Kane and Toews. You can feel some of the excitement coming back to the franchise. I�m actually looking forward to hockey season. Labels: Chicago Blackhawks posted by Brendan | 9:53 PM | permanent link |
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