Chicago Blackhawks

This Day in Hockey History – April 23, 2002 – Johnson’s 0 for 3

At the end of the 2001-02 season, the sixth-place St. Louis Blues (with 98 points) played against the eighth-place Chicago Blackhawks (with...

This Day in Hockey History – April 19, 1962 – Apples Aplenty

It was all about apples on April 19, 1962. Facing each other in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final,

This Day in Hockey History – April 16, 1961 – Chicago’s Drought Ends in Snow

After 23 years going dry, the Black Hawks had to celebrate their 1960-61 Stanley Cup victory in Detroit as Chicago was...

This Day in Hockey History – April 10, 1934 – Gardiner’s Final Game

(Photo: Chicago Tribune) The Chicago Black Hawks joined the National Hockey League in 1926, their first players the...

This Day in Hockey History – April 3, 1966 – Three Goalies and a Point

For the penultimate Original-Six season, 1965-66, the final regular-season games were played on April 3rd. Two of the three games...

This Day in Hockey History – March 30, 1969 – Everybody Gets a Record!

The final games of the 1968-69 NHL season took place on March 30. At the standing-room-only Chicago Stadium, the East...

This Day in Hockey History – March 26, 1980 – Tony O’s Great Eight

There is a mystique that surrounds goaltenders. Many hockey observers wonder what makes a player elect to have pucks shot at him and...

This Day in Hockey History – February 26, 1967 – Habs by Way of Chicago Paddy Wagon

Throughout the years of the National Hockey League there have been the occasional games in which mother nature or other issues have arisen and...

This Day in Hockey History – January 28, 1943 – Bentley Brothers Buffet

If your last name was Bentley and you were wearing a Chicago Black Hawks sweater, then it was a good bet that...

This Day in Hockey History – January 25, 1964 and 1972 – Espo’s Expos

Scoring goals was typical for Phil Esposito. But everyone has to start somewhere, and for Esposito, he scored his first NHL...