The Hawks won the cup for the third time in six years! How amazing is that?! Lead by none other than the World's Best Hockey Player, Jonathan Toews. At just 27 years old, Toews has 3 Stanley Cups, 2 gold medals, a Conn Smythe Trophy and countless other awards. He has achieved much more than the majority of hockey players can ever accomplish in their entire careers. I'm not sure he could've done it without the amazing support from his other teammates. Some veterans, some rookies, everyone on the team helped him conclude his eighth NHL season with his third cup. Patrick Kane has been along side him throughout all his career and they definitely had their share of getting to know each other. "We kind of grew up together," Kane said. "I kind of look at him like a partner in crime. You grow up…you spend five years rooming with each other, and you're going to get sick of each other at times. And you're going to have some good times as well."(USA Today Sports) Well, seems as though living together for five years really paid off for both of them, because Kane became more controlled with his young party attitude and Toews has loosened up a bit from his "Captain Serious" vibe. They work together like Batman and Robin, fighting crimes of the opposing team and coming out in the end to keep the city of Chicago and its fans safe. :)
I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Blackhawks Championship Rally, but I was not one of the lucky ones to get tickets on ticketmaster. I had three computers open at 11:15am waiting for the tickets to go "on sale" at noon (they were free so they didn't really go on sale). Twelve o'clock came around and my computers all changed to a screen saying, finding your perfect tickets or something. I was on the phone with my dad who was at work also trying to get tickets. After 45 minutes of waiting on the same screen, I got a notification on all of my computers saying all tickets were sold out. I thought it was a joke because there was no way I could have not gotten tickets. Befuddled and saddened, I didn't think I would be able to uphold my "tradition" of going to the rally. Notice I put tradition in quotes, where this is usually a one time thing. But being a Blackhawks fan gave us all the opportunity to make it a tradition, even kids and young teenagers nowadays are already planning for the next parade and rally, just assuming it will happen next year. Let's hope it does. Anyway, I went on with my day by going to party city to pick up face paint and decorations for the parade. My dad and I decided that night that we would go down to Soldier Field and just see if anyone has any extra tickets. We asked probably around 300 people starting at 6:00am on the train but no one had any. We got to Soldier Field and asked more and more people, but no one was answering us. Frustrated, yet determined, we walk around the line of people scouring for tickets. A couple about 50 years old, stopped us and said that their friends couldn't make it to the rally and they had extra tickets on the field. Willingly, we took them expressing much gratitude for their generosity and we gave them what we thought they were worth. We proceeded to find gate zero where the field admittance was, which was a harder task than we anticipated. We didn't see a line, so we walked and put our bags down to have them checked only to be stopped by head security telling us to, "Get in line, buddy. These people have been waiting here since three in the morning." We began walking to the back of line, which seemed to go on for infinity. Security opened the gates and someone was kind enough to let us slide in line. We got into the field with a crowd of probably ten thousand people behind us, so insane was an understatement. We ended up being 10 people deep from the front part of the general admission section. We were about 30 yards away from the stage because the press and VIPs were in front of us. Nonetheless, it was exhilarating and hectic being apart of history. I took many videos, but these three 10 second ones are my three favorite. I'm sorry I haven't been around to write for you, but I recently got over a severe concussion after being out for 6 months. I want to thank you if you are still around reading this, because I just realized how long it is! I really appreciate you coming back and checking to see if I wrote anything new and hope this article is gratifying! Thank you again and GO HAWKS! :)
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