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<td class="bodytext" align="left" valign="top">In 1926 coffee tycoon Major Frederic McLaughlin was awarded an NHL franchise in Chicago IL. McLaughlin bought the Portland Rose Buds for US$200,000 to secure players, and renamed the team the Chicago Black Hawks in honor of both his Gun Battalion and the Sauk Indian Chief whose name they had adopted during the First World War. <BR>
McLaughlin was famous for constantly tinkering with the team, hiring and firing fourteen coaches in thirteen years. Despite the rollercoaster, the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in1934 and again in 1938.<BR>
It would be twenty-two years before they won the Cup again, but that wouldn’t mean they didn’t play great hockey. With great lines like Bill Mosienko and Doug and Max Bentley’s “Pony Line”, and players like Bobby and Dennis Hull, Stan Mikita, Pierre Pilote and Elmer “Moose” Vasko consistently delivering the goods.<BR>
Bobby Hull, “The Golden Jet” was a strong skater, with a signature slap shot. Paired with Pilote and Mikita, they were unstoppable, finally bringing the cup back to Chicago in 1961. “The Golden Jet’ began the golden era, with a near unstoppable team throughout the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. The team never missed the playoffs throughout the rowdy eighties, with players remembering the crowd as the “best fans in pro sports” (Wilson).<BR>
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<img src="images/thumbnail/8_30_CHICAGOHOM_Rev1.jpg" width=103 height=160 alt=" NHL Chicago Blackhawks - Chicago Home" border="0" align="top"></a>
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<img src="images/thumbnail/8_30_MINICHICAG_Rev1.jpg" width=97 height=140 alt=" NHL Chicago Blackhawks - Chicago Away" border="0" align="top"></a>
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