Home Arena: The United Center
Seating Capacity: 20 500
Adress: 1901 W. Madison Street
Chicago
IL 60612
Phone: 312-455-7000
First Season: 1926-27
Stanley Cups: 3
Latest one: 1960-61
Last time missing playoffs: 1999-2000
Owner/President: William Wirtz
V.President: Bob Pulford
General Manager: Mike Smith
Coach: Alpo Suhonen
Assistant Coaches: Denis Savard, Don Jackson
First Round Draftchoices, 2000: Michail Yakhubov
1997: Dan Cleary
over the last five years: 1999: Steve
McCarthy 1996: Remi Royer
1998: Mark Bell
Most Points, one season: 131 (44g 87a), Denis Savard in 1987-88
Most Goals, one season: 58, Bobby Hull in 1968-69
Most assists, one season: 87, Denis Savard in 1981-82 and
in 1987-88
Why the Indian head sweater: The man who founded the Chicago
Blackhawks - Fredric McLaughlin - served in World War One in the
"Black Hawk" Squadron. The Indian is Chief Blackhawk, that the
squadron got it's name from.
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