Stanley Cup Parades

Lore & Background

The Blackhawks became the fourth major Chicago sports team to win a championship since 1984, joining the 1985 Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s, and the 2005 Chicago White Sox. The 2016 Chicago Cubs would complete the cycle of all Chicago sports teams winning at least one championship in 30 years.

In Their Own Story

The air in Grant Park was thick with humidity and anticipation as the first bus rounded the corner. A sea of red jerseys stretched to the horizon, a unified ocean of hope that had waited nearly half a century for this moment. As the doors hissed open, the roar began low, building into a deafening crescendo that shook the ground beneath the feet of the players. They stepped out, not just as athletes, but as saviors, hoisting the silver chalice high above their heads. The sun glinted off the Cup's engraved bands, catching the light and reflecting it back onto the tear-streaked faces of fans who had grown up dreaming of this exact second.

Reader's Guide

The Blackhawks finished the regular season as Central Division champions with 112 points. They defeated the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks in six games each, then swept the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Final to advance to the Finals for the first time since 1992.

Did You Know?

• Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2010 playoffs, the first Blackhawks player to receive this honor.
• Toews, Duncan Keith, and Brent Seabrook won Olympic gold with Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics, joining Ken Morrow (1980), Steve Yzerman and Brendan Shanahan (2002), and Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter (2014) as play
• Patrick Kane, having played for Team USA at the Olympics, joined Chris Chelios and Brett Hull (both 2002) as winners of both Olympic silver and the Stanley Cup in the same year.
• Jonathan Toews became the 24th player and seventh Canadian to join the Triple Gold Club (Olympic gold, IIHF World Championship gold, and Stanley Cup).
• Marian Hossa became the first player in NHL history to appear in three straight Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams (Pittsburgh in 2008, Detroit in 2009, Chicago in 2010).