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In a day packed with college football bowl games, the coolest televised sporting event on New Year's Day had to be watching the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins play an NHL game outside in Buffalo, in front of over 71,000 fans. It brought the game back to its roots, played outside on frozen ponds and lakes throughout the Midwest and Canada. Now imagine that same game outside, only featuring two of the NHL's "Original Six." With the Black Hawks roaring back from the brink of irrelevance in the months after Bill Wirtz's passing, playing hockey in a sold-out Soldier Field, for example, would be the capper on an impressive resurrection.
The photo above is of Ernest "Ty" Arbour, a left wing from Waubaushene, Ontario who was the Black Hawks' third official team captain. Arbour spent four seasons with the Hawks and wore the "C" on his jersey during the 1930-31 season, his final year with the team. In 209 career NHL games, Arbour scored 28 goals and 28 assists. By all accounts, Arbour had a fairly nondescript pro career, albeit with one lasting legacy in Black Hawks lore.
SDN-069453, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.
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Something tells me that fans in Chicago wouldn't come out en masse like they did in Buffalo (which is pretty much Southern Canada), but it would be amazing to see a game held at Soldier Field. The Hawks have been quite a Cinderella story this year, and it would be perfect timing. Should we have a rally?
Yeah, the only problem is that people care about hockey in Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The Hawks can't fill United Center, how the hell could they draw 3x as many to sit outside?
Almost ANY other O-6 team could pull this off, EXCEPT the Hawks.
That game was amazing! Loved the throwback uniforms, didnt care for all the ice hole filling in time.
I wouldn't be so sure about that, Tower18. I don't give a rat's ass about hockey, but I'd be interested in going to an outdoor Hawks game. I bet it would be a blast.
I should also point out, Tower, that Rocky Wirtz, Dale Tallon and John McDonough are working like fiends to re-shape the team's public image. Having two marketable and entertaining future superstars in Kane and Toews also does wonders to draw fans to the UC, and they've been coming in droves the past few games.