Honoring The Hawks Best 21 With Rare 1960's Footage: Can You Guess Who?
Today, we are August 21st of 2022 and we are counting down the days by honoring Blackhawks players, ranked by their best jersey number! As today is August 21st, we will be honoring the Blackhawks best #20 of all-time. This career summary is brought to you by NBC Sports Chicago and their list of best Hawks of all-time ranked by their jersey numbers!
Did you guess the Blackhawks #20 as shown in the photo??
No. 21: Stan Mikita (C/RW, 1959-79)
Legend. Class act. Hall of Famer. Greatest Blackhawk of all time. Mikita leads the franchise in games played (1,396), assists (926), points (1,467) and plus/minus (plus-329). A four-time Art Ross Trophy winner and two-time Hart Trophy recipient, Stosh ranks second all-time goals (541) and third in power-play goals (150).
Mikita was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and had his number retired by the Blackhawks in 1980.
Despite there being little-to no footage from the 1960's era, there was sure some of Mikita! Let's take a look.. RIP Mikita.
Previously on HawksInsider
POLL |
AOUT 21 | 275 ANSWERS Honoring The Hawks Best 21 With Rare 1960's Footage: Can You Guess Who? Is Stan Mikita the best Hawks forward of all-time? |
Yes! | 73 | 26.5 % |
No, Hull is. | 55 | 20 % |
No, Kane is. | 84 | 30.5 % |
No | 63 | 22.9 % |
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