Test and expand your hockey trivia knowledge of the Chicago Blackhawks
retired numbers with these four hockey trivia questions.
Q. Two goaltenders have had their numbers retired by the Chicago
Blackhawks. What goalie is the number 35 retired for?
A. Tony Esposito
played for Chicago from 1969-70 until 1983-84. With exception of 13 games
played with the Montreal Canadiens in 1968-69, Esposito played his whole career
in Chicago. Tony finished his career with 76 shutouts and a 2.92 goals against
average in 886 regular season games. Esposito was enshrined in the Hockey Hall
of Fame in 1988, four years after his brother Phil Esposito.
The other number retired by Chicago for a goaltender is
number 1 in honour of Glenn
Hall. Glenn played for Chicago from 1957-58 to 1966-67. He came to the
Blackhawks from the Detroit Red Wing and ended his career with the St. Louis
Blues. The three time Vezina Trophy winner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of
Fame in 1975.
Both Tony Esposito and Glenn Hall had their numbers retired by
the Blackhawks on the same day, November 20, 1988.
Q. What number is retired by the Chicago Blackhawks for two different players?
A. The number 3
is retired in honour of two defensemen, Pierre
Pilote and Keith Magnuson. Both were long time blue liners in Chicago.
Pilote was a three time winner of the Norris Memorial Trophy as the league’s
top defenseman.
Pilote played for Chicago from 1955-56 to 1967-68, spending
one last year in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1968-69. Magnuson
played his entire NHL career with Chicago from 1969-70 to 1979-80. Both Pilote
and Magnuson had their number retired by the Blackhawks on the same night,
November 12, 2008. For Magnuson, it was posthumously, having died in 2003.
Q. The number 21 is retired by the Chicago Blackhawks in honour of what
long-time great?
A. Stan Mikita
holds the all-time Blackhawks career records for points and assists. He is the
only NHL player to win the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lady
Byng Trophy in the same year. He accomplished this in two consecutive seasons
during the 1960’s.
Mikita played his entire NHL career with Chicago from
1958-59 to 1979-80. His number was retired on October 19, 1980 and he entered
the Hockey Hall of Fame three years later in 1983.
Q. The Blackhawks retired number 9 for what Hockey Hall of Fame player?
A. Easy question.
Bobby Hull wore number 9 for the Blackhawks from 1957 to 1972 before becoming
the face of the fledgling World Hockey Association. In 1983, Bobby entered the
HHOF along with long time line mate Stan Mikita. On December 18, 1983, his
number was retired by Chicago.
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