Today at 11 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks are once again ready to party with the Stanley Cup in a parade and rally in the Windy City.
The Blackhawks' victory parade will take place and will then be followed by a rally at the Chicago Bears' home of Soldier Field as they celebrate their third Stanley Cup in the last six years.
"Going to Wrigley [Field] and going around to different places [with the Cup on Tuesday] was pretty amazing," forward Brad Richards told the Chicago Sun Times on Wednesday. "I can't wait to see the parade."
This event can be live streamed for free here.
The parade will see players and the Cup carried on double-decker buses as the route starts at Washington and Racine and heads east along Washington to DesPlaines, then south on DesPlaines to Monroe, then east on Monroe to Michigan Avenue.
The parade will be bigger than the ones the Blackhawks took in 2010 and 2013 to accommodate more fans and 60,000 free tickets were available as of Wednesday, according to NHL.com.
"It's pretty cool," captain Jonathan Toews told the newspaper. "It's great to see how the game of hockey and the Blackhawks can bring an entire city together and create such a great sense of energy."
The Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6, 2-0, at the United Center on Monday which marked the third time in six years that Chicago won a championship in Game 6 and the first time they won the Cup at home since 1938.
Conn Smythe trophy winner Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane each lit the lamp for the Blackhawks in their Game 6 Cup-clinching victory.
The Blackhawks are once again ready to celebrate a championship with the city of Chicago as the Stanley Cup will be paraded down and the club will have a rally to celebrate more glory.
Now, once again, the Blackhawks are ready to parade with the greatest trophy in sports.
© Copyright 2024 Sports World News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
