[76][77], The Blackhawks' roster remained largely intact following the 201314 season. [201] After the 2019 NHL Winter Classic, the team announced that uniforms from the game would be worn in three home games of the 201819 season. I have a lot of faith and trust in this leadership team, along with the staff who works under them, and I look forward to working with our entire group to build a successful team on the ice.. The harder thing is, how do you do those things? [67] It was the first time since 1979 that two Original Six teams had made the Stanley Cup Finals and the first time since 1945 that the last four teams to win the Stanley Cup were in the Conference Finals. Chicago would also miss the playoffs for a second consecutive season in 1999, and missed the playoffs again in 2000 and 2001. With the shoulders being black, the numbering is white. Funny how that works, but it makes sense that confidence would collectively dwindle after a plan like that backfires. [97] Panarin, who skated on Kane's line, won the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best first-year player. Front Office. The Chicago Blackhawks and Blackhawks.com are trademarks of Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Injuries to both Havlat and Handzus hurt the Blackhawks, and Smolinski was eventually traded at the trade deadline to the Vancouver Canucks. "[216] Furthermore, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) believes that all Native-themed logos, including that of the Blackhawks, "continue to profit from harmful stereotypes originated during a time when white superiority and segregation were common place. The systems building, the commitment to those things, the relentless pursuit of finding the best available information to make best decisions is where you can create separation.". [126] However, after losing their next five games,[126] head coach Quenneville (as well as assistant coaches Kevin Dineen and Ulf Samuelsson) were fired on November 6, 2018. Jay Blunk, formerly the executive vice president, and Pete Hassen, formerly the vice president of marketing, headline a lengthy list of departures. [227] Tommy Hawk was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2019. [238] Wayne Messmer, the Blackhawks home games national anthem singer from 1980 to 1994, was the anthem singer when this tradition began. The Hawks dealt forward Mark Bell to the Sharks, Michal Barinka and a 2008 second-round draft pick to the Senators, while Ottawa also received defenseman Tom Preissing and center Josh Hennessy from San Jose. Sign up now to get access to the library of members-only articles. As a result of the Jenner & Block findings from the sexual assault investigation, Al McIsaac is one casualty. Now as an adviser, Campbell is listed third in the hockey-operations category of the Hawks front-office directory beneath Hunter and Scotty Bowman, the NHLs all-time winningest coach who remains a senior adviser for the Hawks despite his sons disgraced exit. On April 6, 2010, the Hawks won their 50th game of the 200910 season against the Dallas Stars, setting a new franchise record for wins in a season. The Blackhawks mustered a 30152 record going into the All-Star break. Moore played one game and won it. At least 20 of them aired on WGN-TV (Channel 9), the first time the Blackhawks had been seen on local over-the-air television in 30 years. [153][154] Beach filed a lawsuit against the Blackhawks for failing to adequately address Aldrich's wrongdoings or file formal police reports.