The hockey chatter in the Chicago Blackhawks community this week was the anticipated return of ex-Blackhawk Artemi Panarin to the United Center. Still a fan favorite of Blackhawks supporters, the dynamic forward did not disappoint those looking for some hockey magic.
It all started in the pre-game warm ups. Panarin and his buddy Patrick Kane flung pucks at each other, ending in a mock stare-down.
Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin having a moment, firing pucks at one another. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/XHUeqP9ZHT
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) February 17, 2019
I couldn’t help but remember how these two friends had an almost Sedin-Twins-like symbiosis on the ice together, and even resembled each other.