One night after a game between Pittsburgh and Chicago resulted in one of the most egregious officiating decisions in the history of professional sports (still very bitter over here), the two cities will get an encore on the ice as the Chicago Blackhawks host the Pittsburgh Penguins at the United Center on Tuesday night.
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Pittsburgh and Chicago’s hockey teams also share the unfortunate status of having off-ice issues making headlines as yet another reminder that the issues which exist within this sport’s culture include but also go well beyond what’s happened with the Blackhawks in the last month.