Here’s the sixth entry of our 10-week Throwback Thursday series, counting down to the Hawks’ home opener on Thursday, October 5. Today, it’s the wonderful 2012-13 season, which got a stellar performance early in the season from backup goaltender Ray Emery.
I didn’t know too much about Ray Emery when the Blackhawks signed him in October 2011. I faintly remembered a strong playoff run with the Ottawa Senators in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs. My most vivid memory of him was being challenged to a fight by then-Buffalo Sabres goalie Martin Biron.