Here’s the eighth entry of our 10-week Throwback Thursday series (only two more to go!), counting down to the Hawks’ home opener on Thursday, October 5. Today, it’s a second-round series sweep of the Minnesota Wild that was keyed by the still-somehow-underrated Blackhawks’ netminder.
For three straight seasons, beginning in 2012-13, the Chicago Blackhawks faced the Minnesota Wild in a playoff series. Nothing breeds contempt between teams like multiple playoff matchups, yet it never felt like there was much hostility between these two teams, did it?