This ongoing list of most memorable Chicago Blackhawks playoff wins under coach Joel Quenneville had to start somewhere. There are 73 entries on the countdown because there are 73 wins to track, and today we’re going to look at the very first one.
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The Blackhawks qualified for the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, making their first postseason trip since 2002, as the No. 4 seed. But it was believe by many outside Chicago that the trip would be a quick one, and that even the fifth-seeded Calgary Flames might dispose of the young Blackhawks.