Pierre Pilote is the best player to wear No. 3 in Blackhawks history, and in the entire NHL, according to an NHL.com panel.
Pilote, a defenseman, earned the honor with 42 points over defenseman Harry Howell’s 28 points. First-place votes were worth three points, second-place votes worth two points and third-place votes worth one point.
Pilote received 10 of the 19 first-place votes, five for second and two for third, while Howell had four votes for first, three for second and 10 for third. Marcel Pronovst and Scott Stevens also received first-place votes with two and three, respectively.