CHICAGO (AP) — 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he only had four hours of sleep after watching the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup at the United Center.
Emanuel said at a news conference Tuesday that the city is planning a victory parade for the team that is “worthy of a dynasty.”
The Blackhawks won their third championship in six years Monday night with a 2-0 home win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Emanuel called it a “tremendous victory for the team and the coach.”
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9:55 a.m.
Bob Gertenrich isn’t the only Chicago Blackhawks fan throwing around the word ‘dynasty’ after the team hoisted the Stanley Cup for the third time in the last six years.
But he may be the only one who can say he’s seen every home game since January of 1966 — 2,264 of them, to be exact.
The 68-year-old Gertenrich says watching his beloved Blackhawks win another championship in the salary cap era was “absolutely amazing.” However, he says Monday night’s victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning was also “bittersweet” because of the news that one of Chicago’s all-time greats, Stan Mikita, wasn’t able to enjoy it.
A progressive brain disorder has robbed the NHL Hall of Famer of his memories.
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9:25 a.m.
Where’s the Stanley Cup?
That’s the question of the moment in Chicago after the Blackhawks won their third championship on Monday night.
By Tuesday morning, the city’s hockey fans were posting on Twitter using hashtags like #cuptracker and following accounts like @WheresTheCup trying to find the trophy.
Fans posted their pictures with the Stanley Cup and messaged each other updates on where they think the trophy is and which player was hoisting it in jubilation.
A bar in the West Loop neighborhood? A restaurant in River North? The United Center? This is the Blackhawks’ third time winning the Stanley Cup in six years and tracking the trophy is becoming something of a post-victory tradition.
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8:45 a.m.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will host a “world class” celebration for the Blackhawks in the coming days to celebrate the team’s Stanley Cup win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Emauel called the Blackhawks “hockey’s new dynasty” in a statement released after Monday night’s 2-0 Game 6 win, which was the team’s third in the past six seasons.
The mayor says this year’s championship is even sweeter because the Blackhawks won it in front of their home fans for the first time since 1938.
Celebrations began before the final horn, as thousands of fans spilled out into the streets from bars near Wrigley Field. They may have been even wilder had rain not forced the postponement of the Cubs’ Monday night home game against the Cleveland Indians.
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